GUANGZHOU, China – September 27, 2009 – The 16th Asian Games (www.gz2010.cn/en), part of the worldwide Olympic movement and governed by the Olympic Council of Asia is planning 2,500 hours of live TV programming for the ’10 Games.
This announcement and the Games’ broadcasting plans were revealed at the 1st World Broadcaster Meeting recently concluded in Guangzhou.
Highlights of the conference included:
The 16th Asian Games will be held November 12-27, 2010 with preliminary football competition beginning five days prior to the Opening Ceremonies;
There will be 28 Olympic sports with an additional 14 non-Olympic sports. Competition will be in multiple venues including: Football (8), Basketball (5) Volleyball(4) and Shooting (2);
Guangzhou Asian Games Broadcasting will produce 2,500 hours of live TV programming with 700 hours produced in HD (High Definition) signals for worldwide TV rights holders. There will be 300 commentary positions for TV reporters;
GAB plans to use more than 45 international production teams to be “blended’ with experienced Chinese TV production teams from the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing;
“Beauty Cameras” will be set-up through Guangzhou for optimal live photography of iconic areas of the city;
Construction is on schedule for the new International Broadcast Centre which is slated for completion in Spring 2010. Based in the new Asian Games Town, the IBC is adjacent to the Main Press Centre – offering 50,000 sq m on four levels.
Varied facilities will be shared between the IBC and MPB including a food court, Asian Games’ merchandise store, bank, Courier/Postal services, General Store, travel agency, photo shop, internet cafe’ and medical services;
The first version of the Broadcast Rate Card was introduced with the final version available in mid-2010 at the 2nd World Broadcaster Meeting;
