Rogge told the 120th IOC Session that the “first indications that the proposals from broadcasters are very good. We are discussing 2014 and 2016, and broadcasters expect the economy to be improving in coming years.”
He added that television income for the 2010 and 2012 Games was $3.8 billion, an increase of 40 per cent on the $2.6 billion the IOC received for the 2006 and 2008 Games. Television rights fees make up the largest part of the IOC’s income – of which around 75 per cent is passed on to the 205 IOC member countries and sports federations.
The IOC Session takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday. Three positions in the IOC executive board are up for election, the IOC members will hear various reports of commissions and organisers of upcoming Games.
