Olympic gurus to lift Games coverage

GUANGZHOU: Engineers who helped broadcast the Beijing Olympics across the world last summer will ensure a "better service" of coverage for the 2010 Asian Games, organizers said.

Despite less cash being invested in facilities and staff than by 2006 hosts Doha in Qatar, officials believe hiring experienced technical and media staff from the Olympics Broadcasting Co Ltd (BOB) will prove invaluable.

"Under the current economic situation it is impossible for us to invest as much in broadcasting as Doha did," Ren Tianhua, deputy director of the broadcasting and media for the Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee, said yesterday.