RT Sport Launches 04 FIFA World Cup Coverage

RT Sport Launches 2014 FIFA World Cup Coverage RT Sport today (Thursday 5 June) announced details of its 2014 FIFA World Cup coverage across television, radio, online and mobile.

Live coverage of all 64 games across RT television, RT Player and RT .ie

Over 180 hours of live coverage

25 highlights shows

New panellists Neil Lennon, Brad Friedel & Paul Clement

RT will provide live coverage of all 64 games across RT television and online and mobile on RT .ie and RT Player.

Over 180 hours of television coverage will be broadcast on RT including 56 live games from Brazil with eight end of group games streamed live on RT .ie and RT Player. Tony O'Donoghue will also present a daily highlights show at 3.30pm on RT Two. Fans will also be kept up to date with the latest news and updates from Brazil with live bulletins throughout the day on RT Radio 1 and RT 2fm and the final will be broadcast live on RT 2FM.

At a launch in RT 's Studio 4 details of the team of panellists, presenters and commentators were announced to the media. Joining stalwart panellists John Giles, Eamon Dunphy and Liam Brady are Ronnie Whelan, Didi Hamann, Ossie Ardiles, Kenny Cunningham and Richie Sadlier. Twenty years after his famous goal against Italy in Giants Stadium, Ray Houghton will co-commentate from Brazil.

This year RT Sport is also delighted to announce three new panellists, former Celtic manager Neil Lennon, Spurs goalkeeper and former USA international Brad Freidel and Real Madrid coach and former Republic of Ireland under 21 coach Paul Clement.

RT 's coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil also sees the curtain fall on one of Ireland's most illustrious Sports broadcasting careers as Bill O'Herlihy presents for the final time.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will see the return to our screens of Apr s Match and, as well as appearing throughout the tournament, the comedy trio will present the 3rd place play-off on Saturday 12 July.

Acting Group Head of RT Sport, Cliona O'Leary, said: The whole world comes together to experience the World Cup and we are delighted to bring RT audiences all of the action from Brazil, the very best analysis and a whole lot more, no matter where or how they choose to watch or listen. Whether its High Definition games on RT television - with the best team of commentators and analysts in the business - live streaming on RT s digital platforms, news and updates across RT radio or the antics of the Apr s Match team, RT will be there for all of the drama and excitement - and the audience wont miss a kick of a ball."

Television

RT television will have over 180 hours of coverage from the 2014 FIFA World Cup. 74 programmes On RT One and RT Two will encompass 56 live games and 25 highlights programmes as well as the opening ceremony on Thursday 12 June. RT 's unrivalled team of analysts: John Giles, Eamon Dunphy, Liam Brady, Ronnie Whelan, Didi Hamann, Ossie Ardiles, Kenny Cunningham and Richie Sadlier will be joined by Neil Lennon, Brad Friedel and Paul Clement. The panellists will be put through their paces by presenters Bill O'Herlihy, Darragh Maloney and Tony O'Donoghue

All of RT television's comprehensive coverage will be in High Definition.

Radio

RT radio will this summer keep soccer fans fully up-to-date on the daily happenings in Brazil with World Cup News Desks on RT Radio 1's Drivetime and on RT 2fm's daily sports programme, Game On with all the breaking news and all the issues that matter. The FIFA 2014 World Cup Final will be broadcast live on RT 2FM and there will also be extensive analysis and debate on RT Radio 1's Saturday Sport and Sunday Sport.

Online, Mobile and RT Player

RT Sport's new mobile-focused World Cup website RTE.ie/worldcup2014 will bring you complete coverage of the greatest show on Earth no matter where you are in the Republic of Ireland, no matter what device you own.

All 64 games will be available to watch live 8 of which will be exclusive to RT Sport's digital platforms. As a companion to the TV coverage, continuous live blogs will bring you video highlights of goals and match incidents as they occur, combined with the best analysis from RT Sport's unrivalled cast of pundits.

FIFA World Cup 2014 games will be available to watch live and on-demand on RT Player in the Republic of Ireland. Games will remain online on RT Player for the duration of the tournament. Live streaming on RT Player desktop, mobile and Samsung connected TV plus on-demand on desktop, mobile, UPC, connected TV and Xbox.

For the first time, RT will be providing live in-game statistics during every single game. A live feed featuring multiple categories of match statistics will run via any mobile device giving an added dimension to your match-day viewing.

A comprehensive video section will feature highlights from every game, including full matches, video blogs from Brazil; the best of RT 's punditry as well as all Apr s Match clips. You can also sign up to a daily World Cup email, which will keep you up to date on all the action in Brazil and bring together the highlights from games you may have missed.

Match reports, statistical analysis, features and galleries will be uploaded daily from our staff in Dublin and Brazil and there will be live updates via @rtesoccer on Twitter, the best discussion on the RTE Soccer Facebook page as well as the highlights of RT 's post match analysis via the RT Sport YouTube channel.

Hyundai Ireland will sponsor RT 's coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2014 across RT Television, RT Radio and RT .ie.

Links:

www.rte.ie/worldcup2014

www.twitter.com/rtesoccer

www.facebook.com/rtesoccer

www.youtube.com/rtesport

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