Friday 10 June 2011

Some more info about olympic 2012

The London 2012 Olympic Games will be the tenth Olympic Games where Panasonic's digital technologies will be used as the official recording format, dating since the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. The official international video will be produced and distributed from the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in London Olympic Park, in 1080/50i High-Definition (HD) format.

The official mascots

The official mascots (Wenlock and Mandeville) for the 2012 Summer Olympic is unveiled on 19 May 2010.The handover ceremony made the moment when the previous games in Beijing in 2008 handed over the Olympic Flag to the new host city of London, UK .The flag was raised outside City Hall on Friday, 26 September 2008 to celebrate the start of the famous Olympiad. The flag will continue to fly outside City Hall until the day of the Olympic opening ceremony.

Time Issue

Some representatives of Muslim countries have complained that the 2012 Olympic Games will take place during the month of holy Ramadan, which in 2012 occurs from 20 July to 19 August. During Ramadan, Muslims are to fast from sunrise to sunset, which may put Muslim athletes at a disadvantage during the Games. Early public reaction to the logo, as measured by a poll on the BBC website, was largely negative: more than 80% of votes gave the logo the lowest possible rating. The standard colors are green, magenta, orange and blue; however the logo has incorporated a variety of colors.

Sponsores and Partners

The costs for staging the Games almost like £2 billion. This budget is raised and managed by the London 2012 Organizing Committee. The funding for this budget broadly breaks down as:
64% from Central Government;
23% from National Lottery
13% from the Mayor of London.

Famous companies are already taken s partners to help fund the cost of staging the games the London Olympic. British Airways adidas and many more entity are part of it.
Organizers estimate that some 8 million tickets would be available for the Olympic Games. Range from £20 for many events to £2,012.

Traveling

Traveling becomes an important issue. Because it makes lower point by investigating committee during bidding time. But London organizer takes steps on that. They plan to have 80% of athletes travel less than 20 minutes to their event. Park-and-ride plans are also among the many plans aimed at reducing road traffic levels during the Olympic Games. Olympics creating enough jobs for east Londoners.

2012 Summer Olympic

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games is officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, scheduled to take place in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games not for one or not for two, that’s for three times. London was elected as the host city on 6 July 2005.The 2012 Olympic will use a mixture of new venues, existing and historic facilities, and temporary facilities. The majority of venues have been divided into three zones within Greater London: the Olympic Zone, the River Zone and the Central Zone.