Olympics-Host Stratford seeks long-term gains from Games
LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – East London’s Stratford wants to
ensure that its two weeks in the global spotlight as Olympic
host translate into a brighter future for some of the poorest
people in Britain.
Blighted by pollution from its past as a producer of paints
and chemicals, Stratford was anonymous and neglected until the
award of the Games to London seven years ago help put
regeneration plans on fast forward.
BSkyB agrees new deal for Scottish games
LONDON (Reuters) – British pay TV company BSkyB has signed a new five-year deal to screen league football from Scotland in an agreement which includes demoted Rangers as well as the top flight Scottish Premier League (SPL).
The British television contracts had to be reworked when Rangers, champions a record 54 times, were relegated to the lowly fourth tier of the Scottish game after collapsing under the weight of their debt.
Soccer-BSkyB agrees new deal for Scottish games
LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – British pay TV company BSkyB
has signed a new five-year deal to screen league soccer
from Scotland in an agreement which includes demoted Rangers as
well as the top flight Scottish Premier League (SPL).
The British television contracts had to be reworked when
Rangers, champions a record 54 times, were relegated to the
lowly fourth tier of the Scottish game after collapsing under
the weight of their debt.
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Brazil says don’t expect World Cup perfection
LONDON (Reuters) – Brazil will not be the finished article when it hosts the 2014 World Cup but the vast Latin American country will cope with hundreds of thousands of visitors to the tournament, its sports minister said on Tuesday.
In London for the Olympics, minister Aldo Rebelo said he was talking to sponsors and local organizers to ensure that Brazil’s poor and indigenous people were not locked out of the World Cup in a country that has won the tournament a record five times.
Olympics-Brazil says don’t expect World Cup perfection
LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – Brazil will not be the finished
article when it hosts the 2014 World Cup but the vast Latin
American country will cope with hundreds of thousands of
visitors to the tournament, its sports minister said on Tuesday.
In London for the Olympics, minister Aldo Rebelo said he was
talking to sponsors and local organisers to ensure that Brazil’s
poor and indigenous people were not locked out of the World Cup
in a country that has won the tournament a record five times.
Britons get glimpse of “future of television”
LONDON (Reuters) – A lucky few Britons are getting a chance to watch Olympic broadcasts of unprecedented quality showcasing a technology that its creators are hailing “the future of television.”
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK is using London 2012 to test “Super Hi-Vision” TV, which offers images 16 times the resolution of existing HDTV, in a partnership with the BBC and the Games’ own Olympic Broadcast Service.
Olympics-Britons get glimpse of “future of television”
LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) – A lucky few Britons are getting
a chance to watch Olympic broadcasts of unprecedented quality
showcasing a technology that its creators are hailing “the
future of television.”
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK is using London 2012 to test
“Super Hi-Vision” TV, which offers images 16 times the
resolution of existing HDTV, in a partnership with the BBC and
the Games’ own Olympic Broadcast Service.
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