Halifax, March 22, 1995 - The Halifax Summit Office announced today that a
consortium of CTV Television Network Ltd. (CTV) and Dome Productions Inc.
(Dome) has been selected as the host broadcaster.
"The host broadcaster," explained Len Edwards, executive director of the
Halifax Summit Office, "provides national and international media with
comprehensive and technically clear audio and video feeds of all key events at
the Summit. Events range from the arrivals of the various world leaders to daily
media briefings and the Chairman's closing statement. The feeds will be seen
and heard not only in Canada but around the world."
The host broadcaster will operate from the Media
Centre located at the Halifax
Metro Centre and the World Trade and Convention Centre. Its responsibilities
will include the installation of a master control system, TV and radio studios,
edit suites and edit bays. As part of its assignment, the host broadcaster will
also develop a ten minute videotape presentation of images of Halifax and
environs for use in national and international news reports.
"We are confident that the CTV-Dome team has the expertise required to put
together a complex technical system in an extremely short period of time,"
added Mr. Edwards. "Through their efforts they will once again demonstrate
why Canada is considered to be one of the world leaders in television
broadcasting and production."
Known for the high quality of its news programming, CTV was the host
broadcaster for the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary and a host
broadcaster for the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer. It performed
the same role at the recent Nordic Games in Thunder Bay. Dome is the leading
North American supplier of facilities and expertise serving the broadcast,
entertainment and communications marketplace.
The CTV-Dome consortium was chosen through a tendering process. The
decision was based on evaluation of the following criteria: a comprehensive
work plan, personnel expertise, production technology and costing
effectiveness.
The Summit is a gathering of leaders from the seven largest industrialized
nations as well as representatives of the European Union and the Russian
Federation. The event will take place in Halifax from June 15-17,1995.
For more information contact:
Angela Surrette Halifax Summit Media Relations (902) 473-7119
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