29
Oct
IOC meeting in Copenhagen
On the 2nd of October it became official that South America will host its first ever Olympics. Rio de Janeiro saw off competition from Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo to receive more votes from the Olympic Committee and was awarded the 2016 Games.
Mediatec was on site in Copenhagen with HD7 and two uplinks, allowing the world to follow the voting and ceremony in which IOC President Jacques Rogge presented the winner during the IOC meeting at the Bella Center.
