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Germany's leading soccer league, the Bundesliga, is amongst the first significant sports league to resume its season. And empty and quiet arenas have resulted in some questionable brand-new functions to the broadcasts. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Germany's leading soccer league is back. However while the Bundesliga has actually resumed its season, fans are disallowed from participating in, which indicates games are taking place in empty, echoing stadiums, which is leading networks to experiment with brand-new features to cheer up the TV broadcasts.
LAUREL WAMSLEY, BYLINE: When FC Union Berlin handled Mainz today, here's what it sounded like in the arena. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED SOCCER PLAYER # 1: (Non-English language spoken). UNIDENTIFIED SOCCER GAMER # 2: (Non-English language spoken). UNIDENTIFIED SOCCER GAMER # 3: (Non-English language spoken). UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS: (Non-English language spoken).
It is so strangely peaceful. ROBERT CERVANTES: It truthfully seemed like viewing a practice. WAMSLEY: That's Robert Cervantes, a leader of a Baltimore club for fans of Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga's leading team. Sports-starved Americans have been seeing Bundesliga video games on Fox Sports. And today, the broadcaster attempted something new.
Here's what a game in between Dusseldorf and Schalke played in a totally empty arena sounded like to the audiences viewing on Fox Sports. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNKNOWN COMMENTATOR: We've had many draws. WAMSLEY: Cervantes said that modification caused a clash in between what he saw and what he heard.
It type of felt uncomfortable to hear fan noise. But then with your eyes, you're seeing that there is no fans. WAMSLEY: Alexi Lalas is a previous star on the U.S. National Group and is now an analyst for Fox Soccer. ALEXI LALAS: I like it. We all understand it's not genuine, but it is boosting the viewing experience.
WAMSLEY: Fox itself isn't creating the crowd sound. It's using a feed made by the broadcaster Sky Deutschland. However when the video games are broadcast in Germany, the true stadium feed is used. Fans who wish to hear the crowd sound version can stream it online. Marcus Sotereanos (ph) is one of those German fans whose cheers and groans is being imitated by the broadcaster's use of pre-recorded noise.