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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
Topic was on disruption but now more generally Olympic based so : enjoyed the Rugby 7's but struggling to find the archery. BBC showed the GB match(es) but not the others. They show other sports without GB participation so they should make the archery and other sports also available. Isn't that why we have the red button to select the event we want, navigating BBC iPlayer is a pain?
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European Olympic broadcast rights are now with Discovery Sports, not the BBC. UK legislation means Discovery is compelled to make a certain amount of it available to the BBC but the BBC doesn’t have the rights to do wall-to-wall red button coverage like it did in 2012.