107th IOC Session - LA84 Foundation

The centre cubic at
White Ring boasted video
screens on all four sides.
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The international signal was transmitted to
the two Media Villages, the Olympic Village,
and for a fee to hospitality houses that a number
of NOCs had set up in local restaurants. In these
cases, the signal was sent along a local cable
television network which meant that no new cables
had to be laid, thus saving on cost. The
hotel cable television system was used to provide
each room in the IOC hotel with a fourchannel
selection of the international signal. The
international signal was also made available for
use on the giant video displays installed at the
venues, and this helped to heighten the atmosphere.
A video room was set up in the Olympic
Village for athletes and coaches, where live images
of competitions, replays and video copy
service were available in PAL, SECAM, and
NTSC format.
To enable accurate judging at competitions,
cameras were fixed in select positions such as
directly above the ice hockey goal posts, in
prime position at the landing area at the ski jump
venue, and at gates in the alpine skiing events.
All of these images were transmitted to the
judges using an independent CCTV system.
CCTV transmission
FV-450M (analogue) sections 13
MPEG II (digital) sections 2
CCTV modulators 94
CCTV amplifiers 148
CCTV outlets 7,000
Home converters 6,140
Total length of coaxial cables 110km