Olympics
Discovery announces cost saving measures
US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has announced cost saving measures as chief executive David Zaslav said he expects its Olympic Games broadcast rights deal to make “real money” for the firm.
NBC breaks new ground with Snapchat partnership for Rio 2016
The NBC Olympics division of US media company NBCUniversal has agreed a content partnership with social media platform Snapchat for the 2016 Olympic Games and the US Olympic team trials.
Thai regulator seeks funding for Olympic rights
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.
YLE latest broadcaster to strike Olympic deal with Discovery
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.
NOS moves quickly to acquire Olympics rights from Discovery
Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS moved quickly to sublicense rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games from Discovery Communications.
Discovery expands Olympics technology team
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.
NBC to set new ad sales record with Olympics coverage
US network NBC has surpassed $1bn (€910m) in advertising sales for its coverage of the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Samsung set for virtual reality first at Lillehammer Games
South Korean electronics company Samsung will deliver Olympic content in virtual reality for the first time during the upcoming winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway.
BBC and Discovery team up in Olympic alliance
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed a deal with US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications under which it will give up exclusive rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games in return for free-to-air rights to the 2022 and 2024 editions of the multi-sport event.
FFA secures landmark women’s deal with Seven
Football Federation Australia, the sport’s national governing body, has agreed a deal for commercial broadcaster Seven to show coverage of the country’s national women’s team on free-to-air television for the first time.
Globo awarded long-term Olympic rights in Brazil
Brazilian media company Globo has been awarded rights for the Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee through to 2032.
Canadian broadcasters extend Olympic rights deal
Canadian public-service broadcaster the CBC has acquired rights for the 2022 and 2024 Olympic Games in partnership with telecommunications companies Rogers Communications and Bell Media.
Timo Lumme, managing director of television and marketing, International Olympic Committee
Interview with Timo Lumme, the International Olympic Committee’s director of television and marketing, on Olympics rights deals signed in Asia, Mena and sub-Saharan Africa.
Azam-Infront deal set to provide record Olympic coverage in Tanzania
Tanzania-based pay-television operator Azam Media has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the 2016 Olympic Games in its home country.
ProSiebenSat.1 takeover of DOSB media venture approved – report
Germany’s federal cartel office, the Bundeskartellamt, has given the green light to media company ProSiebenSat.1’s acquisition of a majority stake in the DOSB New Media arm of the German Olympic Committee (DOSB).
IOC signs off long-term Discovery deal in Europe, but questions raised over exposure
Audiences for the Olympic Games will not fall across Europe following the new long-term deal with the Discovery Communications media group, the International Olympic Committee told TV Sports Markets this week.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From June 25 to July 8
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Timo Lumme, managing director of television and marketing, International Olympic Committee
Interview with Timo Lumme, managing director of television and marketing services for the IOC, on the committee’s €1.3bn pan-European deal with Discovery Communications.