MEDIA CREDENTIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
In consideration of accepting any credential, you hereby for yourself, your heirs,
executors and administrators waive and release any and all rights and claims for
damage you may have against the Boston Athletic Association, its employees and
vendors, USA Track and Field, the sponsors (including, but not limited to John
Hancock), the volunteers, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or the Cities and
Towns in which the race is contested, their representatives, successors and assigns
for any and all injuries suffered by you with respect to the Boston Marathon.
Additionally, you and the outlet to which you belong agree to adhere to the Boston
Marathon News Access Guidelines. WBZ-TV and NBC Sports Network are the
exclusive local and domestic rights holders. An agreement to these guidelines is
necessary prior to distribution of credentials.
BOSTON MARATHON NEWS ACCESS GUIDELINES
Following are the news access guidelines for non-rights holders seeking to distribute
live and/or delayed video and/or audio content of the 2020 Boston Marathon in the
United States and Canada. These guidelines pertain to all media in all forms of
distribution known or not known.
News access for distribution outside the United States and Canada requires a
separate licensing agreement. Use of any footage for any purpose outside the news
access window both inside the United States and Canada and worldwide also
requires a separate licensing agreement.
Media credentials are granted on a priority and space-available basis to those
members of the media who are reporting on the event for a recognized, existing and
established outlet and sign this form agreeing to abide by the following procedures
and conditions.
1. Live video coverage, transmission or posting of any part of the 2020 Boston
Marathon race course including the Athletes’ Village and the Finish Line Area
between 8:45 am and 6:00 pm on race day by non-rights holders is strictly
prohibited. Any and all live coverage requires a separate licensing agreement.
2. Non rights holders may use up to 90 seconds of delayed race footage
beginning at 1:00 pm on race day and extending for a period of 36 hours to
1:00 AM ET on April 22, 2020. All Boston Marathon footage must be taken
down at that time. Use of footage in excess of 90 seconds is strictly
prohibited. Furthermore, non rights holders may only use such coverage in
regularly-scheduled newscasts including sports newscasts in the United
States only.
3. Non-rights holders will be permitted to broadcast live interviews and other
news coverage from BAA-designated media areas before 8:45 AM ET and after
1:00 PM ET. Media will be permitted to tape interviews with the elite athletes
at the press conference area in the Fairmont Copley Hotel.
4. Access to fully produced coverage by non-rights holders for news access
purposes is available to broadcasters upon request. Outlets using this footage
must courtesy credit B.A.A. and NBC Sports Network. Outlets using footage
from WBZ-TV must courtesy credit B.A.A and WBZ-TV.
5. Media are prohibited from wearing action cameras such as GoPros while
running in the Boston Marathon. Any footage of the Boston Marathon
captured by runners or spectators is for personal use only. Personal use shall
mean non-commercial use of such footage only. Any Boston Marathon
footage for personal use shall not include any distribution for such purpose as
to charge money, collect fees, endorse a product or receive any form of
remuneration. The Boston Marathon footage for personal use shall not be
used in advertising and shall not be resold, relicensed, or sub-licensed. Any
Boston Marathon footage usage cannot violate rights held by existing B.A.A.
sponsors and/or partners.
6. Public Safety officials have designated the Boston Marathon Course and
Event, including all spectator areas along the course, a NO DRONE ZONE.
Operation of any type of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on or along the
course, or over any B.A.A. event, is prohibited. This prohibition on using
drones (UAV’s) for any purpose, including capturing, or attempting to capture
video or images of the Boston Marathon, applies to the media. The capture of
any Boston Marathon footage by any means must comply with all the rules
and provisions set forth within this document.
7. Audio-only reports of less than three minutes per hour are permitted from
8:45 AM ET-1:00 PM ET.
8. All organizations and individuals seeking use of footage for any project after
the designated news access window must enter into a separate licensing
agreement. This includes projects that involve the creation of an audio-visual
project, regardless of the medium, including but not limited to
documentaries, feature films, commercials, anthology programs, not-for-profit
organizations, student projects, festival films and any project following an
individual, the sport of running or other similar projects.
9. Media wishing to gain access to the “Boston Marathon Race Course” and
other designated media areas for the purpose of coverage described above
shall request media credentials from the B.A.A. Press / Media Credentials
Office. Assignment and distribution of credentials is contingent upon signed
agreement with the policies outlined in these guidelines and is at the sole
discretion of the B.A.A. The B.A.A. cannot guarantee that space will be
available to all applicants.
10. The “Boston Marathon Race Course” refers to the following:
The actual race course, the use of streets gained through permit with the
local communities.
The Finish Line Area, Boylston Street - the sidewalks and street roughly
from Exeter to Dartmouth Streets, including the finish press bridge.
The start area, generally the triangles along Route 135 in Hopkinton on the
Town Green and any other areas falling under the security of the B.A.A.
(through fencing and volunteer patrols).
Any re-broadcast, live or delayed race coverage other than as described
above is prohibited and will be considered grounds for denying a station
press access in future years. The B.A.A. reserves the right to review and
revoke credentials from any station or outlet at any time.
Boston Marathon®, B.A.A. Marathon™ and the B.A.A. Unicorn logo are registered
trademarks of the Boston Athletic Association. Use of these trademarks without
written permission from the Boston Athletic Association is prohibited.
B.A.A. Contact info
Kendra Butters, Director of Communications
Chris Lotsbom, Communications Manager
media@baa.org
+1-617-236-1652
Lagardere Sports
Susan Treut
Susan.treut@gmail.com
+1 781 929 4359
