TABLE OF CONTENTS

Media Information…………………………………………...………………….………………….……………..………..3

Television Schedule………………………………………..………………………………..…………..…….…….….4-8

Photography………………………………………………………..……………..……………………..……...………....9

Broadcasters………………………………………………………..………………...... …………………..10-14

Marketing/Promotional Video Assets………………………………..………………………..……….……………….15

Production Elements.………………………………..…...... 16-17

Set Design………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……18-19

Social and Digital Highlights……………………………………..…………………………..………..………………...20

Radio………………………………………………………..………………………………………………..………..21-22

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MEDIA INFORMATION

This broadcast guide has been prepared to assist you with your coverage of the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FRANCE 2019™ on FOX and FS1, from Friday, June 7 through Sunday, July 7, and is updated as of Wednesday, May 29, 2019. The FOX Sports Communications staff is available to assist you with the latest information, photography and interview requests between now and the championship match.

For bios, photography and additional information, please visit the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FRANCE 2019™ page on FOX Sports Press Pass.

FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FRANCE 2019™ COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

France Claudia Martinez* [email protected] 870-251-8067 France Valerie Krebs* [email protected] 424-273-8270 France Ben Grossman* [email protected] 424-738-3956 France/West Coast Terri Hines* [email protected] 858-309-5640 West Coast Brian Strong [email protected] 646-232-0651 West Coast John Stouffer [email protected] 310-369-2606 West Coast Remington Parker [email protected] 925-336-9791 East Coast Jenn Inglesino [email protected] 212-556-2471 East Coast Erik Arneson [email protected] 704-501-5795

*Traveling Staff

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TELEVISION SCHEDULE

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PHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTOGRAPHY IS AVAILABLE AT FOX SPORTS PRESS PASS

Please contact Jenn Inglesino or Remington Parker with any questions.

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BROADCASTERS

Play-By-Play Announcers/ Analysts JP Dellacamera & Derek Rae & Jenn Hildreth & Kyndra de St. Aubin Glenn Davis & Lisa Byington &

Studio Analysts Eniola Aluko Kate Gill Ariane Hingst Karina LeBlanc Heather O’Reilly Rampone

Studio Hosts Kate Abdo Jenny Taft

@FOXSports Hosts Karina LeBlanc Aaron West

Reporter Alex Curry

Correspondents-at-Large Jenny Taft Grant Wahl

Rules Analyst Christina Unkel

In addition to the thumbnail bios following on page 11, full bios for all FOX Sports broadcasters can be found here.

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PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCERS AND MATCH ANALYSTS

JP DELLACAMERA ALY WAGNER

A legendary soccer A former mainstay with the U.S. broadcaster, Dellacamera Women’s National Team, a brings decades of experience Women’s FIFA World Cup™ to the booth as FOX veteran and a two-time Olympic SPORTS’ lead game analyst, gold medalist, Wagner serves as covering 14 FIFA World FOX Sports’ lead game analyst. Cups™ (nine men’s, five Last summer, she made U.S. women’s), including nine television history as the first consecutive FIFA World woman to call a men’s FIFA World Cups™. Cup™ match.

DEREK RAE DANIELLE SLATON

A prominent veteran Slaton played soccer for the U.S. broadcaster, Rae calls his 11th Women’s National Team from World Cup™. He was most 2000-05, earning a silver medal at recently with BT Sport in the UK the 2000 Olympic Games and a and can be heard often on the bronze at the 2003 FIFA Women’s world English feed of matches World Cup™. from Bundesliga. Rae was elected as lead commentator for the UEFA Champions League and Europa League EA Sports’ FIFA19, the world’s most popular sports video game.

JENN HILDRETH KYNDRA de ST. AUBIN

Hildreth boasts an impressive St. Aubin has been a part of the resume of broadcast and sports broadcasting landscape for playing experience across almost two decades covering men’s several different sports. Hildreth and women’s soccer, college has served in play-by-play, football, basketball and softball. color analyst, host and reporter Currently the only female television capacities in her coverage of analyst in soccer, spanning international, college and the U.S. (MLS), de St. Aubin is in her third professional women’s soccer season as color commentator for leagues NWSL, WPS and Minnesota United FC. WUSA.

