15 local teams to provide Olympic signals

Fifteen of the 34 television and radio production teams for the Beijing Olympics will be Chinese, Yiannis Exarchos, senior executive officer of the Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Co Ltd (BOB), said on Wednesday.

BOB, the official broadcaster for the Olympics, will provide International Television and Radio (ITVR) signals for broadcasters across the world. It is a joint venture with the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee (BOCOG) and the Olympic Broadcasting Services.

The figure is a dramatic increase - there was only one Australian team for the 2000 Sydney Games and three Greek teams for the 2004 Athens Games.