Olympic Games

Brazilian pay-television operators Claro TV and Net have teamed up to deliver the opening ceremony of the 2016 summer Olympic Games in 4K ultra-high definition.

The NBC Olympics division of US media company NBCUniversal has teamed up with Korean electronics firm Samsung to deliver virtual reality coverage of the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The IMG agency has sealed a deal to distribute the worldwide media rights for boxing’s upcoming Olympic Games qualifying tournament.

The Infront Sports & Media and TV Media Sport agencies have agreed a host of broadcast deals in sub-Saharan Africa for this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF are ready to cut off talks with Discovery Communications over a sublicensing deal for rights covering the Olympic Games in 2018 and 2020 if the media company does not lower its asking price.

Singaporean media company MediaCorp has agreed a rights deal with the Dentsu agency for highlights coverage of the Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games, according to the Straits Times newspaper.

Star India will show blanket live coverage of the Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games via eight dedicated channels, the pay-television broadcaster has announced.

US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has signed its latest sublicensing deal for Olympic Games rights in Europe through an agreement with Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF.

International media and entertainment company Discovery Communications unveiled a series of deals this (Thursday) morning covering the Olympic Games and European national team football qualifiers, as well as new strategic partnerships in Spain, Italy and Chile.

The International Olympic Committee has signed up as the first client of Playmaker Media, a new video streaming technology support service that has been launched by the NBC Sports Digital division of US media group NBCUniversal.

Czech public-service broadcaster Česká Televize acquired rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games from Discovery Communications this week, paying substantially more than the value of the 2014 and 2016 Games in the country.

US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has sealed its latest sublicensing deal for Olympic Games rights in Europe through an agreement with Czech public-service broadcaster Ceska Televize.

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, Thailand's broadcasting regulator, is seeking THB150m (€3.8m/$4.4m) in additional funding to support a bid by a group of domestic broadcasters to acquire rights to the 2016 Olympic Games.

Finnish public-service broadcaster YLE has struck a deal to sublicense rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games from US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications.

Media and entertainment company Discovery Communications, the parent company of international sports broadcaster Eurosport, has strengthened its Olympic Games technology team with two senior appointments.

The Nigerian Olympic Committee has agreed deals to sublicense free-to-air rights for the 2016 Olympic Games to four broadcasters.