Record Number of TV Broadcasting Hours at 26th Winter Universiade

TRENTO/LAUSANNE – FISU has secured a record number of broadcasting hours for its Winter event. Indeed, the 26^th edition of the Winter Universiade will be broadcast worldwide amounting to a total of approximately 170 hours by different TV channels.

FISU will operate as the Host Broadcaster of the event with live production of 78 competitions and live production of all final events (except women’s ice hockey; Downhill and Super G).

Moreover, 21 daily highlights (26 minutes each) and 3 à 4 minutes news items will be produced per day. Eight OB Vans will be used for the production and four ENG crews will be operating on the venues.

Television Channels airing the competitions include Eurosport and Eurosport Asia-Pacific; CBS USA; RTR Russia; CCTV China; KBS Korea; KZTV Kazakhstan; Czech TV and RAI Sport Italy, bringing the games to all continents.

On the website the fans can watch many competitions, as well as the daily highlights in livestreaming.

The 26^th Winter Universiade officially opens on 11 December with the Opening Ceremony, while the ice hockey tournament already starts a day earlier. When the Winter Universiade gets underway it will mark the sixth time that Italy has hosted the FISU Winter Games. Around 2,800 athletes from 52 countries will descend upon the mountainous Trentino region ready to compete in ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, short track, curling, alpine skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping; cross country skiing, free style skiing, snowboarding and biathlon. The games will end on 21 December.

C. Pierre, FISU Press Officer