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Fox's version of the score bug was branded as the "Fox Box", and was part of its inaugural season of NFL coverage in 1994. [2] Variety criticized it as an "annoying see-through clock and score graphic" and expressed concern for people "who actually watched the beginning of the game and would rather have their screen clear of graphics". [3]
The graphics package itself is similar to the previous look, but with a more boxy appearance, and the fonts used are rounder and have less of an athletic appearance than previous packages used by Fox. The layout of the score box is essentially a mirror image of the already-introduced MLB graphic, except that the NFL version is on the top-left ...
Born. (1946-05-21) May 21, 1946 (age 78) Newcastle, New South Wales. Nationality. Australian, American. Occupation. Television executive. David Hill (born May 21, 1946) is an Australian-born American executive producer who served as the president of Fox Sports from 1993 to 2000, [1] and as a senior EVP of 21st Century Fox for twenty-four years.
College basketball is officially back, and fans are already over FOX’s latest graphic. During this Tuesday’s game between Mount St. Mary’s and Villanova, FOX Sports unveiled its new scorebug ...
For its first year [42] of coverage [43] in 1996, [44] [45] Fox used the scoring bug [46] [47] on their Major League Baseball telecasts. Within two years, the bug would be expanded to all sports telecasts on Fox and other networks. The first scoring bug was a translucent parallelogram with red borders on the left and right.
For the 2001 season, Fox implemented a new graphics package for its MLB telecasts, which debuted on the network's NASCAR broadcasts in February of that year. The graphics package was an updated version of the design in 1999, but its score bug was revised as a top-screen banner.
Monday Night Football began using a score bug in 1997, the second network to do so after Fox introduced the first regular on-screen scoring bug when it began airing NFL games in 1994. Prior to this, the graphics package was limited, but followed a basic "ketchup and mustard" color scheme of red and yellow.
The screen bug may have been used from 1999 to 2014; when the network upgraded to high-definition, the watermark placement remained at the 480i format. Until March 14, 2016, they did not display the on-screen bug, just the hashtag missing the Fox bug, used on some affiliates.