ANGELA HUCLES GLENN DAVIS

Hucles won two Olympic gold Davis, a 25-year television medals and played in two veteran and former professional Women’s World Cups™. During soccer player, calls his sixth World Cup™ this summer. He is her seven-year career the voice of the Houston representing the U.S., she played Dynamo’s local TV telecasts in 109 matches. During the 2008 and hosts a weekly radio show, Summer Olympics, she led the “Soccer Matters with Glenn U.S. team with four goals, two of Davis” on Houston’s KFNC. which came in the semifinal victory over Japan. 11 PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCERS AND MATCH ANALYSTS (CONT’D)

LISA BYINGTON CAT WHITEHILL

Byington is a multi-sport play-by- Whitehill, a 10-year veteran play announcer. Last summer, she defender for the U.S. Women’s made U.S. television history as the National Team, participated in the play-by-play announcer for the first- 2003 and 2007 FIFA World Cups ever all-female announcing crew and 2004 Olympics. At the 2007 for a U.S. men’s pro soccer match, Women’s World Cup, she led the calling FS1’s presentation of D.C. U.S. team in minutes played United vs. New England (2,116) and played every minute of Revolution. all six Women’s World Cup™ matches.

STUDIO ANALYSTS

ENIOLA ALUKO KATE GILL

Aluko is a forward for Serie A Gill is an AFC Women’s Asian Cup club Juventus. She made 102 champion with Australia, 2010 appearances for England from Asian Female Player of the Year, 2004-16 and competed in three twice winner of the W-League FIFA Women’s World Cups™, Golden Boot and second leading two UEFA Women’s Euros and Australian goal scorer. the 2012 Summer Olympics.

ARIANE HINGST ALEXI LALAS

Hingst is a two-time Women’s World Lalas, a U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Cup™ champion with Germany. She and standout U.S. Men’s National played in four World Cups™ and Team defender during the 1994 made 173 international appearances World Cup™, works his sixth throughout her career. Hingst was straight FIFA World Cup™ as a the youngest player on Germany’s studio analyst. In 2018, Lalas made 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup™ squad. history as the first-ever soccer analyst to be nominated for a Sports Emmy in the Outstanding Sports Personality category.

KARINA LEBLANC HEATHER O’REILLY

LeBlanc is an Olympic bronze O’Reilly is a World Cup™ and medalist with a prestigious career three-time Olympic Gold that spanned almost 18 years at medalist. As one of the most the international level. As a successful players in U.S. member of the Canadian National Women’s National Team Team, she participated in five history, she played in 231 FIFA World Cups™ and two Olympic Games. In 2018, she was matches and ranks seventh in appointed Head of Women’s assists. Football for Concacaf and its 41 12 countries; which include all of North America, Central America and the Caribbean islands. STUDIO ANALYSTS (CONT’D)

LESLIE OSBORNE CHRISTIE PEARCE RAMPONE Osborne, a retired U.S. WNT defensive midfielder and Rampone is a two-time World member of the 2007 Women’s Cup™ and three-time Olympic gold World Cup™ team, makes her medalist. Over the course of her second World Cup illustrious 20-year career and as appearance as a studio the longest-serving captain of the analyst. U.S. Women’s National Team, Pearce Rampone made the second most appearances in the history of international women’s soccer, with 311 caps.

KELLY SMITH

Smith is arguably the greatest women’s soccer player in England’s history, recording more than 100 international caps and a record 46 goals. She competed in three UEFA Women’s Championships, two FIFA Women’s World Cups™ and one Olympics.

STUDIO HOSTS

KATE ABDO ROB STONE

Abdo is an accomplished Stone is the lead studio host for multilingual journalist who has FOX Sports’ soccer, college covered some of the most high- football and college basketball profile events around the globe, coverage. The 2019 FIFA including FIFA World Cups™, Women’s World Cup™ is his third UEFA Champions League World Cup™ as lead studio host. Finals and FIFA Ballon d’Or ceremonies. She came to the A recent inductee to the CT network from in the Soccer Hall of Fame, Stone was UK. an All-Conference midfielder for Colgate.

JENNY TAFT

Taft is a moderator on SKIP & SHANNON: UNDISPUTED, host of CFB: INSIDE SLANT and reporter for the network’s college football and soccer coverage. A lacrosse player at Boston University, Taft’s on-air career began with FOX Sports North 13 before she joined FS1 for the network’s launch in 2013. TWITTER HOSTS

KARINA LEBLANC AARON WEST LeBlanc is an Olympic bronze West, a video journalist and medalist with a prestigious former Davidson College career that spanned almost 18 midfielder is known for his years at the international level. passionate opinions on the game As a member of the Canadian and exploration of its connection National Team, she participated to culture at-large. in five FIFA World Cups™ and two Olympic Games. In 2018, she was appointed Head of Women’s Football for Concacaf and its 41 countries; which include all of North America, Central America and the Caribbean islands.

CORRESPONDENT-AT-LARGE

JENNY TAFT GRANT WAHL Taft is a moderator on SKIP & Wahl is one of soccer’s leading SHANNON: UNDISPUTED, journalists, a senior writer covering host of CFB: INSIDE SLANT the sport for Sports Illustrated and and reporter for the network’s best-selling author. He contributes college football and soccer to FOX Sports’ coverage of the coverage. A lacrosse player at U.S. Men’s and Women’s National

Boston University, Taft’s on-air Teams and was part of the career began with FOX Sports network’s on-air lineup for the 2018 North before she joined FS1 for World Cup™ and 2015 Women’s the network’s launch in 2013. FIFA World Cup™.

