At the invitation of FIS, TV producers representing the main broadcasters along with the European Broadcasting Union and Infront Sports & Media as well as FIS timing and data partner, Swiss Timing, gathered in Zurich (SUI) for the FIS World Cup Broadcaster Meeting on 2nd May 2016.
The gathering included updates from the Race Directors from all six FIS disciplines, who each provided a review of the 2015/16 season in addition to presenting detailed updates on the calendars for the upcoming season. The European Broadcasting Union and Infront Sports & Media also gave reviews from the last season.
The focus of the meeting then turned to the calendars for the upcoming 2016/17 season, where the various broadcasters were able to provide input on optimal broadcast times for the competitions across all disciplines in an endeavour to avoid potential conflicts with other television programmes.
The TV producers also provided valuable feedback about what worked well last season and areas for improvement in the future.
The 2016/17 season calendars for all six FIS disciplines will be finalised by the respective Technical Committees and approved by the FIS Council at the upcoming FIS Congress in Cancun (MEX) this June.
Source: fis-ski.com
