Representatives of the rights-holding broadcasters tour Olympic venues(1)

2007-09-27 14:36:40 [ Big Normal Small ]    　Comment

The representatives tour the IBC.

A photo in front of the Bird's Nest

Over 300 representatives of the rights-holding broadcasters from around the world toured a few key, Beijing-based, Olympic competition and non-competition venues Wedneday morning.

The representatives were here to attend the 2007 World Broadcaster Briefing from September 23-29 to discuss the detailed matters concerning Olympic and Paralympic broadcasting.

The representatives looking for their own seats

They paid a visit to the main Olympic stadium -- the National Stadium, also dubbed the Bird's Nest -- as well as other landmark structures including the National Aquatics Center (also the Water Cube) and the National Indoor Stadium.

The representatives being debriefed on the Bird's Nest

At the International Broadcasting Center (IBC), the heart of the Olympic broadcast operations and the headquarters for the world broadcasters, the representatives were offered the opportunity to see not only the facility as a whole, but also the individual workshops f0r each rightsholder.

The representatives agreed that the onsite tour would facilitate the formulation of their work plans for Games-time broadcasting.

A representative videotapes the venue.

Director of BOCOG Media Operations, Sun Weijia (R) has a discussion with the personnel.

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