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	TIBET, DARFUR PROTESTS NOT SCARING OFF OLYMPICS ADVERTISERS Apr 8 2008
	NBC chief Jeff Zucker said Monday that Olympics advertisers have shown "no discomfort" over growing (more)
	CHINA VS. SPIELBERG Feb 20 2008
	People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, has denounced Steven Spielberg's decision (more)

ALL OLYMPICS; ALL THE TIME
Tuesday, June 17 2008

NBC plans to set up a TV network, composed of both local broadcast stations and cable outlets, that will be devoted entirely to Olympic Sports, published reports said Monday. As part of its plans, NBC has taken a stake in World Championship Sports Network, which will carry the programming and change its name to Universal Sports Network. WCSN currently provides programming via over-the-air TV stations and a website that streams live sporting events. The companies' plans could conflict with another Olympics channel being developed by the U.S. Olympic Committee. Answering the question of how Universal Sports expects to fill a full daily schedule with Olympics coverage before the summer games actually begin, the companies said in their statement that the channel plans to provide a "year-round destination for the elite and everyday athletes who compete, hope to compete and admire those who compete" in the Olympics.

OLYMPICS MEDIA BATTLE CHINA SYNDROME
Tuesday, June 17 2008

Following numerous reports that China has imposed restrictions on foreign news media that will impede -- if not prevent -- their coverage of the Olympic Games, officials of the International Olympic Committee charged with coordinating TV, radio and press coverage have begun talks with members of China's organizing committee seeking assurances that broadcasters will have unfettered access to sites in Beijing. The Associated Press on Monday quoted IOC member Kevan Gosper as saying that "some (more)

NETWORKS FACE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
Tuesday, June 10 2008
Television networks around the world (including the U.S.'s NBC) who have been licensed to cover the Beijing Olympics are complaining about foot-dragging by Chinese officials in granting necessary permits for everything from freight shipments to camera placements, the Associated Press reported Monday. The wire service quoted from minutes of a meeting between network producers and the Beijing and International Olympic Committee organizers last month in which IOC official Gilbert Felli accused Chinese officials of imposing (more)