Today, March 16th, the Prime-Minister of Tatarstan Mr. Rustam Minnikhanov held a meeting on the preparation of the media coverage of the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan.
The meeting was attended by the heads of organizations and authorities involved in the organizing process, including the Sport Broadcasting Company.
The following topics were on the meeting’s agenda: organization of the International Broadcasting Centre, the Main Press Centre and the TV broadcasting of the 2013 Universiade.
Marat Bariev, Minister of Youth, Sport and Tourism of Tatarstan; Marat Muratov, Director of Agency for Press and Mass Communications Tatmedia; and Vladimir Leonov, Director General of the Executive Directorate Kazan 2013 have presented their reports to the meeting participants. It was stated that the present technical requirements for the construction of venues will make provision for the broadcasting demands, such as system of hidden inner communications for remote equipment of transportable TV stations and special platforms for TV equipment. In general, TV broadcasting is expected to be organized at 37 venues.
As Marat Muratov informed, in early March a meeting on informational coverage of Universiade 2013 in Kazan was carried out in Moscow. And it was decided to create a working group under the name of ‘Sport Broadcasting Company’ that united top-managers and specialists of leading Russian companies, specializing in broadcasting.
Representatives of that working group are currently in Kazan for an ‘on site’-visit. Today they are visiting construction sites of the Universiade 2013 in correspondence to the broadcasting requirements.
Source: Media Department Kazan 2013
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