Article: British media give wide coverage to Beijing Olympics opening ceremony

British media give wide coverage to Beijing Olympics opening ceremony

LONDON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Major British media organizations provided extensive coverage to the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony Friday, calling it China's show of confidence. Britain's Olympic and Paralympic broadcaster, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), ran live broadcasts of the opening ceremony on its BBC1 and BBC high definition channels.

Huw Edwards, who delivered the running commentary with Sue Barker in Beijing, noted the confidence showed by China in the opening ceremony.

A presenter with Eurosport, another British TV channel that broadcast Beijing's opening ceremony live, hailed the Beijing ...

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