Media professional may be charged for Internet access at 2012 Olympics

It has been claimed that media professionals that are planning to cover the 2012 Olympics in London may be charged by organisers that are looking to alternative means of income.

The up and coming Olympic Games that are set to take place in London in 2012 will undoubtedly attract a huge number of sports journalists and media professionals. According to a recent report this is something that has given organisers of the Olympics an idea for raising more money during the event.

Whilst the aim is to ensure that there is widespread high speed broadband available in the area by the time the Olympics come around journalists and media professionals that are covering the event will need to access the Internet on a regular basis. It has been reported that the organisers for the Olympics are looking at charging journalists for Internet usage in order to raise more money.

Organisers need to keep the cost of the Olympics under the two billion pounds that has been allocated, and raising money through charging journalists for internet access is one way of doing this. The move comes after similar measures were put into place by organisers of the Vancouver games, and some journalists had to pay twice because they were covering both the Olympics and the Paralympics.

Journalists are reliant on Internet access in order to perform their jobs properly, and for many this fee could cost a fortune. It is estimated that the organisers of the London Olympics 2012 will be issuing guidelines with regards to the costs that are being put in place in around August of this year.

Source – Sports Journalists