“This was a global test across almost the entire world, because as you know, 210 governments banned the broadcast altogether. So the reaction was, I would say, generally negative and very sharp,” Kondratyeva-Salghero told BelTA in an interview on August 1, 2024.
However, the details of the alleged bans remain unclear. Kondratyeva-Salghero did not specify whether the governments prohibited the broadcast of the entire Olympic Games or just the opening ceremony. Nonetheless, there appears to be no credible evidence to support these claims.
At the time of publication, the recording is freely available on the Internet. It is only unavailable on the official IOC YouTube channel, which the IOC explained is due to the committee not having the rights to broadcast it in Europe and the UK.
More than 200 countries are participating in the Olympics. The list of countries that have acquired the rights to live broadcast is quite long. There has been no information that any of them have refused the broadcasts.