Media operations for Paris 2024 Olympics explained at 86th AIPS Congress
Marie Depecker, the Director of Broadcast and Press Operations for Paris 2024, speaking at the AIPS Centenary Congress (Photo by Carlo Pozzoni/AIPS Media)
SANTA SUSANNA, April 29, 2024 – One hundred (100) – that’s the magic number that connects AIPS to the Paris 2024 Olympics. Marie Depecker, the Director of Broadcast and Press Operations for the Paris 2024 highlighted this valuable point when she took the stage of the AIPS Centenary Congress to give her presentation. As AIPS celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding this year, the Olympics makes a return to Paris after 100 years and this is so significant because AIPS was born in Paris.
Depecker’s session opened with a video that took the AIPS delegates down memory lane and with the help of AI technology some of the black-and-white Paris 1924 clips were watched in colour. A lot has changed since then. And it is important to note that while only 4 per cent of the athletes at Paris 1924 were women, Paris 2024 will be the first Olympics ever to achieve full gender parity – equal representation for both women and men – on the field of play.
THE OLYMPIC FLAME This month has been a crucial one for the organisers of the Paris 2024: the Olympic Flame was brought to life on April 16 with the help of the sun's rays at the archaeological site of Olympia, the following day, April 17, marked the 100-days-to-go milestone of the Games, and on April 26 the Olympic Flame was officially handed over to Paris 2024 at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.
MEDIA ACCREDITED PROCESS Depecker confirmed that the media accreditation process for the Paris Olympics is closed and they are at full capacity. For the Olympic Games there are 3,800 accredited written press, 1,700 photographers and 575 non-rights holders. The Paralympic Games has 1,300 accredited written press, 600 photographers and 160 non-rights holders. “We are now in the process of delivering the operations,” she said. Transport, technology and food were the three key areas identified as important for the media.
FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT Accredited media will have free access to public transport during the Games; train, metro, tram, bus – a transport card will be distributed for this purpose - while personal motorcycles and bicycles will also be allowed as alternative transport. 4G and 5G internet services will be made available in media venues and on media buses travelling long distances. Then with a voucher of 18 euros, accredited media can have access to food in the Main Press Centre and some other competition venues.
VISA The Paris 2024 accreditation card (OIAC/PIAC) will not act as a visa waver. However the Paris 2024 ACR will request a visa on behalf of the participants that require it - as part of the Paris 2024 Accreditation Process. The visa will be a short-stay Schengen visa with multiple entries allowed (valid for a maximum of 90 days within any 180-day period). Organisations will have to confirm that they need assistance with visas for participants.
With less than 100 days to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Depecker, also gave insight into the key dates and places that the media should know and other important information related to logistics.
The Paris 2024 Olympics will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024.
Depecker’s session opened with a video that took the AIPS delegates down memory lane and with the help of AI technology some of the black-and-white Paris 1924 clips were watched in colour. A lot has changed since then. And it is important to note that while only 4 per cent of the athletes at Paris 1924 were women, Paris 2024 will be the first Olympics ever to achieve full gender parity – equal representation for both women and men – on the field of play.
THE OLYMPIC FLAME This month has been a crucial one for the organisers of the Paris 2024: the Olympic Flame was brought to life on April 16 with the help of the sun's rays at the archaeological site of Olympia, the following day, April 17, marked the 100-days-to-go milestone of the Games, and on April 26 the Olympic Flame was officially handed over to Paris 2024 at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.
MEDIA ACCREDITED PROCESS Depecker confirmed that the media accreditation process for the Paris Olympics is closed and they are at full capacity. For the Olympic Games there are 3,800 accredited written press, 1,700 photographers and 575 non-rights holders. The Paralympic Games has 1,300 accredited written press, 600 photographers and 160 non-rights holders. “We are now in the process of delivering the operations,” she said. Transport, technology and food were the three key areas identified as important for the media.
FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT Accredited media will have free access to public transport during the Games; train, metro, tram, bus – a transport card will be distributed for this purpose - while personal motorcycles and bicycles will also be allowed as alternative transport. 4G and 5G internet services will be made available in media venues and on media buses travelling long distances. Then with a voucher of 18 euros, accredited media can have access to food in the Main Press Centre and some other competition venues.
VISA The Paris 2024 accreditation card (OIAC/PIAC) will not act as a visa waver. However the Paris 2024 ACR will request a visa on behalf of the participants that require it - as part of the Paris 2024 Accreditation Process. The visa will be a short-stay Schengen visa with multiple entries allowed (valid for a maximum of 90 days within any 180-day period). Organisations will have to confirm that they need assistance with visas for participants.
With less than 100 days to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Depecker, also gave insight into the key dates and places that the media should know and other important information related to logistics.
The Paris 2024 Olympics will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024.
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