ESPN to use video conferencing for WCup interviews

YORK — ESPN will use video conferencing to interview coaches and athletes from the most remote World Cup sites.
The network announced Thursday that it will set up Cisco TelePresence systems in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth for the tournament in South Africa starting next month.
That will allow ESPN to produce more reports on off days from the two far-flung cities as part of its expanded World Cup coverage instead of being limited by using expensive satellite trucks.
Eight of the 10 venues for the tournament are clustered loosely around Johannesburg in the country's northeast, while Port Elizabeth and Cape Town are on the southern and southwest coast.