A MEN'S singles badminton match between Israel and Nepal was mistakenly broadcast for 10 minutes on RTMKlik’s Olympic Channel 4 on Wednesday night.
Broadcasting department director-general Suhaimi Sulaiman said late last night that RTM, upon realising its mistake, had promptly switched the live coverage to a handball event.
“As the official broadcaster of the Paris 2024 Olympics, RTM aired Lee Zii Jia’s match live on Saluran Okey on July 31 from 8.50pm to 9.30pm (MyTV, Astro & RTMKlik).
“RTM broadcasts the Olympics live through two main channels, Saluran TV Okey and Saluran Sukan, and six special channels on RTMKlik, to fulfil the wishes of Malaysians wanting to experience the excitement of the Olympics... from July 27 to August 12,” he said.
Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil had asked RTM to explain a lack of live coverage of Malaysia’s professional men’s singles badminton player Lee Zii Jia’s final group stage match at the Paris 2024 Olympics yesterday.
This came after a Facebook user complained that the national broadcaster did not air Zii Jia’s match against Pablo Abian, the Spanish world number 62 but had instead showed the match between Israel’s Misha Zilberman and Prince Dahal of Nepal. – August 2, 2024.
