RIA Novosti Group Launches Round-The-Clock Multimedia Coverage of the Sochi 2014 Olympics

RIA Novosti Group Launches Round-The-Clock Multimedia Coverage of the Sochi 2014 Olympics

MOSCOW, November 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --



RIA Novosti is proud to announce an update to its range of Olympic products in
partnership with a major Russian television channel and a communications group, which owns
the largest outdoor media facades in Moscow, to broadcast its Olympic content.



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Over 300 correspondents, photographers, IT-specialists, programmers and other
specialists, 84 of whom based in Sochi, will be providing 24 hour coverage of the Olympics
in Russian and foreign languages.



"RIA Novosti has always attached great importance to covering the Olympic and the
Paralympic Games, and we are honored by the decision to award us the status of Sochi 2014
Olympics Host National News Agency and Photo Pool. RIA Novosti plans to have over 80
journalists and photographers focusing primarily on the Russian athletes in Sochi," Head
of RIA's Olympic team Maxim Filimonov says.



The agency is already producing up to 400 Olympic photos daily, and this will grow to
over 1,200 when the games begin. Clients will receive the content from location within 90
seconds via the state-of-the-art Blitz system.



RIA Novosti will also use MRMC camera motion control equipment and will present visual
content in the most advanced formats, including interactive video and 360degree(s)
panoramic video.



The best Olympic photos will be projected on Europe's largest media facade, Moscow's
Hydroproject building. The Inspire to Win exhibition featuring the best sports photos by
RIA Novosti correspondents, will be held in Moscow's downtown streets in December 2013.



The games will be covered in eleven formats, as well as via special mobile
applications and websites.



The Second Screen app, created together with Russia's Channel One, is one of RIA
Novosti's most advanced products. RIA Novosti will also launch the Sochi 2014 app, created
jointly with IOC global partner ATOS statistics operator.



Newsfeed subscribers, the media and other RIA Novosti clients will have access to the
new information portal and the Olympic photobank.



A special product line for RIA Novosti's foreign clients includes: R-Sport News
Service - English newswire covering the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games and all other
major sporting competition in Russia. 2014 Winter Olympic Photo package - on-the-spot news
footage and a collection of archival photos with Olympic themes.






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CONTACT: CONTACTS: Vladimir Gushchin, Director for public affairs, Email: v.gushchin@rian.ru, Tel: +7-495-645-6580


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