Abstract
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics coincided with the increasing impacts from the COVID-19 Delta strain in Australia. By the time the Paralympics began over half over of Australia’s population were in lockdown, predominantly in the south-east of the continent affecting the most populous states of New South Wales and Victoria. This created a ‘captive’ audience for the Paralympic coverage by host broadcaster Channel 7 which broadcast live for over 12 hours per day on free to air TV and another 12 hours streaming per day on 16 channels.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Olympic and Paralympic Analysis 2020: Mega events, media, and the politics of sport: Early reflections from leading academics |
| Editors | Daniel Jackson, Alina Bernstein, Michael Butterworth, Youghan Cho, Danielle Sarver Coombs, Michael Devlin, C Onwumechili |
| Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
| Publisher | Bournemouth University |
| Pages | 62-62 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781910042335 |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |