Dear Broadcaster,
Welcome to Zurich and the ÅF Golden League
The TV meeting and commentary briefing will be held at 11:00 Friday 29th of August at the official hotel Crowne Plaza.
The Line up/pre World Feed transmission starts at GMT 17:00/CEST 19:00. Following items will appear during Line up.
GMT 17:00/CEST 19:00 Bars/tone (indicating IMG SWEDEN)
+10 min Opening and Closing animation for ÅF Golden League 2008
+20 min World Feed introduction
+25 min unilateral requests
+30 min Host broadcaster feed (no guarantees for live transmission)
GMT 17:59:15 Countdown clock
GMT 18:00:00 Start of World Feed
START DUR on screen multilateral opening
00:00:00 30 sec ÅF Golden League Opening title
00:00:30 25 sec Footage from Zurich (below suggested lead in)
00:00:55 35 sec Footage of Athletes in focus (below suggested lead in)
00:01:30 30 sec Venue Wide shot
00:02:00 10 sec close up ÅF Golden League Bars
00:02:10 Commence competition coverage
START DUR on screen multilateral closing
00:00:00 10 sec ÅF Golden League Bars
00:00:10 20 sec Stadium shot with ÅF Golden League Jackpot contenders
00:00:30 10 sec Clean Venue shot allowing commentators saying goodbye
00:00:40 60 sec Slow motion package with music (no graphics)
00:01:40 20 sec ÅF Golden League closing title
00:02:00 2 sec Black
00:02:02 clean venue shot
START DUR Post Multilateral
Approx +10 min requested replays
Trailer footage
Interviews
Suggested lead in for the World Feed from the ÅF Golden League Zurich August 29th 2008
Welcome to Zurich - Switzerland's largest City… Synonymous with banking it is a major commercial and cultural centre situated on the northern tip of Lake Zurich. The old town is well preserved and spans the river. There is so much to attract the visitor here, museums, art galleries, opera houses and of course once a year a world class athletics meeting. Welcome to the Zurich Weltklasse and to ÅF Golden League athletics (24 sec)
1) Pamela Jelimo of Kenya, Olympic Champion over 800 metres, remains a contender for the $1m prize. Her time in Beijing, 1 minute 54.87 (8 seconds).
2) The second Contender, is Blanca Vlasic of Croatia in the High Jump - unbeaten all season until the Olympic Games, where she won silver with a clearance of 2.05m (8 seconds).
3) Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia, retained her Olympic Pole Vault title in style, with a World Record vault of 5.05m. (8 seconds.)
4) Usain Bolt of Jamaica, runs the 100m here. His World Records in Beijing over 100m and 200m were simply astonishing. (8 seconds)
There are many more Olympic Champions here and we have a fabulous meeting in prospect. (5 sec) (Over wide shot of Stadium)
