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REPORT
6.8
MEDIA OPERATIONS
In every tournament venue there were
Media Managers and their deputies, who
supervised all media operations in each
Host City, open trainings for journalists
and ran press conferences as chair
persons.
Another person delegated to serve the media was
the EHF Media Manager, who was responsible for
all aspects of service provided to journalists on behalf
of the EHF.
Moreover, the media in each Host City were served
by a total of ca. 60 volunteers in various areas who
were responsible for all kinds of help and the provision
of information to journalists and photo journalists.
An additional Video Crew team was responsible
for the preparation of video materials and interviews
in the mix zone. In hotels where journalists were accommodated,
there were infodesks at which volunteers
gave all kinds of organisational information
to journalists.
ORGANISATION OF MEDIA ZONES
Work on the organisation of all media zones and
equipment for the media started on 2 January in
Kraków, on 9 January in Katowice, on 10 January in
Gdańsk and on 11 January in Wrocław. The following
media zones were organised in each Host City:
Media Center – they were located in match venues
and were open from the day preceding the start of
EHF EURO 2016 till the last day of the Championship
in the given Host City from 10:00 am till 0:00 am
on match days (till 10:00 am on rest days). Media
Centers offered work spaces for journalists, access
to the Internet, computers and printers at the media's
disposal and included:
• Working Area – work spaces for journalists (500
in Kraków, 300 in Wrocław, 150 in Katowice and
150 in Gdańsk)
• Press Conference Room – the conference area
where press conferences were held after each
match with the participation of coaches and
players of both teams
• Catering zone
• Relax zone
Mix Zone – the zone where journalists leaving the
media stand met players leaving the court, including
the TV zone, the radio zone and the zone for Internet
and press journalists
Flash Zone – areas of first contact with players and
quick short interviews (accessible only to journalists
of televisions that had bought the rights to access
this zone)
Press Stand – separate stands for journalists – 450
seats in Kraków, 150 seats in Katowice, 200 seats in
Gdańsk and 300 seats in Wrocław – each press seat
was provided with power connection and Internet
access. Fully equipped commentators' seats for TV
and radio stations were also available.
TV Compound Zone – designated zones outside venues
where production trucks of all stations that had
bought broadcasting rights stood during the entire
Tournament and were secured on a round-the-clock
basis
TV Studios – TV studios were built in venues for TV
stations that had bought broadcasting rights. 3 TV
studios were built in Kraków, 2 studios were built in
Wrocław, and 1 studio was built in Gdańsk.
CONFERENCES AND PRESS BRIEFINGS
A number of open conferences for all accredited
journalists and briefings for journalists from individual
states was organised:
• Conferences inaugurating the Tournament in all
4 Host Cities
• Conferences with coaches and players of both
teams after each match
• Conference after the preliminary round
• Conference after the main round
• Summary conference at the end of the
Tournament on final Sunday
• Press briefings – a number of meetings fixed by
specific teams (in teams’ hotels) with journalists
from individual states.
Press
conference
during the
Tournament
Media Zone
in TAURON
Arena Kraków
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