HomeMulti-sport
Premium

Olympic Focus | Taking Rio to The World

Olympic Broadcasting Services is the host broadcast organisation set up in 2001 by the IOC to ensure consistency and quality of delivery of the Games to rightsholding broadcasters worldwide. Here Mark Wallace, chief content officer at OBS, answers key questions about the massive Rio 2016 broadcast operation.

You need a Premium subscription to access this content

Upgrade now to enjoy unlimited access to all our articles, insights, features and more

Already a subscriber? Sign in here

Related Articles

Multi-sport

Broadcasting information from London 2012, Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Premium
Multi-sport

As the national broadcaster for the host country at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the BBC set the bar high.

Premium

Related News

Multi-sport
Industry Moves

The organising committee for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games has appointed international recruitment firm Odgers Berndtson to lead its search for a chief executive
Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Adani Sportsline, the sports division of Indian conglomerate Adani Group, has struck a sponsorship deal with the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) ahead of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Multi-sport
Events

The 2021 World University Games will take place in the Chinese city of Chengdu from July 28 to August 8 next year after twice being postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, organisers have announced
Boxing
Governance

The International Olympic Committee executive board has stripped the International Boxing Association of the right to run the boxing competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics as well as the qualifiers for …

Most recent

Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Brad Griffith, founder and chief executive of mobile-focused ticketing company Gametime. Fisher and Russo also discuss the dramatic move of the University of Southern California and University of California-Los Angeles to the Big Ten Conference, the Big 12 Conference’s hire of new commissioner Brett Yormark, the completion of the revived United States Football League’s first season and new search for additional partners, an investment by US-based Sixth Street into a share of FC Barcelona’s television rights for LaLiga, developing expansion plans for the National Women’s Soccer League, and additional legal turmoil for Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays.
Premium
Multiple Sports

Two leading professionals explain the work of sports lawyers, in the penultimate session from educational content series Sports Matters Academy
Sponsorship & Marketing

FAW targets annual revenues of £30m by 2028, double current levels Sponsorship income currently ‘undervalued’ by £3m per year Ass
Premium