³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ committed to Paralympics coverage
With the Olympics fresh in the memory and some experiencing 'withdrawal symptoms', a number of you are asking about our plans for the Paralympics. Will we be replicating the extensive Olympic coverage across all of our output when the Paralympics start in a week's time?
The answer is, unfortunately, no. The simple fact is the television rights for the Paralympics were awarded to by the London organisers, We've known about this since January 2010 and my colleague Roger Mosey blogged about it at the time.
So, the reason is not that we think the Paralympics doesn't deserve all-embracing coverage. On the contrary, the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ has had a long standing commitment to the Paralympics and indeed a proud tradition of covering disability sport - one that's valued by sports governing bodies here in the United Kingdom and envied around the world - so it would be bizarre for us to make such a decision without cause.