Olympics

Olympic Broadcasting Services chief executive Yiannis Exarchos has said the new Olympic channel will serve as a “major way” of engaging with the youth market and “hardcore” sports audience after it was …

The new Olympic television channel will launch in English and possibly Spanish and Chinese initially before other languages are added, according to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) managing director for television and marketing services, Timo Lumme.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has extended its partnership with the International Olympic Committee by acquiring the exclusive rights in China for the four editions of the Olympic Games spanning 2018 to 2024.

Hungarian public-service broadcaster MTV has said it will launch a new sports channel next year.

Media rights clips from October 16 to 29

Canadian public-service broadcaster the CBC has acquired rights for the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games in partnership with telecommunications company Rogers Communications and media company BCE, which operates Bell Media.

The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) executive board has backed plans to launch a new Olympic television channel.

Sportdeutschland.TV, the German Olympic Committee’s (DOSB) online sports television channel, has been granted a television broadcast licence.

Media rights clips from July 24 to August 20

US media company NBCUniversal has committed to airing 24.5 hours of the upcoming 2014 Youth Olympic Games on the NBC network and pay-television broadcaster NBC Sports Network – the first time the event will be afforded coverage on the two platforms.

The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired media rights in Australia for the next three editions of the Olympic Games.

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has won further support for his plan to establish an Olympic television channel and the project will undergo further development in the coming months.

Media rights clips from June 26 to July 9

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has agreed a deal for the rights to the next three editions of the Olympic Games, according to multiple reports.

Media rights clips from June 12 to June 25

The Japan Consortium, which includes public-service broadcaster NHK and the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association (JBA), has extended its Olympic Games rights deal through to the 2024 summer edition of the multi-sport event.