RULES ANALYST REPORTER

CHRISTINA UNKEL ALEX CURRY Unkel is a FIFA referee and Curry is a host and reporter

litigation attorney. She has a covering the Angels, 21-year career in refereeing Los Angeles Kings and select and is one of three women in games during FOX Sports’ college the country to have a FIFA football coverage. She also covers badge, which allows her to the U.S. Women’s National Team referee professional soccer for FOX Sports and is a fill-in host games abroad. on FS1’s SKIP & SHANNON: UNDISPUTED.

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MARKETING/PROMOTIONAL VIDEO ASSETS

“All Eyes on Us” “Goliath”

“The Warrior” featuring “The Finisher” featuring

“Legends” featuring Carli Llyod

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PRODUCTION ELEMENTS Café de l’Homme Set The primary FOX Sports set is located on the terrace at the Cafe de l’Homme, part of the Musee de l’Homme, with an iconic Eiffel Tower backdrop. On-site production technology includes:

Nine cameras ▪ (7) Total Cameras ○ (4) Robotic Cameras ○ (2) Wireless Cameras to shoot outside the set on the historic Trocadero ○ 50’ Technocrane - SuperTechno50 with Stype kit for augmented reality (AR) graphics showing sweeping shots of the Palis de Challiot and the Trocodero Set items

▪ Custom set designed in the U.S. and fabricated in Germany ▪ 84” 4K touch screen with Tagboard realtime social integration ▪ Unreal Engine graphics for additional specialty graphics

Outside Broadcast (Mobile Unit) Truck via NEP UK

▪ Production Control ▪ Video Shading ▪ Audio

The Café de l’Homme footprint, with 40 Gbps of data connectivity in and out of the site, also includes a Green Room, Lighting Control, RF Control and Operations Support, as well as a second shooting location for FOX Sports’ FIFA Women’s World Cup™ Now Twitter show.

International Broadcast Center

With 300 square meters of space and 120 Gbps of data connectivity, the IBC is home to 150,000 pounds of equipment shipped from the , England and Germany, including:

▪ Remote Operations Center (ROC) – the heart of FOX Sports’ in-country operation. The ROC encompasses international and domestic connectivity between FOX Sports sites, connectivity to FOX Sports in-venue operations, as well as other media rights licensees

▪ Telestream Lightspeed Live Capture workflow, enhanced by IBM Aspera® FASPStream, providing all FOX Sports content into Reach Engine Levels Beyond. Enhancements this year include direct upload from the field to via Reach Engine using Aspera file transfer

▪ FASPStream, Lightspeed Live Capture (1080p/50 and UHD 2160p/50)

▪ Reach Engine Premiere Panel, allowing for faster access to the content for FOX Sports editors in Los Angeles

▪ Aspera now available for all transfers, including within the Lightspeed Live, Reach Web UI and Reach Prelude Panel integration

▪ Auto archive with FASPstream for real time archiving to the Cloud, significantly reducing time on-site post-match

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▪ All venue contribution via Ethernet using LAWO equipment

▪ LiveU Bonded cellular transmission capabilities for four ENG crews in-country with seven cameras total

Los Angeles Broadcast Center

Production is finished and distributed from the Fox Pico Network Center in production trailers and a technical fit- out custom designed for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup France™

▪ Facilities, including control rooms, stages, and edit bays, have access to all content generated in France within seconds for live-show support and feature/highlight editing

▪ Building on the workflows rolled out for FOX Thursday Night Football production, all playback, VIZ graphics, highlights and craft editing come from Los Angeles

▪ Facilities also include match control rooms, rules expert commentary and Libero analyst tools

Remote Crews

Crews will follow the United States and other teams of interest across various locations with FOX Sports announcers, connecting to the IBC via IP fiber connectivity

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SET DESIGN

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SET DESIGN (CONT’D)

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SOCIAL AND DIGITAL HIGHLIGHTS

During the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup France™, FOX Sports’ social and digital coverage is highlighted by:

▪ FIFA Women’s World Cup NOW™, co-hosted by Karina LeBlanc and Aaron West, live on Twitter each match day

▪ Every tournament goal just moments after it is scored posted on FOX Sports Twitter accounts

▪ Weekly Q&As with FOX Sports broadcasters and athletes

▪ FIFA Women’s World Cup™-specific Twitter Moments

Recent Sports Emmy Award - Outstanding Trans-Media Sports Coverage On May 20,2019, FOX Sports’ digital team was awarded a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Trans-Media Sports Coverage during the 2018 FIFA World Cup on FOX for social engagement/amplification and live Twitter show, World Cup Now.

