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MEDIA CAN WAIT OUTBACK: U.S. CARRIES UPSET OVER ACCESS

          A SOCOG plan to limit media access to the main venues
     at the 2000 Olympic Summer Games in Sydney this September
     (see THE DAILY, 2/29) "has caused serious concern among a
     number of major American broadcasting entities," including
     ESPN, CNN/SI and Fox Sports Net, according to Leonard
     Shapiro of the WASHINGTON POST, who writes that "several are
     considering scaling back coverage unless they are assured
     they will be able to get their cameras and reporters where
     they want them."  ESPN VP & Managing Editor Bob Eaton: "What
     they're proposing is that we're not allowed in the venue or
     the park surrounding it.  It will make it that much more
     difficult to do our jobs.  The only explanation we've been
     given is they don't want a lot of commotion in the park. 
     But it's hard to understand."  USOC spokesperon Bob Condron:
     "At the meeting in Switzerland, everyone was against this
     policy, including the IOC people."  USOC Dir of PR Mike
     Moran: "We're working with the IOC on it, and I can tell you
     that NBC has nothing to do with any of this."  Eaton, on
     ESPN's plans if the restrictions are imposed: "We'll have to
     decide how much money is it worth spending to do something
     like this.  We've got to make the economics work.  We have a
     responsibility for 'SportsCenter' to cover an event as
     completely as we can.  But we'll make an economic decision,
     especially if we have no access."  FSN Exec Producer Scott
     Ackerson: "It looks like they don't want us to cover their
     event.  Why would I spend that kind of money for something
     where they don't want us?" (WASHINGTON POST, 3/15).
          ECHOSTAR SAYS NBC PLAYING HARDBALL: DAILY VARIETY's
     Christopher Stern writes that EchoStar "is crying foul" to
     the FCC, claiming that a "broadcast group," which "sources
     confirm is NBC, wants to link an agreement to retransmit the
     Peacock web's local station signals" to a $500M Olympic
     programming package.  Stern: "Although EchoStar does not
     name NBC, it complained in a letter to the FCC that a
     'broadcast group' is demanding that the satcaster buy the
     Olympic programming and also agree to hefty hikes in the
     fees it pays for MSNBC and CNBC" (DAILY VARIETY, 3/15). 

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