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I am now relying on the BBC investing in some Chinese government-style expertise to employ internet censors in Broadcasting House who can be relied on to block only any item which might upset the IOC lawyers – leaving me with the pleasure of hearing the racing tips, Vince Cable, and John Humphrys grumbling about any warm weather that accidentally comes to the UK.

The deal with the IOC means anything broadcast from any Olympic venue (including media locations) on a BBC website that is pointed outside the UK is out of bounds.

That must involve more than the handful of IOC expulsions recommended by the committee's leaders last weekend, and more than the proposed establishment of an independent ethics committee and a small team, both with non-IOC members, to visit candidate cities.Other rules could be added, such as one stipulating a rotation of the games between continents.

It also calls on the IOC to intervene "in the event of serious abuse," which it says can include the mistreatment and exploitation of "migrant workers at Olympic venue construction sites".Other controversies surrounding the Sochi games include cases of forced eviction from future Olympic sites with little or no compensation for those moved.

The rights are, of course, are IOC rights and, in the final analysis, the IOC owns anything vaguely to do with the Olympics.

Which is why, despite the excesses of the IOC and the 2012 corporate sponsors, he retained his faith in the Olympic ideal, still believing that it's "a healing and good thing for our kind, our species, for all of us.

The IOC, it seems, had succeeded where Richard Dawkins had failed.

The logic, I assume, is that such availability might harm the interests of those broadcasters who have shelled out to the IOC for broadcast rights in their own countries.

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A review by the International Olympic Committee IOCC) of the bidding process for the 2002 Winter Olympics found strong evidence that as many as 20 of the committee's 110 members had received compensation for their votes.

There was no such problem this time.In beating Madrid and Istanbul on September 7th for the right to host the 2020 Games, Tokyo impressed the International Olympic Committee IOCC) with a bid which is supported by 70% of the city's population.

The International Olympic Committee IOCC) has raised $4.87 billion in broadcast fees and sponsorship for the four-year cycle that includes the London summer games as well as the Vancouver winter Olympics of 2010.

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