Monday, June 9, 2008

US TV Executives Worried about Olympic Media Restrictions

Some US television executives preparing for the Olympics in Beijing have expressed concern they won't be able to deliver the kind of coverage they have in the past because of security regulations.

In a meeting with Chinese officials held in Beijing on May 29, nine media organizations that have paid for the rights to broadcast the Olympics were told there's unlikely to be live coverage from Tiananmen Square or the Forbidden City.

This is a change from two months ago when International Olympic Committee officials in Beijing said China had agreed to allow live coverage.

Read the rest of the CBS News story here.

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