POST GAMES REPORT - Commonwealth Games Federation

• Biographical data and portraits of athletes, coaches, officials,
teams, CGAs
• Former and latest performance of participating athletes
• Media Kits: Media Kits and other items were distributed to
all accredited media from the reception area on verification of
accreditation.
• Camera Service: Located in the MPC, the Camera Service
by Canon and Nikon offered cleaning, repairing and loan of
professional cameras and accessories.
• Photography: Delhi 2010 had as many as 1,600 accredited print,
photographic and non-rights holding broadcast journalists.
As many as 360 of these were accredited photojournalists.
The photo management team under the guidance of an
international photo consultant appointed by PIB, identified
about 1,500 photo positions across 22 Games venues, and
ensured that these positions were photographer friendly. The
photographers were facilitated through 124 work stations
with all technological support in the MPC and about 500 work
stations in different Games venues. They were also provided
about 650 lockers in all the 24 venues for safe keeping of their
equipment during the Games.
With the help of the PIB’s international media consultants,
a 10-day venue specific training programme for the venue
media management team was conducted where all aspects of
Games coverage were thoroughly explained to all concerned
staff so that they could function flawlessly during the Games
and ensure smooth working by accredited media.
Even though the Press Operations FA underwent staff changes
as late as 25 September 2010, the FA with a small number of
staff members executed the deliverables and their efforts were
appreciated not only by the CGF members but also by the
domestic and international media.
Key Learnings and Recommendations
• The decision on outsourcing or not of the Games News
Service should be taken well in time; in Delhi 2010, since
it was outsourced after a considerable delay, it resulted in
heavy expenditure
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