NBC may be banned from broadcasting the Today show live from Tiananmen square this August, due to the current unrest in Tibet. The AP reports Chinese authorities might bar the broadcasts for fear the protests could spill over into the heart of Beijing during the Summer Olympics. From the AP story:
If the decision stands, it would be a blow to the TV networks whose money to buy the right to broadcast the games accounts for more than half the IOC’s revenues. The biggest spender is NBC. It paid $2.3 billion for the rights for three Olympics from 2004 to 2008-Athens, Turin and Beijing.
> Update: NBC tells us the Today show was never planning to broadcast from Tiananmen Square. The link above now leads to an updated AP story…
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