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IBC secures Romero for Keynote
Chris Forrester
Television’s Mr Olympics, Manolo Romero, will deliver a Keynote at this year’s IBC.
Romero has covered every Olympic Games since Mexico in 1968 and now runs the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Broadcasting Services, and responsible for getting the wonderful sporting images out from the venues and into the broadcaster’s circuits. He is MD at OBS.
He appears at IBC in a session which looks at the past, present and future of Olympics coverage, which will also feature Dave Mazza of NBC, fresh from the challenges of the Vancouver games, and Roger Mosey, the BBC’s leader for the 2012 London Olympics.
Sports sessions run through the conference on Saturday 11 September, spanning both the content creation and business streams. Other sessions will look at interactive and online services, a sporting case study, and a look at how stereoscopic 3D could change the face of sport on television. The 3D session will be led by Peter Angell of HBS, the host broadcaster for Fifa World Cup.
“Television and live sport were made for each other, and the need to engage audiences has driven many of the technical innovations in our industry” said Michael Lumley, chair of the IBC2010 conference committee. “We must give sport the weight it deserves in the conference, and there is no-one better to start the debate than the most powerful man in sports broadcasting: Manolo Romero. His keynote will be a thought-provoking start to an absorbing day.”
Chris Forrester
Television’s Mr Olympics, Manolo Romero, will deliver a Keynote at this year’s IBC.
Romero has covered every Olympic Games since Mexico in 1968 and now runs the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Broadcasting Services, and responsible for getting the wonderful sporting images out from the venues and into the broadcaster’s circuits. He is MD at OBS.
He appears at IBC in a session which looks at the past, present and future of Olympics coverage, which will also feature Dave Mazza of NBC, fresh from the challenges of the Vancouver games, and Roger Mosey, the BBC’s leader for the 2012 London Olympics.
Sports sessions run through the conference on Saturday 11 September, spanning both the content creation and business streams. Other sessions will look at interactive and online services, a sporting case study, and a look at how stereoscopic 3D could change the face of sport on television. The 3D session will be led by Peter Angell of HBS, the host broadcaster for Fifa World Cup.
“Television and live sport were made for each other, and the need to engage audiences has driven many of the technical innovations in our industry” said Michael Lumley, chair of the IBC2010 conference committee. “We must give sport the weight it deserves in the conference, and there is no-one better to start the debate than the most powerful man in sports broadcasting: Manolo Romero. His keynote will be a thought-provoking start to an absorbing day.”