To the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi: Unique system “Blitz” for instant photo transfer of the Olympics-2014

Russian media, registered in the Olympic photo bank of RIA Novosti news agency, will receive photos of Olympic events after 90 seconds after taking.

According to the pre-Olympic press conference, deputy editor of RIA Novosti Maxim Filimonov, the transfer of pictures by using a unique system of "Blitz", is designed specifically for the Olympics-2014. According to Filimonov, this system provides an unprecedented speed of the Russian media, the proper performance of major international news agencies. After the Olympics-2014 in Sochi, the system will be used to cover other activities.

During the Olympics-2014 in Sochi for taking pictures will also be used special robots that will take photos at odd angles that are inaccessible to humans. Such a system was first tested during the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, where it has been proven its effectiveness, said Filimonov.

RIA Novosti news agency plans on a daily basis to provide the Russian media 1200 photos from the Olympics in Sochi, about 200 of which will be posted for free download in a specially created photo bank.

"With our contents the project from the Olympics will be available to tens of millions of people", - said Maxim Filimonov.

In addition, as previously reported, during the live broadcast of Channel One from the Olympics in Sohi, viewers can watch for updates of text reports on smart phones and tablets via section RIA Novosti "second screen" mobile application "First". It will complement the live televised news, background information and photographs of RIA Novosti news agency. Through the app, you can send questions to commentator, the most interesting of which he can answer live.