13 International Rights Holding Broadcasters for CWG

The Organising Committee Commonwealth Games today announced deals with right holding broadcasters from 13 countries across six continents. Prasar Bharati is the host broadcast partner for the Games.

The international broadcast exposure will beat all records set. The Games are to be viewed across Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and the United States, with additional daily news coverage reaching across 160 countries.

The total contracted value for the 13 international right holding broadcasters is 46,342,601 dollar out of which OC CWG has already realised a sum of 34,224,000 dollar. The US, Canada and Tanzania are paying for the first time for Commonwealth Games broadcasts from overseas.

The Committee has secured a Value in Kind (VIK) agreement worth 3,600,000 dollar with broadcasters from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The airtime available in VIK will be shared with Indian Railways and Ministry of Tourism to promote tourism in the country.

Prasar Bharati has appointed Satellite Information Services (SIS) Live of UK for production and coverage services. SIS Live will deploy over 1300 experts across all venues. Approximately 345 HD cameras, including 38 Super Slow Motion cameras, 55 Robotic cameras, 40 RF cameras and 100 Slow Motion Servers are going to be part of the technical infrastructure.