#8 - 31/05/15

28th SEA Games Rights Holding Broadcasters Newsletter

RHB Daily Briefing recap Directions to Indoor Stadium (SIS) Below is a recap of today’s RHB Daily Briefing: The Table Tennis event begins on Monday 1 June at the Singapore • RHBs are advised that the noise level from the sports presentation Indoor Stadium (SIS). Competition at the venues cannot be minimised during pre- and post-match starts at 1:00 pm with the Women’s unilateral operations such as stand-up interviews. Doubles event. • ENG crews who require Field of Play (FOP) access at venues to carry out unilateral coverage should inform the Broadcast Venue SIS is a part of the Singapore Sports Manager (BVM) immediately upon arrival at the venue. ENG bibs Hub and is located at 2 Stadium issued to RHBs do not grant them access to the FOP area and Walk. To get to the venue from they will need to get HB bibs from the BVM to access the FOP. the IBC broadcasters need to go These bibs must be returned after use to the BVM. A list of BVM to Stadium MRT station. From the contact numbers was issued in RHB Newsletter #5. Mountbatten station take the train • RHBs are reminded that their request for access to Training in the direction of Dhoby Ghaut Venues is also subject to the approval of other Team Managers / Marina Bay. Stadium is one stop if more than one team is training at the same time at the specific from Mountbatten. venue. • The script for the Opening Ceremony is currently embargoed. A soft copy of the script will be circulated to RHBs on 3 June. • The Opening Ceremony transmission will begin at 8:00 pm on Friday 5 June with an opening credits sequence. Before this time there will be 50 minutes of unilaterals and wide angle shots available for use in the build-up. • RHBs yet to test their technical set-up for satellite transmissions are reminded that they should do so as soon as possible. Public holiday reminder – 1 June • The next RHB Daily Briefing will take place on Monday 1 June at RHBs are reminded that Monday 11:00 am. As competition time approaches and the number of 1 June is Vesak Day – a public daily transmissions increases this daily meeting becomes a very holiday in Singapore. useful source of information and feedback for RHBs and it is highly recommended that a representative is made available to For more information regarding attend. Vesak Day and public transport operating hours please refer to Newsletter #5 and www.smrt. Broadcast Venue Manager (BVM) contact details com.sg. – Production Pool venues Read all about it...! Contact details for Broadcast Venue Managers (BVMs) at venues Copies of The New Paper, covered by Production Pool are listed in the table below: featuring 28th SEA Games content and local news from Singapore Venue BVM Telephone and the Southeast Asia region, Tennis Centre Waileng Lee +65 88690019 will be available daily at the CIC OCBC Arena Hall 2 from 1 June until 17 June. Lilian Koh +65 97680010 OCBC Arena Hall 4 Orchid Country Club Saravanan Tasivera +65 92995540 Sengkang Hockey Stadium

For the contact details for BVMs at venues featuring live or extended coverage please refer to RHB Newsletter #5. Carnival is coming! RHB PROFILE: VTV

RHBs may be interested to note The first RHB to go live at the 28th SEA Games, Vietnam Television were th that the the 28 SEA Games as delighted by their opening broadcast as they were by Vietnam’s 6-0 Carnival is now open at the victory over Brunei in the Group B football match. . “The first transmission was conducted very well”, explained Nguyen The area features interactive Trung Kiên, Head of Division. “We had no complaints. As for the sports and games (climbing wall, national football team, we have an expectation that they will be pool soccer, hockey golf, zorb champions!” bowling, etc.) as well as a light show and artist performances. VTV estimate that they will broadcast 200 hours of content to an audience of approximately 90 million in Vietnam. They have a team of A short walk – or one MRT stop 55 in Singapore, 27 of which are ENG crew. from Mountbatten (direction Dhoby Ghaut / Marina Bay) – the The SEA Games are an event with which VTV are very experienced. Carnival offers ENG crews the “After being the HB for the 22nd SEA Games 2003 in Vietnam, perfect chance to capture some VTV has been a RHB continuously. Generally, there is not much local colour footage of the pre- difference, in regards of preparation and workflow,” Nguyễn explained. Games atmosphere. “However, for this SEA Games, we do think that the HB is much more The 28th SEA Games Carnival professional.” is open daily from 10:00 am onwards from 31 May – 16 June. “The Games are a real draw and will be of great interest to our viewers – we expect Vietnam to be in the top three medal winners. We will broadcast most sports live, with a particular importance on football, athletics, aquatic events and volleyball.”

Nguyen has been very pleased with the conditions since arriving in Singapore and at the IBC. ”Our impression of the IBC and the 28 broadcast operation Junior Play Adventure Zone Daily Prizes Light Show Walk-On-Water Zone & Giveaways & Performances Laser Tag in Singapore? Friendly coordination, professional and VTV qualified staff, and a Nguyen Trung Kiên and the VTV team were delighted with their first smooth operation.” transmission, and with Vietnam’s performance on the pitch!

Something to celebrate? Make your mark...

Whether it is a message of support for national athletes, a statement of intent ahead of a great broadcast operation or simply a celebration of the extraordinary, RHBs can now make their mark on the Message Wall located in the main reception area of the Games Headquarters (GHQ).