Salmond Accuses Bbc Over 2014 Cash Shortfall Failure to Agree Television Deal Behind Gbp81m Games Bailout

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ALEX Salmond has attacked the BBC for failing to commit to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games after it emerged the bulk of a multimillion-pound bailout for the event is to plug a shortfall from TV money.

The broadcaster is understood to be hard-bargaining over what it should pay to televise the Games, raising the prospect that organisers may fail to secure coverage of the event on a free-to- air channel.

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Salmond Accuses Bbc Over 2014 Cash Shortfall Failure to Agree Television Deal Behind Gbp81m Games Bailout

Yesterday the First Minister criticised the stance of the national broadcaster, claiming it had not yet "stepped up to the plate" while Lord Smith of Kelvin, chairman of the 2014 organising committee and a former BBC governor, said the B...

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