Vancouver 2010 Olympics

Build up your audience in the months leading up to 2010 with news, photos and video from the Host National News Agency

Demand for Olympic news is increasing, driven by heavy TV promotion and growing anticipation of what many predict will be a historic Winter Games – only the second hosted by Canada at a time when Canadian athletes are winning on the world stage and are poised to own the podium in Vancouver.

Get a head start on establishing your website or mobile service as one of the leading destinations for Olympic news by publishing a complete package of news from The Canadian Press, named Host National News Agency by the International Olympic Committee because of its unparalleled reach and scope. With reporting from more than 50 accredited journalists and photographers, The Canadian Press covers the journey to Vancouver in English and French from a truly Canadian perspective, unmatched by international news providers. 

The Canadian Press Vancouver 2010 Winter Games package includes:

• 12 months worth of news stories, photos, interactive graphics and online video leading up to the Games. Much of this content is timeless and engaging, keeping your audience on your site longer as they delve into background stories and features related to current news. The sooner you start publishing Olympic news from The Canadian Press, the longer the content can stay on your website or mobile service to maximize impressions and ad revenue!
  
• One month worth of news stories, photos, interactive graphics and online video during the Games and in the weeks after the Games end. 

Premium high-traffic Vancouver 2010 news from The Canadian Press covers:

• Interviews with Canada’s medal hopefuls talking about their preparations, training, challenges, diet and accommodations.
• Up-close-and-personal features looking at Olympic quirks, technicians and volunteers, making it as a mascot, cool technology athletes are using and more.
• Breaking stories and spot news as they happen, from news conferences and team announcements to qualifying events and the torch relay.
• Stories on getting Vancouver ready, the venues, what Games organizers have promised and what they have delivered. 
• Stories on who’s hot and cold in the race to make the Canadian men’s hockey team.
• Tips for spectators, competition venues, the surroundings, lifestyle and more.
• Features on the human face behind the Games, from the volunteer bus driver who keeps the Games moving to the VANOC president who has been onboard from the start.
• Did you know...? trivia: How fast does a top bobsleigh go? How can you fly your country’s flag at the Games? These questions and more are answered by bite-sized weekly Olympic factoids and capsule-sized monthly stories on the extensive bid book that organizers have prepared in planning for the Games.
• Flashback stories looking back at the gold medals Canada has won and other major moments from past Winter Games.
• Road to Vancouver timeline of milestones leading to the Games.
• “Story behind the story” pieces such as the costs for a family to attend the Games or the costs of moving all the garbage.