«Khabar» and «Kazsport» acquired the right to broadcast Sochi Olympics

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi will be broadcasted via two Kazakh television channels - "Khabar" and "Kazsport", this has been reported today by the Chairman of the Committee of Information and Archives of the Ministry of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan Bolat Kalyanbekov.
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"This year for the first time ever the right to broadcast the Olympics was acquired by the two national channels "Khabar" and "Kazsport", said B.Kalyanbekov at a briefing in Central Communications Service.

He said that the television channels will broadcast the opening ceremony of the Games on February 7 (10 pm Astana time). Duration of the ceremony will be 3.5 hours. The closing ceremony of the Olympic Games will be broadcasted on February 23 (10 pm local time).Khabar plans to make 51 videos, including 34 live broadcasts, KAZsport - 140 broadcasts, including 78 live.

''Kazsport'' will devote almost all airtime to this event. It is about 14 hours of broadcasting daily. Based on the competition schedule, sometimes the channel will air the Olympics 24 hours a day.

Sports commentaries will be in the Kazakh and Russian languages.

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