Belarusian TV “Olympians” in Torino

08.02.2006

Press releaseThe group is headed by director of Belteleradiocompany’s sports division Boris Gersten who will plan and coordinate activity, contact with the organizational committee, elaborate the conception for broadcasts and shooting video.


Press release



The group is headed by director of Belteleradiocompany’s sports division Boris Gersten who will plan and coordinate activity, contact with the organizational committee, elaborate the conception for broadcasts and shooting video.
Deputy Director of the sports division Alexander Kaziukevich will host live daily video reports and comment competitions in biathlon, skiflying and skiing.
Head of commentators department of sports division Vladimir Novitsky will comment competitions in ice hockey, biathlon and prepare material for daily news videos.
Head of ATN department Alexander Khromylev will prepare material for ATN’s news programs, daily news videos; comment freestyle competition and host live daily news videos.
Political observer of ATN Inga Khruscheva will prepare material for ATN’s news programs, daily news videos, comment competitions in skating and figure skating.
Editor of ATN’s reporters department Dmitry Anisovets will also host live daily videos, prepare material for ATN as well as host radio news programs.
Special correspondent of sports division Zinaida Sofronova will carry functions of interpreter and coordinate work with EBU and the organizational committee.
Producer of sports division Egor Sholkin will direct daily news videos and broadcastings and elaborate technologies of broadcasting.
Producer of sports division Dmitry Voropay will also direct daily news videos and broadcastings.
Head of video recording workshop of technology division of Belarusian TV Oleg Kurilov will do editing and provide technical background.
Cameramen of TV production division Oleg Nesterov and Pavel Tenin as well as associate producer of TV production division Yuri Tikhanovich will shoot video for the news programs.
Commentator of “Radius-FM” station Andrey Zuev will prepare daily reports for Belarusian radio.
Belteleradiocompany is the only member of European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in Belarus and has exclusive rights of broadcasting the Olympics at the territory of Belarus. The Olympic group of Belteleradiocompany will do their best in coverage of the main sport event of the year.
Specialists forecast that the record-breaking quantity of people will watch the Olympics - over 3 billion people in 200 states.
On February 10, at 9:00 PM the audience of the First National TV Channel will watch live broadcast of the opening ceremony where over 6 000 actors and volunteers will take part.
The total volume of broadcasts will be over 107 hours. Belarusians will be able to watch broadcasts of 10 kinds of sport of the Olympic program. The majority broadcasts will be live. The ones that will take place at the same time will be broadcasted simultaneously.
Besides the broadcasts themselves, daily news videos will be available at the First National TV Channel and TV Channel LAD for more complete coverage of the events. First issue of the videos will be broadcasted on February 9. Foreign audience will be able to watch the videos at “Belarus-TV” channel.
The Olympics will be also present in ATN’s news programs. Belarusian studio will be visited by guests - Belarusian and foreign athletes, coaches and officials.
Documentaries are planned to be produced about Belarusian participation in the Olympics.