ADVISORY OLYMPICS-2020/RELAY -- RUNNING AS-LIVE WITH 10 MINUTE DELAY --

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Torch Relay Grand Start takes place

Start: 25 Mar 2021 01:06 GMT

End: 25 Mar 2021 01:15 GMT

EDITORS NOTE: THIS EVENT WILL RUN WITH A TEN-MINUTE DELAY

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NARAHA, FUKUSHIMA - The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Torch Relay Grand Start takes place at the J-Village in Fukushima - which was the frontline base during the aftermath of the nuclear accident.

SCHEDULE:

0000-0040GMT (0010-0050GMT - with 10 min delay) - the "Grand Start" opening ceremony

0035GMT (0045GMT - with 10 min delay) APPROX - The first torchbearer receives the flame and begins the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games torch relay

0100GMT (0110GMT - with 10 min delay) APPROX - The first "torch kiss" of the of the Tokyo 2020 relay takes place as the torchbrearer hands the flame over to the second torchbearer

Restrictions:

BROADCAST:

EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO USE AFTER 0100GMT MARCH 28, 2021. ALL STREAMS MUST ALSO BE REMOVED FROM ALL PLATFORMS BY 0100GMT MARCH 28, 2021.

FOR USE IN NEWS PROGRAMMES. NO USE IN OLYMPIC TORCH-RELAY FOCUSED PROGRAMMING. MUST NOT BE USED IN ADVERTISING OR ANY FORM OF COMMERCIAL CONTENT, OR IN CONNECTION WITH PROMOTION OF ANY BRAND, PRODUCT OR SERVICE, UNLESS EXPRESSLY AUTHORISED BY THE IOC.

OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY CONTENT (OTRC), AND ANY NEWS PROGRAMME CONTAINING OTRC, MUST NOT BE USED, MARKETED OR PROMOTED IN A WAY THAT SUGGESTS, CREATES OR IMPLIES:

A) ANY OFFICIAL OR COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION WITH THE IOC, THE TOKYO GAMES, TOKYO 2020 OR THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT WHERE NO SUCH ASSOCIATION ACTUALLY EXISTS;

OR

B) THAT NON-RHBS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THEIR CHANNELS, SERVICES, NEWS PROGRAMMES AND OTHER PROGRAMMES, ARE RECOMMENDED, APPROVED OR ENDORSED BY THE IOC, THE TOKYO GAMES, TOKYO 2020 OR THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT.

BROADCAST AND EXHIBIT SPONSORSHIP OF OTRC (INCLUDING ANY SECTION OF HIGHLIGHTS WITHIN A NEWS PROGRAMME THAT CONTAINS OTRC) IS NOT PERMITTED, UNLESS THE PRIOR WRITTEN AUTHORISATION OF THE IOC IS OBTAINED.

DIGITAL:

EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO USE AFTER 0100GMT MARCH 28, 2021. ALL STREAMS MUST ALSO BE REMOVED FROM ALL PLATFORMS BY 0100GMT MARCH 28, 2021.

SIMULCAST ALLOWED - THAT IS WHERE TELEVISION NEWS BULLETINS ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY BROADCAST ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, AND WHERE TELEVISION NEWS BULLETINS ARE AVAILABLE ON BROADCASTERS' DIGITAL PLATFORMS AS VIDEO ON DEMAND (VOD) IN THEIR ENTIRETY FOR 72 HOURS FROM THE END OF THE EVENT ONLY (PRODUCERS PLEASE ENTER TIME AND DATE).

OTHER DELAYED LIVE DIGITAL USE IS ALLOWED (INCLUDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA) WHEN THE VIDEO IS GIVEN EDITORIAL CONTEXT BY A WRITTEN ARTICLE, OR VOICED OR CAPTIONED AS PART OF AN ONLINE NEWS REPORT.

NO STANDALONE ALLOWED, INCLUDING STAND ALONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

DIGITAL BROADCASTERS MUST FOLLOW THE EDITORIAL USE GUIDLINES BELOW:

OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY CONTENT (OTRC), AND ANY NEWS PROGRAMME CONTAINING OTRC, MUST NOT BE USED, MARKETED OR PROMOTED IN A WAY THAT SUGGESTS, CREATES OR IMPLIES:

A) ANY OFFICIAL OR COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION WITH THE IOC, THE TOKYO GAMES, TOKYO 2020 OR THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT WHERE NO SUCH ASSOCIATION ACTUALLY EXISTS;

OR

B) THAT NON-RHBS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THEIR CHANNELS, SERVICES, NEWS PROGRAMMES AND OTHER PROGRAMMES, ARE RECOMMENDED, APPROVED OR ENDORSED BY THE IOC, THE TOKYO GAMES, TOKYO 2020 OR THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT.

BROADCAST AND EXHIBIT SPONSORSHIP OF OTRC (INCLUDING ANY SECTION OF HIGHLIGHTS WITHIN A NEWS PROGRAMME THAT CONTAINS OTRC) IS NOT PERMITTED, UNLESS THE PRIOR WRITTEN AUTHORISATION OF THE IOC IS OBTAINED.

Source: FOREIGN POOL

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Location: Japan

Topic: Politics / International Affairs

Audio: NATURAL

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