International Olympic Committee (IOC)
IOC eyes more content creation following Netflix documentary debut
The International Olympic Committee is targeting more content creation outside of Games time following the recent global distribution deal with Netflix for ‘The Redeem Team’ documentary on the US men’s baske…
Viacom18 pays big increase to beat Sony to 2024 Olympic Games
Viacom18 is understood to be confident of turning a profit on its investment given the number of Indians likely to qualify for the later stages across multiple Olympic sports.
Parmentier promoted to IOC’s vice-president of broadcast, media rights
Jérôme Parmentier is to be promoted to the role of the International Olympic Committee’s vice-president of broadcast and media rights when Anne-Sophie Voumard, the incumbent in the position, becomes man…
EXCLUSIVE: Viacom18 closing in on Paris 2024 deal in Indian subcontinent
Media group Viacom18 is close to securing rights to the 2024 Paris summer Olympics Games in the Indian subcontinent, SportBusiness understands
IOC reports 2.01bn unique viewers for Beijing 2022
The International Olympic Committee has said video media coverage of this year's Winter Olympics in Beijing had a total audience of 2
IOC’s Lumme retires from top commercial role as Voumard steps up
Timo Lumme, the long-standing managing director of IOC Television and Marketing Services, is to retire from the position at the end of the year and will be replaced by Anne-Sophie Voumard, currently the…
FA recruits IOC’s Hogan as new head of media rights
England’s Football Association has recruited Mark Hogan from the International Olympic Committee as its head of media rights and production.
China Media Group to produce international feed for four sports at Paris 2024
China Media Group (CMG), the Chinese state media company, has reached an agreement with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the host broadcast arm of the International Olympic Committee, to produce international…
CBC to pay strong uplift for Olympics across next decade
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation increased its spend to secure exclusive rights to the Olympic Games for four further editions, driven by the potential of Vancouver hosting the Winter Games in 2030.
Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing must wait until LA 2028 for IOC revenue share
The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF), the umbrella organisation for the summer Olympic federations, has amended its statutes to allow sports to receive a share of Olympic…
CBC secures Olympic Games rights in Canada until 2032
The International Olympic Committee has awarded exclusive broadcast rights in Canada for the Olympic Games between 2026 and 2032 to public service broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada
Killane: EBU heads into Olympics tender with ‘unity of purpose’
The European Broadcasting Union consortium is heading into the International Olympic Committee’s European broadcast rights sales process with a greater “unity of purpose” around the rights and combined digit…
IOC to go to market with European broadcast rights next month
The International Olympic Committee is to launch its highly-anticipated European broadcast rights sales process on March 10 and has given prospective bidders a six-and-a-half week turnaround to submit…
Lumme: Market conditions, not Salt Lake City bid, to shape US rights strategy
The International Olympic Committee is in no rush to begin negotiations over a new US broadcast rights deal and its timeline for negotiations will not be dictated by a Salt Lake City bid for future Winter…
IOC launches NFT-based game for Beijing 2022
An official mobile game based on the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has been released, featuring a marketplace where users can trade Olympic 'pins' in the form of non-fungible tokens
IMG’s Sport 24 finalises Olympics in-flight, in-ship deal ahead of Beijing 2022
Sport 24, the in-flight and in-ship service operated by the IMG agency, has renewed its rights deal with the International Olympic Committee to cover the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paris 2024 Olympics
IOC appoints former ASO digital chief Pereira as head of virtual sport
The International Olympic Committee has concluded its search for a head of its gaming initiatives, appointing former ASO executive Vincent Pereira as its first head of virtual sport
US confirms diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022, China promises response
The US government will not send officials to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics next year in a 'diplomatic boycott' that it says is based on concerns over human rights issues in China