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Ortis Deley 'will work with Channel 4 again' after athletics axe

Published Thursday, Sep 8 2011, 18:18 BST | By Tom Eames | 6 comments

Ortis Deley will work for Channel 4 again in the future, despite his recent axe from presenting its athletics coverage.

The Gadget Show presenter's role was "scaled back" after the broadcaster received hundreds of complaints over his large amount of live errors while fronting its coverage of the IAAF world athletics championships. He was later replaced by Rick Edwards.

Channel 4's director of creative diversity Stuart Cosgrove has admitted to the coverage's "false start", but insists that Deley will not be axed completely from the channel.

"There is no question that we will be working with [Ortis] again," Cosgrove told Broadcast.

"Sport is one of the most conservative areas of broadcasting and part of Channel 4's identity is in risk-taking."

Channel 4 will also be covering the London 2012 Paralympic Games, and has invested in £500,000 for finding new disabled presenters.

Des Lynam recently blamed Channel 4 over Deley's live presenting errors.

Watch Ortis Deley fronting Channel 4's athletics coverage below: