Manama: Yousif Mohammed Albinkhalil, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Information and member of the Supreme Organising Committee for the 3rd Asian Youth Games 2025, affirmed that Bahrain has delivered an integrated media model that reflects the development of its media infrastructure and the professionalism of its national media personnel through comprehensive and distinguished coverage of the Games. He said this reflects the Ministry of Information's commitment to advancing sports media and strengthening the Kingdom's regional and international presence.
According to Bahrain News Agency, the success of the coverage resulted from the integrated efforts of a team exceeding 500 members from the Ministry and supporting companies, including more than 150 media professionals from the Ministry itself. The technical, production, and engineering teams worked in harmony to ensure the execution of an extensive broadcast plan for various sports venues.
Regarding television transmission, the Undersecretary confirmed that the coverage was based on an advanced technical system that enabled a live broadcast exceeding 800 hours from 22 sports venues using 101 cameras, 4 outside-broadcast trucks, and 22 mobile transmission units, under the supervision of more than 250 specialists. He added that the latest cloud-based broadcasting technologies, satellite links, and SRT systems were used in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Bahrain, enabling the competitions to be transmitted to 9 Asian sports channels in addition to Bahrain Television.
The Undersecretary also highlighted that the digital coverage achieved record-breaking figures: views on social-media platforms exceeded 130 million, with the production and publication of over 3,000 digital posts, and more than 1.1 million hours of viewing recorded on the official tournament YouTube channel. Artificial-intelligence solutions were deployed in content management and interaction analysis.
He also reviewed the success of the "Asia Nights" programme, which ran for 13 episodes totaling more than 20 hours of broadcast, contained over 70 television reports and 50 digital items, and hosted more than 95 guests in the studio and at event sites.
The Undersecretary emphasized that this success reflects the ongoing investment in developing the national media system and training Bahraini personnel. He added that the Ministry continues to advance digital transformation and employ modern technologies in media-content production, supporting the Kingdom of Bahrain's growing role in hosting and delivering major sporting events.