IOC, BOCOG Make Progress On TV Coverage For Beijing Games
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IOC Officials Say They Have Made
Progress On TV Coverage Issues In China |
IOC officials said that they have "made progress resolving complaints about Chinese security measures which threaten TV coverage of the Beijing Games for billions of viewers," according to Stephen Wade of the AP. TV broadcasters are "battling China's communist government and security officials for permission to move reporters, equipment and satellite trucks freely around" Beijing. IOC Press Commission Chair Kevan Gosper yesterday following a meeting with IOC President Jacques Rogge and IOC Coordination Commission Chair Hein Verbruggen said, "There has been some progress in the last two weeks, I can tell you that. But I can't say we are there yet." Gosper added, "I would not describe this as being at a crisis level. Obviously, there are anxieties. But I don't believe we are at a point where there will be a breakdown or threat (to the games). ... We've been emphasizing to BOCOG that the broadcasters must have freedom to move their vehicles around Beijing, and there must be absolutely no interference with the signals. They (journalists) will have the ability of filing live without any censorship." Gosper said that he has been "speaking regularly with" Beijing Olympic Broadcasting GM Manolo Romero. Gosper: "It's just more difficult dealing with the Chinese bureaucracy than it is in normal circumstances" (AP, 6/16). BOCOG Media Dir Sun Weide said, "As far as I know, Tiananmen Square and other public places will be open to the media, but I'm not sure about all the details" (REUTERS, 6/16).
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