Don’t blame us for ‘frustrating’ Tokyo Olympics coverage, says BBC: it’s the £920m rights deal
The Times says a senior BBC executive has defended its vastly reduced coverage of the Olympics but admitted that viewers would find it “frustrating”.
Many British fans have complained that they are missing key moments of the Tokyo Games.
Ron Chakraborty, lead executive of major events at BBC Sport, said a new TV rights deal had forced it to go from broadcasting 24 live streams at once across its channels and online during the Rio 2016 Games to only two.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bbc-tries-to-justify-reduced-olympics-coverage-sh3lps82g
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