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Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games:More programmes, on more media for Europeans. Delivered by the EBU
Geneva, 11 February 2010 – The opening of Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter games tomorrow is a fitting way to celebrate the EBU’s 60th birthday*. The EBU** has always recognized sports’ importance to audiences. With this event we will ensure access for more Europeans to more programmes across more media than ever. "We look forward to delivering more sport than ever before from Vancouver to Europe and beyond,” said Ingrid Deltenre, Director General, EBU. She added, “By providing broadcasters with standard and high definition pictures and audio, for television, radio and new media, our services The EBU acquired the rights to the games for its territories*** and will ensure their delivery using the Eurovision network to 46 rights holders. European broadcasters will produce more than 8,000 hours of programming across all media, 61 TV channels, 17 radio channels and 40 websites. The EBU’s Common Broadband Platform www.eurovisionsports.tv/olympics, is available to viewers right across Europe***, so that a Swede living in Switzerland will be able to watch the Swedish broadcaster’s coverage of his favourite sport from his PC. The video portal aggregates over 30 EBU Member broadcasters’ programmes, 6 EBU channels and a 24/7 Olympic News Channel showing more than 3,000 hours of live event coverage. The site will for the first time distribute a selected number of events online in High Definition. Live video streams will be available at a higher definition (1280x720p) providing a compelling online viewing experience. Note to editors: *The EBU was formed on 12 February 1950 by 23 broadcasting organizations from Europe and the Mediterranean at a conference in the coastal resort of Torquay in Devon, England.More Info **The EBU serves 125 national media organizations from 56 countries in and around Europe. It represents its Members and promotes the values and distinctiveness of public service media in Europe and around the world. The Eurovision and Euroradio networks deliver news, sports, events and music to EBU Members and other media organizations. Services to Members range from legal advice, technical standardization and development to co-production and exchange of quality European content. More on: www.ebu.ch *** List of territories: Press Contact: Mr Albert Garnier |
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