The BBC had controversially lost automatic hosting rights in 2015 after the International Olympic Committee allowed American giant Discovery to table a £920million offer which blew rivals out of the water. The biggest worry for BBC executives is the frustration of viewers who have been unable to watch their favourite sports due to the Olympics' new pan-European deal with Discovery. The Athens games in 2004, meanwhile, drew 8.68m. Both those ceremonies were dwarfed by the 26.9m watching Danny Boyle's 2012 London extravaganza. To put that into context, the Rio ceremony in 2016, which did not start back home until after midnight, drew a peak of 3.8 million. Historically-low opening ceremony viewing figures have added to the BBC's woes in Tokyo, with just 2.3million watching Friday afternoon's controversy-dogged curtain-raiser. Viewers were similarly annoyed that the BBC ‘spoiled’ the result for those watching by posting the result on social media before the TV coverage had ended. The semi-final victory that guaranteed Bradly Sinden a silver in Taekwondo was also delayed for home audiences on BBC One. Instead it was shown live on the red button. Viewers were left incandescent by the corporation posting about Chelsie Giles winning judo bronze before their delayed broadcast of the fight on BBC One had finished. Viewers fumed at the limited TV coverage provided while low viewing figures added to the BBC's difficult Olympics startīBC One was facing mounting anger over its Olympics coverage on Sunday after its official Twitter feed announced the result of a judo match before viewers had seen the event coverage 'live' on the television. BBC angers viewers after sharing Olympic result before showing 'live' event
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