2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

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Comes to something when the US graphics are a million times better than Official World Feed ones.

They’re more or less the standard Fox Sports graphics though, aren’t they. Or pretty similar in any event.

First look at the TV studios for World Cup rights’ holders - including BBC and ITV. Miles of cabling and a mini-village on the edge of Red Square. But what a backdrop they have... pic.twitter.com/AHUC2yCmXQ

— Richard Conway (@richard_conway) June 11, 2018

Any idea of where BBC / ITV are ? Are they upper tier adjacent to one another?

The BBC studio:

BBC studio in Russia looks pretty impressive. We’ve got red chairs and everything. Hopefully the pundits will turn up at some stage too ⚽️🏆#Backdrop #Russia2018 #WaitUntilYouSeeTheVirtualReality pic.twitter.com/69ckz9P16q

— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) June 12, 2018

More from Dan .....

For those who like TV technology, this is what the other side of the BBC World Cup studio looks like with and without the virtual stadium👌🏻 pic.twitter.com/YsrTLmNBdK

— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) June 13, 2018

Is that a real view of red square or a screen like Fox Sports?

I think the BBC studio is being shot 360 - real window behind the presenters with a view of Red Square. VR area in front of them (that hides the cameras) with a virtual screen and virtual player graphics?

The FS1 studio pictured above looks like a real backdrop behind the hosts to me too - not a screen. In one shot you can see they have only partially hung the ND or similar window treatment so the right hand end is much brighter? The lines are joins in the glazing?

Yes, that's definitely a real window in the Fox studio. Otherwise they've chosen some very odd angles to replicate - that car park featuring so heavily in the low shots doesn't look brilliant, for example.

*standard TV studio chair Klaxon*

Seems to be a sort of paper cut-out theme to the graphic on the screens on the sides, there. Not long to wait to see more, the preview show is at 22:45 tonight.