International Olympic Committee (IOC)

The world of sport is continuing to pay tribute to the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) secretary general, International Olympic Committee member and Global Association of International Sports …
Esports

In what continues to represent a stand-off between the Olympic movement and the world of esports, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach (pictured) has reiterated his insistence that violent …
Olympics

The Japan Consortium of broadcasters has deepened its relationship with the International Olympic Committee’s digital platform, Olympic Channel, as the country today (Tuesday) marked the two-year countdown t…
Esports

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) have formed an Esports Liaison Group as the debate continues over the potential inclusion of…
Paralympics

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is to stream live coverage of the 2018 winter Paralympic Games on its website through an agreement with the International Olympic Committee and its Olympic Channel.

Multi-sport

Discovery Communications secured three late sublicensing rights deals ahead of last month’s winter Olympic Games, taking it closer to its sublicensing revenue target.

Multi-sport

The 2018 Olympic Games was shown live in Singapore after a late deal with pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports, which showed some coverage free-to-air.

Olympic Games

The International Olympic Committee has revealed that its Olympic Channel will show coverage of the 2018 winter Olympic Games across India and the sub-continent.

Multi-sport

Discovery Communications has so far recouped more than 70 per cent of its internal target from sublicensing Olympic Games media rights across Europe, according to TV Sports Markets research.

Olympic Games

The International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel digital platform has agreed a wide-ranging partnership with Snap Inc, the parent company of social media platform Snapchat.

Olympic Games

The IMG agency has acquired international in-flight and in-ship rights for the Pyeongchang Olympic winter Games next month and the Tokyo summer Games in 2020.

Olympic Games

The International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel has launched its first virtual reality (VR) digital series ahead of the 2018 winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Multi-sport

The International Olympic Committee’s deal with telco América Móvil for pay-television and digital rights this month heralds an abrupt change in strategy across Latin America.

Multi-sport

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai is understood to be close to a sublicensing deal with Discovery Communications to acquire rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games.

Multi-sport

TVR is in the process of completing its deal for rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games in Romania.

Olympics

Qatari broadcaster beIN Media Group has agreed a programming partnership with the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel platform.

Olympic Games

The International Olympic Committee has agreed rights deals with a number of broadcasters in sub-Saharan Africa for the Olympic Games schedule covering the 2018 and 2022 winter Games and the 2020 and 2024 summer Games.

Hockey

The FIH, the global governing body of hockey, has agreed rights deals with a number of broadcasters in various regions around the world.