London, Jan 11 (Inditop.com) The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) says it has yet to reach an agreement to broadcast the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi despite the claims of chairman of Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi that they have struck “good deals with broadcasters in Australia and Britain”.
Kalmadi last month had said that they had earned 37.5 million pounds — 12.5 milion pounds more than the original target.
Australian broadcasters’ Network Ten and Foxtel announced two years ago that they had secured TV rights for Delhi in a shared deal.
However, the BBC, which traditionally covers the event, was quoted as saying in the Telegraph Monday: “Negotiations are still ongoing and have yet to be finalised.”
In November, Scottish first minister Alex Salmond attacked the BBC for failing to commit to the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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