Media News - Monday, September 10, 2007
News agencies lift rugby event blackout
International news agencies resumed coverage of the Rugby World Cup on
Friday - just 90 minutes before the tournament's opening match - after
progress in negotiations with the sport's governing body over media
restrictions. The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse
suspended their coverage of the event Thursday because of the dispute
with the International Rugby Board. Negotiations centered on the number
of photos news organizations can display online during a match and the
length of video clips of non-match coverage they can post online. In
talks Friday, the IRB agreed that agencies can transmit 200 photographs
during each World Cup game at a maximum of one photo per 30 seconds.
Previously, the IRB and World Cup organizers had set a limit of 40
photos per match and a further 10 if the matches go into extra time.
Both sides in the dispute agreed that photos sent to Web sites 'should
not be presented in a way which 'emulates video.' Media organizations
and rugby officials agreed to meet Monday to further discuss relaxing
limits on video. In the meantime, the agencies returned to work in time
to cover Friday night's opener between France and Argentina.
(AP via Topix Net)
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