2010 Games to be delivered in record 22 languages

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2010 Games to be delivered in record 22 languages

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.

OMNI Television, Canada’s broadcast leader in multilingual/multicultural programming, will deliver 100 hours of Games coverage in a total of seven languages across five stations. The Games will be televised in the following languages: Cantonese, Italian, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, and Ukrainian.

The Opening and Closing Ceremonies will air in 13 languages. Olympic Games highlights will air in news broadcasts on APTN, ATN and OMNI Television in multiple languages. APTN News and OMNI News will also be on location in Vancouver throughout the Games to provide stories of particular interest to their respective audiences.

Leading up to Vancouver 2010, APTN, ATN and OMNI Television are airing Olympic-themed programming including Over the Bolts, This Great Land: Canada Welcomes the Torch, Away From Home, and hockey-themed programming Sid The Kid V. Alexander The Great, Hockey Powers, On Home Ice and The Great Tournament.

List of 22 Languages

Bangla – ATN Cantonese – OMNI

Cree – APTN Dene – APTN

English – CTV, Rogers Sportsnet, TSN, OLN, APTN French – V, RDS, RIS Info Sports, APTN

Gujarati – ATN

Hindi – ATN

Inuktitut – APTN

Italian – OMNI

Mandarin – OMNI

Mechif – APTN

Mi’Kmaq – APTN

Mohawk – APTN

Ojibway – APTN

Oji-Cree – APTN

Polish – OMNI

Portuguese – OMNI

Punjabi – ATN and OMNI

Tamil – ATN

Ukrainian – OMNI

Urdu – ATN

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