The IOC offers the following Video News Release to all news agencies, broadcasters and online news platforms free of charge. STORY SCRIPT: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has visited the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, to see how the Olympic Games will use cutting-edge technology to bring the action to viewers across the globe. With ten days to go until the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony, President Bach viewed the unprecedented operation, which will broadcast double the coverage of the Olympic Games Rio 2016 across TV and digital and uses technology that enables ‘virtual’ support in stadiums to cheer on the athletes.
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