NRS-15508 | Official Sydney 2000 Olympic Games master television broadcast tapes (DVCPro-50)

This series consists of DVCPro-50 master videotapes for the televised broadcast of the Official Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.The Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) was established under the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Act, 1993 (Act No. 67, 1993). The Committee’s primary role was to organise and stage the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney in 2000.In October 1996 the Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation (SOBO) was established to provide facilities and services for the electronic, radio and television broadcasting of the Games.The broadcast tapes include coverage of men’s and women’s sports such as archery, athletics, badminton, cycling, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, softball, table tennis, swimming, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling.DVCPro-50 was a digital video cassette format developed by Panasonic for the recording, editing and transmission of high-quality electronic news gathering and broadcast television events.The tapes are arranged in sequential order and labelled with a subject description. Each program segment on tape has been given a reference number. The index of reference numbers is kept in hard copy and CD ROM formats [reference related NRS] and the index contains the name of the event, type of sport, date, and time in addition to other information. Endnotes1. Australian Legal Information institute (AUSTLII), Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Act 1993 No. 67 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/socftoga1993n67523.pdf (accessed 21 March 2016).