Media Centre

Main Press Centre

The Media Centre is situated just outside the Omnisport Stadium.

Media Centre Opening Hours

We kindly ask media to respect the working hours.

Tuesday, 4 March09:00 – 18:00
Wednesday, 5 March09:00 – 18:00
Thursday, 6 March09:00 – 0:00
Friday, 7 March07:00 – 0:00
Saturday, 8 March07:00 – 0:00
Sunday, 9 March07:00 – 22:00

Any changes will be announced and clearly displayed in the Media Centre.

Media services

The Media Centre offers the following services and facilities to all accredited media:

  • Welcome desk/ Help desk managed by LOC Media Team
  • 250 working places with desks on a first-come, first-serve basis
  • Power, wired and wireless internet connectivity
  • TV screens showing the dedicated live in-venue feed
  • CIS terminals for live timing and scoring
  • Lockers (only for photographers) available on a first-come, first-serve basis
  • Complete media information, including printed, collated start lists for each session; flash quotes; statistical information
  • Refreshments (water, coffee, tea, fruit and small cookies)

Information distribution

Media information will be provided to accredited journalists in the Main Press Centre such as 

  • timetable and results
  • medal table
  • event previews
  • flash quotes
  • statistics

In alignment with sustainability objectives and policy of the event organisers and European Athletics, all information will be provided to media digitally. Only selected information will be printed such as

  • timetable
  • start lists (one page)

Media Tribune

The Media Tribune is located at the 1st level of the Omnisport stadium.

You can access the Media Tribune via the staircases at entrance 6 of Omnisport, a ‘5 walk from the MediaCentre.

The tabled seats positions on the Media Tribune are equipped by power and internet connectivity (wireless), shared TV screens and CIS terminals. All tabled positions on the media tribune are allocated. The seating plan is available in the Media Centre and close by the enter to the Media Tribune. 

The shared TV screens on the Media Tribune will provide the live feeds from the track and field events.

Mixed Zone

The Mixed Zone provides an opportunity for media to interview athletes immediately after the competition. 

The Mixed Zone is divided into two separate sections and follows a pre-determined priority order:

1.  Live TV Mixed Zone for Rights holding TV and radio broadcasters with pre-booked positions

2. Non-Live TV Mixed Zone for following types of media

  • ENG crews and non-live radio broadcasters
  • Written Press
  • Digital press
  • Non- Rights Holding Broadcasters
  • Member Federations

Athletes will pass through the Mixed Zone after all events, with the exception of the combined events.

Combined Events athletes will go through the mixed zone at the end of the last discipline of each session.

Press Conference

Accredited members of the media are invited to attend the official press conference ahead of the Apeldoorn 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships which take place 6 – 9 March 2025.

Where: Omnisport Stadium, Volleybal Hall (warmup)
When: 5 March, 15:00 o’clock

The press conference will feature key figures from the Championships, including:

• Dobromir Karamarinov (European Athletics President)
• Helga Witjes (Regional Minister Province of Gelderland)
• Nick Derks (Alderman elite sports of the Municipality of Apeldoorn)
• Dafne Schippers (Championships Director)

In addition, six top athletes competing at the Championships will be in attendance:

• Lieke Klaver (Netherlands)
• Jessica Schilder (Netherlands)
• Douwe Amels (Netherlands)
• Jeremiah Azu (Great Britain)
• Jason Joseph (Switzerland)
• Larisa Iapichino (Italy)

The press conference will be streamed live on the European Athletics YouTube channel, allowing media and fans worldwide to follow the latest updates from the Championships.

Following the press conference, one-to-one interviews will be available with most of the attending athletes.

There will be the transport organised for accredited media from the official media hotel.

Digital Media Services

Digital Media Centre

European Athletics and our Broadcast Partner EBU have designed a Digital Media Centre – a browser-based platform – to allow all journalists, member federations and athletes to watch the live action and simultaneously access all the information that is normally available to media in a physical Media Centre.

The Digital Media Centre will be opened shortly, and you are invited to explore the platform at your earliest convenience: https://ea.mediacenter.tv

Those who are not registered yet, please start by following the steps below.
• Go to https://vmc.ebu.ch/
• Login or create an account at vmc.ebu.ch
• Once your account is created, click on “Request Access” under “European Athletics”.
• If you have problems with your registration, please contact [email protected]

Services Available

The Virtual Media Centre will offer a wide variety of services, useful to both on-site and remote media, such as:
• Watch live streams (Integrated Feed and Isolated Production Feeds for field events),
• Watch live athletes’ flash interviews,
• Access Event Information and Publications,
• Access the Photo Gallery and media banks (limited to registered users),
• Chat with moderators.

Virtual Mixed Zone – Interview Request

Besides having access to all the services available in the Digital Media Centre (as described above), remote journalists will be offered preferential access to the “Virtual Mixed Zone”. This service will allow remote journalists to request and download (limited to rights distribution) interviews.

The possibility to conduct interviews and engage with your athletes will be available through the live Flash Quotes position in the Mixed Zone. Requests will have to be submitted in advance to: [email protected] or via the chat option directly in the VMC platform.

Feedback

Our aim has been to create a single online location where media, regardless of their location, are able to access a wide variety of services simultaneously, and have at their disposal working conditions as similar as possible to actually being at the Championships.

For any further information please contact [email protected].