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20.05.2012United Kingdom: London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay *** ARCHIVE
IHA News Agency
Olympic Flame arrives in the UK on May 18, 2012. It will then begin it's 70 day journey at Land's End on the morning of May 19.
The torch will pass through 1,018 places included Dublin. It will be carried by nearly 8000 people on its journey to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on 27 July.
IHA is operational in London
-Studio facilities with LIVE background situated opposite the Olympic Stadium
- Studio facilities with LIVE background situated in Central London
-Stand-up positions at Land's End -upon request
Technical facilities on site
• Currently operational with our world's only floating tv studio on river Thames Studio
and SNG truck in London
• stand-up positions at Olympic Village and Central London
• Tape playouts: Beta SP/SX, DVC pro, PAL and NTSC
• 16:9 or 4:3 camera
• ENG crews upon request
• Studio & Editing facilities
For Booking please contact the following number
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I AP 360
The Olympic Flame arrives in United Kingdom from Greece on May 18 and kicks off an 8,000-mile (12,875-kilometre) relay across the country the following day.
The flame touches down at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose in Cornwall on board a chartered British Airways A319 aircraft at approximately 19.30 BST.
The Olympic Torch Relay begins at Land’s End, the westernmost tip of England, on the morning of Saturday 19 May to reach Plymouth in the evening.
The flame will also make stops in Ireland and involve 8,000 torchbearers.
The torchbearers are to include Britain's oldest full-time firefighter and a soldier who lost three limbs in Afghanistan.
To aid your coverage, AP Global Media Services is planning to offer a range of facilities from Cornwall, England, including:
• Live stand-up positions at the arrival of the Olympic Flame, at RNAS Culdrose on 18th May
• Live stand-up positions at the start of the relay at Land’s End on 19th May
• Multi-format tape playout facilities
• Correspondent on request in partnership with GRNLive
• International delivery via AP’s satellite and fibre networks
To book facilities at this event, please contact:
AP Bookings
Tel: +44 (0)20 7482 7580/7590
Email: bookings@ap.org
Website: www.aptn.com/gmsevents
Eurovision News Events
RNAS Culdrose, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, United Kingdom
18 May 2012
The Olympic flame will arrive in Britain on the 18th of May ahead of an almost 12'875 kilometre (8-thousand mile) journey across the UK to the London Olympic games.
The flame, which was lit on May 10th during a ceremony at Olympia in Greece, will be flown to the UK landing at the Royal Naval Air station (RNAS) Cauldrose on Cornwall's Lizard Peninsulam, aboard a chartered British Airways flight 'BA2012' from Athens. The arrival ceremony is expected to begin at 1830 GMT (1930 BST).
During the 10-week UK relay, the torch will be carried by a total of 8,000 torch-bearers. It will travel across Britain - coming within 10 miles of 95% of the population - before the olympics Opening ceremony on the 27th of July.
Eurovision Special Events can provide production and transmission facilities from RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall, including:
Standup positions for Live programme inserts
Playout from SDI output of clients camera
Connectivity to the Eurovision Global Network
For information or bookings, please contact Eurovision:
Tel: + 41 22 717 2840
Email : bookings@eurovision.net
