2010 Games to be delivered in record 22 languages (fwd link)

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2010 Games to be delivered in record 22 languages

CTVOlympics.ca
Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 9:44 AM ET
Canada

Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium today announced it will deliver the
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games in a record 22 languages.

Consortium broadcast partners Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN),
Asian Television Network (ATN) and OMNI Television will air a combined total of
421 hours of multilingual coverage throughout the 17 days of the Games.

"In the truest spirit of the Olympic Games, the Consortium has made a
significant commitment to delivering inclusive coverage of Vancouver 2010 that
embraces the multicultural heritage of this country," said Keith Pelley,
President, Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium. "Canadians of various
cultures and backgrounds will have the unique opportunity to experience the
magic of the Games in their own language and share in the breathtaking stories
like never before.”

APTN, the first ever Aboriginal network worldwide to broadcast live coverage of
the Games, will deliver 214 hours of coverage in a mix of English, French and
eight Aboriginal languages.

The Games will be televised in Cree, Dene, English, French, Inuktitut, Mechif,
Mi’Kmaq, Mohawk, Ojibway and Oji-Cree. ATN, Canada’s largest South Asian
broadcaster, will deliver 107 hours of live Games coverage in six languages
across seven channels. The Games will be televised in Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi,
Punjabi, Tamil and Urdu.

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