XXII Olympic Winter Games-2014, Sochi

On December 8, the International Olympic Committee announced the winners of the Olympic Golden Rings award for outstanding broadcast coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014. Panorama (ANO Sports Broadcasting), which produced the national television signal of the 2014 Olympics won in two categories, Best Digital Offering and Best Olympics Program. The RussiaSport mobile application won in the Best Digital Offering category. The app offered 377 broadcasts with the combined duration of 780 hours, and over 5,000 highlight videos.

Today President Putin awarded organizers of the Sochi Olympics and Paralympics during a special ceremony at the Kremlin.

Source: Kommersant, March 14, 2014

A quote from President Putin’s interview to Russian and international media ahead of the Paralympics. In this interview, he said that the key mission of the Paralympic movement is to raise the interest in sports and to promote full integration of people with disabilities into society.

Source OKR.

On July 2, the International Sports Journalists Day , Rossiyskaya Gazeta Media Center hosted an award ceremony for the best Russian sports journalists who took part in covering the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. The ROC Press Commission determined the 65 winners, 35 of whom work for federal media, and 30 – for regional media.

We worked painstakingly to get ready for the launch, we polished the surface and every detail to make them shine. We pieced together all of our major ingredients – our team, equipment and production work. Now, finally, we are off the ground, moving over the Black Sea, over the snow-capped mountain tops and the Olympic Sochi. The flight is nominal!

Source: TKT (Film-making and Television Equipment), May 2014

An interview with ANO Sports Broadcasting (Panorama) CTO Sergey Revin

Q: Who and when made the decision to make Panorama the national broadcaster of the Olympics and the international broadcaster of the Paralympic Games in Sochi?

RIA News Agency hosted the “Olympic TV Coverage” press-conference on March 14. The event started at 4 p.m.

Source: Yugra MK

The most experienced Russian TV professionals covered the Sochi Olympic Games.

Source: VESTI-Sochi 

Russia’s VGTRK state-owned TV network is the host broadcaster for the 2014 Paralympics, due to kick off in Sochi next week. VGTRK will carry a national broadcast signal produced by ANO Sports Broadcasting, a TV production company specially established in Russia to cover the 2014 Winter Olympics.