Main Press Centre for CWG 2010 inaugurated

2010-09-21 04:21:46 - Nksagar-Sagar Media -New Delhi 20 Sept 2010:

Information and Broadcasting Federal Minister Smt. Ambika Soni Inaugurates the M
ain Press Centre and International Broadcast Centre for Common Wealth Games- 201
0 oday inaugurated the state-of-the-art Main Press Centre (MPC) and Internationa
l Broadcast Centre for Common Wealth Games 2010 at Pragati Maidan. Speaking on t
he occasion, the Minister said that MPC had been completed in the stipulated tim
e and the project did not entail any cost overrun.
MPC will be operational on September 23 for the national and international Press
. The largest Press Centre in the history of the Commonwealth Games will have ma
ny world-class facilities for the visiting journalists. The centre will be run b
y the Press Information Bureau (PIB). The facilities at the Main Press Centre is
an example of successful partnership between Government, PSU
and the Private Sector. Broadcast Engineering Consultant Limited (BECIL), a PSU
of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is the Turnkey Delivery Partner for
the Project. A dedicated workforce of around 1,000 people will run the Press Ope
rations at the MPC and across 18 venues during the Games.
The MPC is located at Hall No.12 and 12A in the Indian Trade Promotion Organizat
ion Complex at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi and will work 24 hours from October 1 t
o October 15. Spread across 6,700 sq mts with Wi-Fi facility, it will cater to a
bout 2,000 journalists, including around 800 from overseas. It can accommodate 6
00 journalists at a time. The Workforce for the MPC and 18 venues includes 236 p
rofessionals and 135 interns from Indian Institute of Mass Communication and 600
volunteers.
The station has hassle-free conditions for the media, the Central Work Area at t
he MPC will have workstations for 400 journalists and 200 photographers. This in
cludes three hundred desktop computers with broadband connectivity (200 for jour
nalists and 100 for photographers). Whereas, the Games Information System termin
als at the Central Work area will provide games related details such as results,
biographies and news items.
Apart from the Central Work Area, six news and photo agencies â Getty Images, Agency
France-Presse (AFP), Associated Press (AP), Australian Associated Press (AAP),
News Limited and Press Association -- will have their private offices at the MPC
. These private office spaces have been booked through the Press Rate card.
600 National and International photographers will be covering the Games. About 1
300 Photo Positions across 17 games venues. The Photographers will be facilitate
d with 200 work stations with all technological support in Main Press Center and
about 500 in different games venues to send their work across the world. They w
ill be also provided with about 650 Lockers in all 20 venues to safely keep thei
r equipments during the games. The accreditated Photographers will get Technical
advice, Cleaning, checking and repairs services of professional camera bodies,
lenses and accessories through Nikon and Canon service center in MPC. Nikon and
Canon will also loan lenses and accessories to the Photographers on first cum fi
rst serve basis. A photo-exhibition of the Indian Photojournalists represented b
y Working News Cameramanâ s Association (WNCA) is displaying the work of working phot
ographers at the MPC.
The host of other facilities includes a 300-seat Press conference room and a Pre
ss Briefing Room which can accommodate about 100 people. For the first time in t
he history of the Games, the MPC will also have High Definition CATVs in eight l
ive viewing rooms as well as in the work area to watch the games. Besides, there
will be two one-on-one interview rooms and service centres of Canon and Nikon f
or photojournalists.
To further assist the visitors on sports as well as other issues, helpdesks at t
he main lobby will provide information on travel, ticketing, venues and various
schedules as well as services like distribution of media kits and Prime Event Li
mited tickets. To reach different venues, journalists can take T4 buses from the
Transportation Mall, situated near the MPC.
For food and recreation, the MPC will have a media lounge with catering services
, while a round-the-clock food court will be located just opposite to the centre
.In addition to that, the Retail Plaza inside the MPC will have facilities like
post office, convenience store, pharmacy, mobile store and a bank with foreign e
xchange service and ATM.
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