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Audiences
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37 billiion |
television viewers in cumulative figures are forecast |
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1,7 billion |
will be for the Final alone |
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5 billion |
more viewers than in 1994,with this figure FRANCE 98 will be the World Cup with the most media coverage since the competition first started |
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5,760 |
hours (at least) of television pictures |
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Media representatives
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12,000 |
journalists from all over the world |
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3,200 |
journalists from the print media |
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840 |
photographers |
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4,000 |
radio/television reporters |
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4,000 |
radio/television technicians |
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Media logistics
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30,000 m² |
the area covered by the International Media Centre, the equivalent of six football pitches |
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9,000 m² |
for the Main Press Centre |
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20,000 m² |
for the International Broadcasting Centre |
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1,000 m² |
for the Main Accreditation Centre |
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2,400 m² |
is the area covered by the press centre in each stadium
(3,000 m2 at Saint-Denis and Marseille) |
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At the International Broadcasting Centre (CIRTV)
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200 |
km of cable will be installed |
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120 |
tonnes of air conditioning conduits; 1,000,000 m2 of conditioned air |
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3,000 |
televisions |
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28 |
simultaneous video circuits between each stadium and the CIRTV |
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4,000 |
interconnected pieces of electronic equipment |
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What is required for television broadcasts
from the 10 stadiums:
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10 |
digital control vehicles |
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170 |
cameras (17 x 10 stadiums) |
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40 |
slow-motion equipment units |
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45 |
km of camera cable |
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800 |
technicians |
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7,000 |
kW of power |
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80 to 100 |
cameras per match for customised television images |
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Internet (on 1 March 1998)
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2,500,000 |
visitors from 160 countries since 6 May 1997 |
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150,000,000 |
hits |
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300,000 |
screensavers downloaded by users since the Website opened |
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