From AFP, via Times of Oman:
China will televise the 2008 Beijing Olympics live to the world without the brief delay normally used in Chinese broadcasting, an official said Tuesday.
“It will be live. It won’t be delayed by several seconds,” said Wang Wei, executive vice-president and secretary-general of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games.
Wang was speaking at a news conference held exactly two years to the date of the opening ceremony of the Games on August 8, 2008. Chinese broadcasts — from political speeches to entertainment — are often delayed by a few seconds. [Full Text]
See also Widespread Detentions of Foreign Journalists Show China Unprepared to Host Olympic Press Corp in 2008 by Foreign Correspondents Club of China, Chinese go further, faster and higher with media crackdowns two years before Beijing Olympics by Reporters Without Borders, Beijing Olympics: human rights concerns by ABC, 2008 Games will speed up China reform, say organisers by Nick Mulvenney and Two Years until Beijing 2008 – joint statement of human rights organizations.
