We are 100 days away from the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2021, so it’s time to start understanding how Five Circle review can be used on television. discovery +, the group’s new Internet service Ott, will broadcast the entire Japanese event in Italy. Those who subscribe to the corresponding application will be able to follow practically all the competitions in their entirety. 2,500 hours of live coverage will be guaranteed during the 16 days of competition., divided into around thirty channels, with a main one personalized in Italian code, which will order the line from one field to another according to the current situation.
He reveals it Alessandro araimo, CEO of Discovery Italia, in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport: “The editorial strategy is clear: we focus on a platform that will converge the entire offer, live or on demand, no longer on traditional television channels, but through multiple, integrated and simultaneous digital transmissions. To this, during the Games, which Rai will broadcast with a total of 200 hours on non-overlapping networks, we will add free-to-air programming on Nove, with daily summaries and commentary magazines ”.
How will the coverage of five circles be articulated? “We will be in Tokyo, also with a study at Casa Italia that, aimed especially at the youngest, will enhance the Azzurri and, with national and international talents, we will broadcast from London, complete with a virtual studio and from Italy, with a hundred people involved. We will have Andrea Meneghin and Hugo Sconochini for basketball, Roberta Vinci for tennis, Riccardo Magrini for cycling, Valentina Marchei and in foreign code, among others, Boris Becker and Alex Corretja for rackets, Alberto Contador and Andrew Wiggins for bicycles ”.
Not just straight from Tokyo. There will be an approach route in the weeks leading up to the Olympics. “A series of ad hoc productions, some already on the air, others around the corner: in these hours, 100 days before the start, in search of the best of history, we will present the first of eight episodes of Head to head: Bolt or Lewis? Spitz or Phelps? ” Araimo confirms that an agreement with Gazzetta is also in the pipeline, right? “The editorial association will give even more visibility to the Games and our athletes: Gazzetta.it, provided by discovery +, will have the highlights of the day, videos of Italian medalists and many curiosities every morning.”
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