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NEW YORK -- During the first half of the Olympics, women have dominated the screen on NBC in the evening.Through Saturday night, 58.5 percent of the competition time on NBCs prime-time telecasts involved womens sports, with 41.5 percent devoted to men, according to research released Monday by three college professors writing a book, Olympic Television: Inside the Biggest Show on Earth.For all of the Summer and Winter Olympics dating back to 1994, the 2012 London Games was the only competition where women got more airtime than the men -- and even that didnt match the imbalance of Rio de Janeiro so far, said Andy Billings, a sports media professor at the University of Alabama.I think it shows that NBC is very progressive compared to any other form of sports media, said Billings, who conducted the research with James Angelini of the University of Delaware and Paul MacArthur of Utica College.NBC has been among media outlets criticized for incidents of alleged sexism regarding the Olympics. An NBC sportscaster, for example, credited a Hungarian swimmers husband for a career turnaround. An NBC executives comment last month that NBC sought a reality show-like narrative flow to its coverage to appeal to women not interested in sports angered some women who are.We take great pride in knowing that no one devotes more broadcast network prime-time coverage to womens sports than NBC, said Jim Bell, executive producer of the Olympics.Through mid-afternoon Monday, U.S. women had earned a total of 36 medals in Rio de Janeiro, 16 of them gold. Men had 32 medals, nine of them gold.Much of the disparity can be explained by womens dominance in some of the sports that NBC follows most closely in its prime-time telecast.For instance, womens gymnastics has accounted for nearly three hours more screen time for women, Billings said. The U.S. womens team and Simone Biles have dominated gymnastics in Rio, while American men have been less competitive.Womens beach volleyball -- where the competitors wear bikinis -- has logged 2 hours, 45 minutes on NBCs marquee telecast, the study found. The men had been on for 35 seconds.Wed be naive if we didnt acknowledge that the sports they are showing, a lot of them involve women in swimsuits and leotards, Billings said.While this may appeal to men, it generally doesnt turn off women, he said. Meanwhile, boxing is an example of a sport that doesnt appeal to women at all, and it has gotten no prime-time coverage at all. So far this Olympics, NBCs prime-time audience has been 55 percent women.With the dominance of Michael Phelps, male swimmers have received an hours more airtime than women, and men had an edge in early coverage of track and field, Billings said. 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While this is a routine visit before Englands scheduled arrival on September 30, for a tour comprising three ODIs and two Tests, it has gained significance following the terror attack in Dhaka on July 1, which left 20 people dead.The BCBs media chairman Jalal Yunus said that the board would facilitate meetings with other top officials if the delegation made a request. The visit is likely to extend to three days.We have been in constant communication with the ECB for the past few months, Yunus said. Their meeting with the British and Australian High Commissions, the home minister and the security agencies will be of importance.Besides, if they want to meet any other top officials of the government, we will get them the appointment. Terrorism is not an issue only in Bangladesh but in many parts of the world like London, Paris or India. But that does not mean sports will be stopped or hampered.The BCB is confident of the senior teams tour after Englands Under-19 team participated in the World Cup in January this year. Auustralia had withdrawn their Under-19 side from the tournament and had earlier postponed a tour scheduled for October 2015 due to security concerns.ddddddddddddWe had arranged such a big tournament without any trouble and England sent their team to it. I hope they will take note of that, Yunus said. If Bangladesh have managed to provide proper security to so many teams during the Under-19 World Cup, they should realise that it should be way easy to take care of a single team, said Yunus.Yunus said the tour is being seen as an event important to national interest, and security measures will be taken seriously by everyone involved. The BCB has already increased security presence at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, with entry checks at two points and more security personnel around the premises. The stadium is scheduled to host the first two ODIs on October 7 and 9, and the second Test which starts from October 28. The other venues are Fatullah and Chittagong.We need cooperation from everyone. This tour of England has become a national interest now and I will expect everyone to do their respective duty properly, Yunus said. The accreditation system for this series will be done very carefully and also the entrance to the stadium will have vigilant monitoring. ' ' '