Posted Feb 22, 2008, 1:42 AM
|
 |
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Stockholm
Posts: 12,805
|
|
2010 TV executives meeting in Vancouver
By BOB MACKIN, 24 HOURS
Broadcasters of the world - at least those that bought 2010 Winter Olympics rights - are united in Vancouver this week.
International Olympic Committee-owned Olympic Broadcast Services Vancouver meets until Friday with the companies that will beam the 2010 Games to TV viewers and radio listeners around the globe. It's the second of three annual conventions and brings together more than 100 representatives of 35 rights-holding networks to discuss production costs and logistics.
Vancouver 2010 will be the first all-HD TV Winter Olympics from the source.
"There's plenty of infrastructure for us to be able to acquire that equipment to be able to achieve it," said OBSV chief operating officer Nancy Lee.
NBC, the largest broadcaster, paid $2.2 billion for U.S. rights to Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. The CTV/ Rogers consortium outbid CBC with a $153-million offer for the Canadian deal.
|