Games went off without a hitch for EBU

August 21, 2008 Pardo was the lead advocate here for 4,700 accredited EBU-member company staffers with the Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Co., representing the interests of such giants as the BBC and France 2 and 3, along with those of smaller outfits from Azerbaijian, Belarus and Croatia. From delays at customs to haggling over access to sites for stand-ups, there were, in the beginning, "a lot of preparation problems," Pardo said in an interview Thursday. Pardo said that the broadcast professionals from 56 channels in Europe that flew in could not have achieved the standard he believes they have met without the help of Beijing-based Ring Leaders, a company founded in April 2007 by Ulla Payreen Luders, a Danish national who has worked in China's capital since 1993.

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