Beijing Olympic Broadcasting

Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Co., Ltd (BOB) (Chinese: 北京奥林匹克转播有限公司; pinyin: Běijīng àolínpǐkè zhuǎnbò yǒuxiàn gōngsī) was a Chinese broadcasting consortium which produced the main international feeds for the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. It was established in 2004 as a joint venture between the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games and Olympic Broadcasting Services,[1] owned by the International Olympic Committee, in such a way as to conform to Chinese laws against direct foreign investment in Chinese television.[2]

History

  • May 27, 2004, Agreement Sign up of Funding BOB. BOB was put into track of establishment legally.
  • Oct. 27, 2004, the first Board Meeting of Bob was held and BOB began its startup
  • Nov 1, 2004, BOB began steering on.
  • May 31, 2005, BOB launches officially to the public.
  • May 31, 2005, 2nd board meeting was held.
  • Sept 21–23, 2005 world broadcaster briefing held in Beijing.
  • Sept 21, 2005 BOB signed MOU with China TV Production for Beijing Olympic Games.
  • Sept 21, 2005 BOB signed MOU with China Netcom for Beijing Olympic Games.

Management team

Name Department Title
Manolo Romero Executive Management CEO
Ma Guoli Executive Management COO
Yiannis Exarchos Executive Management SEO
Stefanos Kourelas Finance, Human Resources and Administration Head
Yosuke Fujiwara Broadcast Relations Head
Maria Golfinopoulou Broadcast Relation Deputy Head
Bob Kemp Production Head
Bai Li Production Deputy Head
Mike Klatt Production Deputy Head
Sotiris Salamouris Engineering & Operations Head
Caroline Ramsay Broadcast Services Head
Mary Alexopoulos Broadcast Services Deputy Head
Andrew Lu Logistics Head
Thom Curran Logistics Deputy Head
Yu Zhen Information Director
Aristeidis Nikoloudis Planning Director
Steve Li Planning Deputy Director
Irene Chan Human Resources Director

Source: [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Toohey, Kristine; Anthony James Veal (2007). The Olympic Games: A Social Science Perspective. CABI. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-85199-809-1.
  2. ^ Brownell, Susan (2008). Beijing's games: what the Olympics mean to China. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-7425-5641-6.
  3. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20090105213657/http://www.bob2008.com/team.html