July 10, 2012 – In a bid to ensure that almost 7 million satellite-TV viewers have access to live broadcasts of the Summer Olympic Games in London, the National Broad-casting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) yesterday approved “must carry” rules, which will be put before a public hearing on next Monday.
The aim is to announce the regulations in the Royal Gazette before the Games begin on July 27.
Of 22 million households nationwide, about 6.8 million that watch free-TV programmes via satellite receivers are currently at risk of missing out on the Olympics after TV Pool and the Public Relations Department’s National Broadcasting Television (NBT) said they had acquired the rights from the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) to broadcast using a terrestrial signal only.
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