That's actually "good" news.
Big daddy NBC won't be there to bully the IOC into excessive
demands to block anything and everything.
IAAF is open to negotiate an internet rights arrangement if
they want to, without violating an outrageous prior arrangement
with a single broadcaster.
RT
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 06:39:46 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
>Adding insult to injury, the IAAf has followed the IOC's lead in banning
>"alternative media" broadcasts of the games (read: no Internet coverage).
>And last I checked, no US network had placed a bid for TV coverage (if
>that's what NBC called its Olympic debacle).
>
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