Digital Platform Match Streaming All Women’s World Cup matches are available to stream on FOXSports.com and the FOX Sports app on iOS and Android as well as connected devices, including Apple TV, Android TV, FireTV, Roku, Chromecast and Xbox One.

More on FIFA Women’s World Cup NOW™… FIFA Women’s World Cup NOW™ streams on Twitter each match day during the tournament live from FOX Sports’ Paris studios. The program adds more highlights and fan interaction in an updated version of 2018’s successful FIFA World Cup™ NOW, which streamed live during the men’s tournament. This summer’s version emphasizes expanded match highlights and integrated Twitter reactions to select moments.

Featured guests on the show include FOX Sports on-air personalities such as Alexi Lalas, Aly Wagner and other high-profile broadcasters and celebrities. Live coverage is available in the United States to Twitter’s logged-in and logged-out audiences and can be viewed via @FOXSports and @FOXSoccer on computers, tablets and mobile devices.

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FOX SPORTS SIMULCASTS FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FRANCE 2019™ ON FOX SPORTS ON SIRIUSXM CHANNEL 83

FOX Sports will simulcast 46 of the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FRANCE 2019™ matches live on SiriusXM. Fans can tune into the FOX Sports on SiriusXM, channel 83. The channel is also available on the SiriusXM app and at SiriusXM.com. In addition, FOX Sports on SiriusXM will also carry the pre-match show FIFA WOMEN’S , post-match FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY and evening recap show FOX SOCCER TONIGHT. Below is the complete match schedule.

Date Time (ET) Match

Friday, June 7 3:00 PM France vs Korea Republic Saturday, June 8 9:00 AM Germany vs China PR Saturday, June 8 12:00 PM Spain vs South Africa Stade Saturday, June 8 3:00 PM Norway vs Sunday, June 9 7:00 AM Australia vs Italy Sunday, June 9 9:30 AM Brazil vs Jamaica Sunday, June 9 12:00 PM England vs Scotland Monday, June 10 12:00 PM vs Japan Monday, June 10 3:00 PM Canada vs Cameroon Tuesday, June 11 9:00 AM New Zealand vs Netherlands Tuesday, June 11 12:00 PM Chile vs Sweden Tuesday, June 11 3:00 PM USA vs Thailand Wednesday, June 12 9:00 AM Nigeria vs Korea Republic Wednesday, June 12 12:00 PM Germany vs Spain Wednesday, June 12 3:00 PM France vs Norway Thursday, June 13 12:00 PM Australia vs Brazil Thursday, June 13 3:00 PM South Africa vs China PR Friday, June 14 9:00 AM Japan vs Scotland Friday, June 14 12:00 PM Jamaica vs Italy Friday, June 14 3:00 PM England vs Argentina Saturday, June 15 9:00 AM Netherlands vs Cameroon Saturday, June 15 2:50 PM Canada vs New Zealand Sunday, June 16 9:00 AM Sweden vs Thailand Sunday, June 16 12:00 PM USA vs Chile Monday, June 17 12:00 PM South Africa vs Germany Monday, June 17 3:00 PM Nigeria vs France Tuesday, June 18 3:00 PM Italy vs Brazil Wednesday, June 19 3:00 PM Japan vs England Thursday, June 20 12:00 PM Netherlands vs Canada Thursday, June 20 3:00 PM Sweden vs USA Saturday, June 22 11:30 AM ROUND OF 16: Teams TBD Saturday, June 22 3:00 PM ROUND OF 16: Teams TBD Sunday, June 23 11:30 AM ROUND OF 16: Teams TBD Sunday, June 23 3:00 PM ROUND OF 16: Teams TBD Monday, June 24 12:00 PM ROUND OF 16: Teams TBD Monday, June 24 3:00 PM ROUND OF 16: Teams TBD Tuesday, June 25 12:00 PM ROUND OF 16: Teams TBD

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Tuesday, June 25 3:00 PM ROUND OF 16: Teams TBD Thursday, June 27 3:00 PM QUARTERFINAL: Teams TBD Friday, June 28 3:00 PM QUARTERFINAL: Teams TBD Saturday, June 29 9:00 AM QUARTERFINAL: Teams TBD Saturday, June 29 12:30 PM QUARTERFINAL: Teams TBD Tuesday, July 2 3:00 PM SEMIFINAL: Teams TBD Wednesday, July 3 3:00 PM SEMIFINAL: Teams TBD Saturday, July 6 11:00 AM 3rd PLACE MATCH: Teams TBD Sunday, July 7 11:00 AM FINAL: Teams TBD

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