25 February 2005
Special Olympics World Winter Games About To Open
Tomorrow (26 February) the New Zealand Special Olympics team will march into Nagano's M-Wave Arena alongside some 2,500
athletes from 80 countries as a part of the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics World Winter Games.
The Games will take place over 8 days during which an atmosphere of intense competition and excitement will be
experienced by all, culminating in the Closing Ceremony on 5 March.
The host organisation for the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games will produce and provide three summary feeds to
send out Games footage to world-wide viewers during the Games. The feed schedule is as follows:
Sunday, February 27: 11:00- 11:15am (JST) / 2:00- 2:15 (GMT)
Thursday, March 3: 11:00- 11:15am (JST) / 2:00- 2:15 (GMT)
Sunday, March 6: 11:00- 11:15am (JST) / 2:00- 2:15 (GMT)
Origin: KDDI Tokyo
Delivery satellite will be Asiasat-2, EutelsatW3A, IS805
For more information on reservation details and charges, please contact the following Eurovision (European Broadcasting
Union) as follows:
Department: Program
Name: Christope Pasquier
Phone: +41-22-717-28-78
Fax: +41-22-717-28-80
E-mail: program@eurovision.net
pasquier@eurovision.net
Please note there will not be any satellite transmission (play-out) service from Nagano for these Games. For
broadcasting stations that have covered the Games in Nagano and wish to transmit footage overseas, this footage
transmission is possible only from Tokyo.
ENDS