Gladwell's Line: Lifting the the Olympic Sailing Television Game



12:50 PM Tue 3 Aug 2010 GMT
'The Host Broadcaster''s TV cameras all in a row, in the Olympic Marina - 2008' Richard Gladwell Click Here to view large photo
This is the second part of a discussion with Paul France, one of the fathers of bringing live sailing to television screens. A former New Zealand national dinghy champion sailor himself, he has sailed boats - mono and lately multihulls - all his life. To recap, France produced the live NZ television coverage of the Fremantle America's Cup 1986/87 before taking on a role as General Manager, Production for Television New Zealand In 1991 he stepped out of the director's chair and did the set up for the coverage for 1992 America's Cup, which included driving the development of the ...


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