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This post is from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters.
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It’s TVRI, the state TV channel, as the Jakarta Post reported:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/07/15/tvri-air-beijing-olympics-live-free.html
and also Karya Megah, a new pay channel; this was reported by the press. Bisnis Indonesia, to be exact:
http://www.bisnis.com/servlet/page?_pageid=127&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30&vnw_lang_id=1&ptopik=ENG&cdate=05-AUG-2008&inw_id=617542
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