107th IOC Session - LA84 Foundation
107th IOC Session - LA84 Foundation
107th IOC Session - LA84 Foundation
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■ Staff Assignments and Cameras<br />
Event Production Team No. of No. of<br />
Cameras Staff<br />
Alpine Skiing Men’s Downhill/Super G NHK 29 144<br />
Alpine Skiing Ladies’ Downhill/Super G NHK 29 127<br />
Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom TV Asahi 18 99<br />
Alpine Skiing Slalom/Snowboard GS FUJI TV 20 93<br />
Alpine Skiing Combined (Slalom) TBS Vision 13 41<br />
Cross-Country Skiing NHK 45 183<br />
Ski Jumping NHK 15 73<br />
Freestyle Skiing TV Asahi 12 63<br />
Snowboard Halfpipe NTV 12 61<br />
Speed Skating NTV 16 66<br />
Figure Skating / Short Track Speed Skating TBS 14 66<br />
Ice Hockey Stadium ‘A’ CBC (Canada) 19 47<br />
Ice Hockey Stadium ‘B’ TV Tokyo 20 88<br />
Biathlon YLE (Finland) 25 116<br />
Bobsleigh/Luge BBC (Great Britain) 33 86<br />
Curling CBC (Canada) 11 46<br />
Opening Ceremony NHK 22 121<br />
Closing Ceremony TBS 17 88<br />
Victory Ceremonies Nagano local TV consortium 5 24<br />
(NHK Nagano, SBC, NBS, TSB, ABN)<br />
Press conferences held at the MPC TBS 2 15<br />
Balloon camera system – 2 –<br />
Helicopter coverage – 2 –<br />
Panorama cameras – 5 –<br />
TOTAL 386 1,647<br />
190<br />
A special tracking<br />
camera followed skaters<br />
around the curve of the<br />
speed skating oval.<br />
tracking camera on the second curve at the<br />
speed skating oval and pole cameras in alpine<br />
skiing slalom events were introduced to provide<br />
fresh perspectives to winter sports coverage.<br />
Other new technology made use of<br />
microphones embedded in the ice at skating<br />
venues, adding a sense of immediacy to the<br />
broadcasts.<br />
The creation of an exciting international signal<br />
demanded experienced production teams thoroughly<br />
familiar with the sports, and more than<br />
1,600 personnel and 380 cameras from broadcasting<br />
organizations both within Japan and<br />
around the world were brought into service.<br />
A similar camera captured the explosive<br />
power of the athletes at the start of the<br />
bobsleigh/luge track at Spiral.<br />
• Production Facilities<br />
ORTO’98 brought OB vans to the television<br />
compounds at the competition venues and set<br />
up temporary production rooms. Equipment<br />
included approximately 380 fixed, EFP