re-engaging with press coverage from Beijing2008 #olympics – historic, #080808, firewalls, protest, pollution, clean, Tibet, media freedom1:03 PM Oct 9th from TweetDeck
IOC 121st session – Beijing2008 – IOC says was the right choice to give Games to China11:00 AM Oct 8th from TweetDeck
IOC 121st Session 2009 – Beijing2008 – London2012 and Rio2016 should not aim to match – many aspects should remain unmatched10:58 AM Oct 8th from TweetDeck
IOC – Beijing2008 – 6 Olympic cultural festivals every year before – 3395 performances, 1747 from overseas, 31 cultural sqs, 32 exhib venues10:07 AM Oct 8th from TweetDeck
IOC Congress – Sochi 2014 – International Olympic University planned for legacy9:38 AM Oct 8th from TweetDeck
IOC Congress – @London2012team Lord Coe – Cultural Olympiad – 900 events over Open Weekend 2009, double previous year – UNLIMITED launch2:09 PM Oct 7th from TweetDeck
IOC Congress 2009 #olympics – ‘The Olympic Movement should strengthen its partnership with thecomputer game industry’9:33 AM Oct 7th from TweetDeck
IOC Congress 2009, Rogge – tv rights 2002-204 $2.2b, 2006-8 $2.6, 2010-2012 – $3.8b , 2014-2016 – $928m so far8:23 AM Oct 7th from TweetDeck
IOC Congress 2009, Rogge – TOP6 2005-2008 $806m, TOP7 2009-2012 $833m, Top8 -13-15 $533m so far8:22 AM Oct 7th from TweetDeck
IOC Congress, Rogge – cultural and education component of Youth Olympic Games ‘very important’8:19 AM Oct 7th from TweetDeck
IOC Congress, Rogge – work of IOC not limited to Games or elite sport – Games tool to promote Olympic values – 20% to budget, 25% of staff8:17 AM Oct 7th from TweetDeck
IOC Congress 2009 #olympics – no mention yet of citizen journalism as a challenge to Olympic rights holders and accreditation9:15 AM Oct 5th from TweetDeck
IOC Congress 2009 #olympics – how could digital be used at Olympics? – digital signage – daily info of Games schedule, navigate city to seat9:07 AM Oct 5th from TweetDeck
IOC Congress 2009 – BOCOG website 6million unique visitors during Olympic Games; 2nd Oct 2009 – 1.3million unique on IOC website9:00 AM Oct 5th from TweetDeck
IOC COngress – Digital Revolution – 46% advertising recall when internet and tv vs 30% recall when just TV #olympics8:57 AM Oct 5th from TweetDeck
IOC COngress – Digital Revolution – 46% advertising recall when internet and tv vs 30% recall when just internet #olympics8:52 AM Oct 5th from TweetDeck
#2016 Madrid2016 claims the highest % of popular support, but the rotation politics might make too difficult for IOC to award Games there3:15 PM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
if the decision was based on the volume of BBC News 24 tv coverage, there’s no doubt that Chicago2016 would win in the first round.3:09 PM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
#2016 for all bids, Arne Ljungqvist asks about police compliance with anti-doping aspirations.2:41 PM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
Madrid2016 #2016 King of Spain: world will be a better place to live following Madrid 2016 – film presents Madrid 20172:36 PM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
Madrid2016 Samaranch: I’m 89 years old, please consider granting the Games to my country. #2016 #olympic.s2:33 PM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
Madrid2016, Samaranch: King of Spain and Jacques Rogge competed at same Olympic Games, Munich 1972.2:32 PM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
Madrid2016 Samaranch takes the stage. a nice moment., presents the King of Spain.2:31 PM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
the creative media content of an Olympic bid is central to success. The Games is not just a Sporting Event. creative professionals tune in2:16 PM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
Madrid2016 Samaranch is on the bid committee table. i don’t think he was there for Madrid’s 2012 bid. could it make the difference?1:56 PM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
Rio2016 most important LEGACY is – for self-esteem of all South Americans (answered in Portugues – ‘answer with my soul’) #olympics #201612:08 PM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
#2016 #olympics so far, no mention of Culture or New Media – but Prince Albert asks Rio about most important legacy for them, so maybe…12:00 PM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
Rio2016 #2016 The Games greatest when open a new chapter in history – new destinations – Coubertin ‘force for unity and transformation’11:54 AM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
#2016olympics #2016 Rio2016 looks like the most emotional bid thus far. first South American city to host an Olympic Games might clinch it11:51 AM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
Rio2016 – come on, it’s about time South America gets the Games. (They’re right)11:16 AM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
BBC fails to work out its interpretation for the Rio2016 presentation, but the IOC live feed online has translator. go figure! internet wins11:13 AM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
Prince Albert of Monaco always asks questions, says @beatriz_garcia – this time it’s on services and noise disruption at athletes’ village10:17 AM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
Tokyo2016 talks about their new Sports Institute – lots of educational aspirations. #201610:11 AM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
Tokyo2016 film conveys a VERY high-tech Olympic experience, but starting to wonder if the same company makes all the bid films10:04 AM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
8km radius of the Tokyo2016 venue map – and lots of karaoke offered to IOC members, no kidding. #20169:53 AM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
our friends at the IOC Congress: Norbert Mueller, Dikaia Chatziefstathiou, Emilio Fernández Peña9:51 AM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
Tokyo2016 Prime Minister of Japan emphasizes environment and sustainability ‘new olympism…doctrine bw man and nature’9:39 AM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
Tokyo2016 quotes the Olympic Charter – role of the Olympic movement as a broad social aspiration9:35 AM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
BBC News 24 coverage of IOC congress and Chicago bid is all about the Obamas. No other member of the presentation team gets any air time9:20 AM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
RT @2016olympicbid: Chicago 2016’s so-called “compact venue plan” being challenged by the IOC since venues extend over 2.5 hours away9:11 AM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck
RT @AroundTheRings: On the Scene in Copenhagen: Barack Obama says to IOC members in Chicago presentation “we can walk this path together”9:10 AM Oct 2nd from TweetDeck