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Subject: Paralympic Coverage Surpasses Previous Showing


As the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games are only a few days away, more and more
broadcasters are announcing their increased coverage and schedules for this
year's highlight. The Paralympics will be held from 6 to 17 September and
are available for viewing all around the world.

"It is a thrill to see the audience that we will be reaching with the
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. With over 1,000 hours of coverage, this is by
far the largest broadcast of Paralympic Sport, and I welcome each and every
viewer to take advantage of this opportunity to witness these exciting
Paralympic Games", said Sir Philip Craven, IPC President.

BBC Television in Great Britain will have live coverage and highlights each
day on either BBC1 or BBC2. Also included this year will be an interactive
element to their broadcasts. In more detail, the Athletics, Swimming,
Wheelchair Basketball and Equestrian competition will each have a camera
designated for the sporting event, along with either a commentary position
or a reporter.

Both Chinese broadcasters will include two different channels in their
displaying of the events. CCTV will broadcast ten hours each day throughout
the Paralympics. BTV is planning to cover the Games from 8:00-22:30, 6 to 17
September on their BTV-6 station. This will have live and replayed events,
news and features. 

In Canada, CBC Sports will be actively working with their CBC French and
English broadcasts for the Games. The CBC English station will have two
hours in the afternoon on 6, 7, 13 and 14 September. The CBC French station
will show two hours also in the afternoon on 20 and 21 September.

In Brazil, the SPORTV Channel will have each day ten hours of live
competition, and six 30-minutes programmes. In addition to showing these
events and the Opening Ceremony on SPORTV, Brazil will have coverage in the
form or news and sports programmes on its other eight channels.

Japan's NHK Production will have a daily highlight programme shown, in
addition to a 50-minutes documentary produced that will focus on the
competition side of the Paralympics When the Games have finished, NHK plans
on combining all the acquired material and re-edit it into another
documentary. The 80-minute piece will be titled, "Glory of Beijing
Paralympics 2008". 

In Spain, RTVE and the Spanish Paralympic Committee have agreed to offer
over 100 hours of Games coverage through several channels that are part of
the TV Corporation. This will be similar to what was offered during ATHENS
2004. The coverage this year will include daily broadcasting of two one-hour
programmes on TV2 and Teledeporte, one of them being the highlights of the
day. A ten-minute, daily programme special will also be part of the schedule
on TV2, with additional specials on TVE, RNE and rtve.es. Teledeporte hopes
to have as much live broadcasting as possible, focusing on Spanish athletes
in Athletics, Swimming and Cycling.

Australia will offer over 100 hours of live and highlights across the major
channels of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). The broadcaster
plans on showing eight hours of daily live coverage on ABC2 and two,
one-hour daily highlight packages on ABC1. 

In South Africa, the major broadcasting station SABC will be showing live
coverage of the Games each day, including the Opening Ceremony on their
SABC2 channel. Additionally, the channel will have a delayed run of the
Closing Ceremony. 

In Germany, broadcasters will also be extensively showing the Games
throughout the entire event, including Opening and Closing Ceremony.
Prominent channels ARD and ZDF will take over the majority of broadcasting,
with live coverage each day on its analogue and digital channels. 

Adding on to that, Eurosport will also be including live broadcasts in their
channel's respective programming. 

Furthermore, more than 32 European Broadcasting Union (EBU ) members
committed to cover the Beijing 2008 Paralympics from China. 

For those fans of the Paralympic Games who do not live within the
territories of the rightsholding broadcasters, there will be coverage
available on www.ParalympicSport.TV, the IPC's internet TV channel. Daily
news and highlight shows will be offered on demand as well as live coverage
wherever possible. More than 150 hours of Paralympic sports are already
available on the channel, 24/7 free of charge, all over the world.
Additionally, daily news will also be shown on the YouTube channel of
ParalympicSport.TV at www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Fans of Paralympic
Sport can also join the group "Your Paralympic Moment" and upload video
clips of their special Paralympic Moment. The best clips will be released on
ParalympicSport.TV after the Games.
  
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Notes to the Editor:

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global governing body of
the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Summer and Winter Paralympic
Games, and serves as the International Federation for nine sports, for which
it supervises and co-ordinates the World Championships and other
competitions. The IPC is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to
achieve sporting excellence and to developing sport opportunities for all
persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the
IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage,
determination, inspiration and equality.

Founded on 22 September 1989, the IPC is an international non-profit
organization formed and run by 162 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs)
from five regions and four disability specific international sports
federations (IOSDs). The IPC Headquarters and its management team are
located in Bonn, Germany.

For further information, please contact Steffi Klein, IPC Media and
Communications Senior Manager, on e-mail: [log in to unmask] or go
to www.paralympic.org and www.ParalympicSport.TV.
 

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