Olympic Games
IOC social media rules aim to balance athlete engagement with rights-holder exclusivity
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has significantly loosened its restrictions around athletes' use of social media during the Olympic Games following discussions with media rights-holders, albeit…
NRK to show athletics at Paris 2024 through WBD pact
Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK has reached an agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery to show live coverage of all athletics events during next year’s Olympic Games in Paris.
IOC moves into influencer broadcast space with CazéTV deal
The International Olympic Committee has taken a significant step in embracing digital influencers’ coverage of major events by agreeing a deal with the LiveMode agency to ensure live Paris 2024 coverage i…
France Télévisions to give Paris 2024 UHD treatment, IOC signs CMG pact
Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has been given the green light to provide ultra-high definition (UHD) broadcasts of the country’s home Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games next year.
TelevisaUnivision lands package of Paris 2024 rights in Mexico
TelevisaUnivision’s Mexican free-to-air channel Canal 5 will show at least 200 hours of coverage from the Paris 2024 Olympics after the International Olympic Committee finalised one of its last pieces o…
SVT bags Paris 2024 highlights rights
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has secured highlights rights to the 2024 Paris Olympics, after striking a deal with media group Warner Bros. Discovery
NBCU to continue Twitter content tie-up for Paris 2024
Social media platform Twitter has announced the extension and expansion of its Olympic Games content deal with US rights-holder NBCUniversal (NBCU)
Nine makes appointments to serve Olympic Games contract
Media group Nine Entertainment has appointed Andrew Cann and Andrew Nicholls to senior roles in its sport commercial leadership team to help shape and monetise the broadcaster’s Olympic Games offering.
Paramount-owned Chilevisión acquires free-to-air rights to Paris 2024
Commercial broadcaster Chilevisión has secured exclusive free-to-air rights in Chile to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as part of a new agreement with the International Olympic Committee.
Nine splashes out with bet on Brisbane to monetise Olympics deal
Nine Entertainment secured exclusive rights in Australia to the Summer and Winter Olympic Games from 2024 to 2032 after evaluating that it could harness its broad media portfolio to successfully monetise the rights.
IOC retains value of European rights despite lack of competition
The bidding alliance formed by the EBU and WBD faced no pan-European competition from an agency alternative during the IOC's recent tender, prompting protracted negotiations over the fee and additional inventory to get a deal over the line.
Spanish Paralympic Committee urges RTVE to acquire Paris 2024 rights
Spanish Paralympic Committee (CPE) president Miguel Carballeda has called on public-service broadcaster RTVE to acquire rights to next year’s Paralympic Games in Paris.
Olympics rights in Australia switch from Seven to Nine in five-Games deal
Media group Nine Entertainment has secured exclusive broadcast rights in Australia to the summer and winter Olympic Games from 2024 to 2032
Killane: Olympics deal repositions public-service media in sporting landscape
The recent capture of Olympics broadcast rights by the European Broadcasting Union in a joint deal with Warner Bros
EBU, Warner Bros. Discovery aim for improved content promotion in Olympics deal
The European Broadcasting Union and Warner Bros. Discovery intend to discuss greater cross promotion of Olympic content following the pair’s joint four-Games rights deal in Europe.
EBU-Warner Bros. Discovery alliance lands Olympic rights in Europe to 2032
The European Broadcasting Union has recaptured broadcast rights to the Olympic Games in a joint four-Games deal with incumbent rights-holder Warner Bros. Discovery
Viacom18 finalises deal for Paris 2024 rights
The International Olympic Committee has announced a deal with media group Viacom18 for exclusive rights across the Indian subcontinent to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris
Fifa media rights income trebles since 2002, despite ‘web of corruption’
An analysis conducted by SportBusiness Media shows that the Fifa World Cup’s global media rights value has kept pace with other blue-riband sporting events, despite what the US Department of Justice described as a 'web of corruption' curtailing its value during the 2000s and early 2010s.