2008

30

Jul

International Olympic Committee unable to guarantee press freedom during games

The Chinese authorities confirmed today that the 20,000 foreign journalists covering the Olympic Games will not have unrestricted access to the Internet during their stay. International Olympic Committee media chief Kevan Gosper nonetheless yesterday said the IOC’s key concern was to “ensure that the media are able to report on the games as they did […]

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2008

28

Jul

BBC Sport’s Olympics Monkey

This animated sequence, based on the classical Chinese novel, “Journey to the West”, has been produced by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the men behind virtual band Gorillaz.
It will feature on TV, radio, web and mobile, introducing coverage of the Games on BBC Sport - the Olympic broadcaster in the UK.

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