OLY: European broadcasters could challenge Beijing schedule

AAP Sports News (Australia), November, 2006

AAP Sports News (Australia) 11-10-2006 OLY: European broadcasters could challenge Beijing schedule By Mark Ledsom BERN, Switzerland, Nov 9 Reuters - European broadcasters could mount a legal challenge to the controversial swimming and gymnastics schedule planned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the 2008 Beijing Games. The IOC should reconsider its decision to hold swimming finals and much of the gymnastics in the morning or risk causing "long-term damage to the Olympic movement and spirit", said European Broadcasting Union (EBU) president Fritz Pleitgen. "We have instructed our legal department to go over the contracts with the IOC to see if the rescheduling of these sports constitutes a breach of contract," Pleitgen told Reuters ...

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