YEAR-LONG efforts by Beijing Olympic organisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ensure the successful broadcasting of the 2008 Games have paid off, after Thursdays signing of a set of agreements that will lead to the establishment of the Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Co Ltd.
The company a joint venture between the IOC Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and the Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (Bocog) will serve as the host broadcaster of the 2008 Olympics and Paralympics.