January 2014
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Many of the personnel manning the production units have come from the extensive training programme that Panorama HD established three years ago
TVBEurope 29 The Workflow The downhill run to Sochi
The 22nd Winter Olympic Games commence next month in Sochi, Russia. Philip Stevens investigates how OB provider Panorama prepared the way for the world’s biggest winter sports event
SEVEN YEARS ago, the Black Sea resort of Sochi in the Russian Federation was chosen as the venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. Although this is the first occasion a location in Russia has been selected to host these games, the name of Sochi is set to become quite familiar. As well as the forthcoming Olympics, the city will be the site of the Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix from 2014 until at least 2020, and it is one of the host cities for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. To prepare for the extensive television
coverage demanded by these events, ANO Sports Broadcasting (now better known as Panorama) was established in 2009 as an autonomous non-profit organisation by Russia’s Channel One, VGTRK, NTV-PLUS and the RIA Novosti news agency. It will provide the national signal for the Olympics (OBS provides the international feed) and international signal for the Paralympics.
Panorama will also cover the Paralympics from Sochi starting in March One of Panorama’s first moves was to
order 12 outside broadcast units from Sony. Complementing these OB units was a mobile master control room to integrate the output from the vans and other sources, and combine them into one production unit.
Test runs Using that impressive inventory of vehicles, the company has been involved in numerous projects in preparation for the upcoming games. It acted as host broadcaster for 17 Olympic test events in the 2011-2013 winter seasons that took
place in Sochi. These included the Figure Skating Grand Prix at the Iceberg Winter Sports Palace and the Ski Jumping World Cup. Both events were transmitted to a worldwide audience. “The Iceberg Palace of Winter Sports was the first commissioned Olympic
A Robycam system was installed to enhance ice skating coverage during the run up to the Games
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