Olympic Games
Summer Olympic federations set to share $600m from Paris 2024
The international federations (IFs) participating at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are expected to share a windfall of around $600m (€564m), albeit there are growing calls to increase the percentage of r…
Re-uz to implement cup deposit scheme as Paris 2024 Official Supporter
Reusable cup and container brand Re-uz has been announced as an Official Supporter of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Nine makes appointments to serve Olympic Games contract
Media group Nine Entertainment has appointed Andrew Cann and Andrew Nicholls to senior roles in its sport commercial leadership team to help shape and monetise the broadcaster’s Olympic Games offering.
Paramount-owned Chilevisión acquires free-to-air rights to Paris 2024
Commercial broadcaster Chilevisión has secured exclusive free-to-air rights in Chile to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as part of a new agreement with the International Olympic Committee.
Mexico announces Olympic Games bid plan
Mexico has officially announced its intention to bid to host the summer Olympic Games in either 2036 or 2040
ArcelorMittal becomes Official Partner of Paris 2024
Multinational steel company ArcelorMittal has become an Official Partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Seoul won’t include Pyongyang in Olympics bid plan, Latvia holds talks on 2030 Games
Seoul will look to bid for the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, but will not seek to rekindle a proposal put forward for the 2032 Games involving North Korean capital Pyongyang, while Latvia has looked…
Olympics rights in Australia switch from Seven to Nine in five-Games deal
Media group Nine Entertainment has secured exclusive broadcast rights in Australia to the summer and winter Olympic Games from 2024 to 2032
Killane: Olympics deal repositions public-service media in sporting landscape
The recent capture of Olympics broadcast rights by the European Broadcasting Union in a joint deal with Warner Bros
EBU, Warner Bros. Discovery aim for improved content promotion in Olympics deal
The European Broadcasting Union and Warner Bros. Discovery intend to discuss greater cross promotion of Olympic content following the pair’s joint four-Games rights deal in Europe.
On Location launches Olympics’ first-ever centralised hospitality sales
The centralised sale of hospitality packages to the Paris 2024 Olympics by the Endeavor-owned On Location launched today (Tuesday) in what has been described as a “watershed moment” in the availability of …
EBU-Warner Bros. Discovery alliance lands Olympic rights in Europe to 2032
The European Broadcasting Union has recaptured broadcast rights to the Olympic Games in a joint four-Games deal with incumbent rights-holder Warner Bros. Discovery
Germany explores Olympic bid as DOSB re-elects Weikert
The German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) has approved a multi-stage process that will see it explore a possible bid for a future edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Qatar ‘wants to host Olympics in 2036’
Encouraging by its staging of the Fifa World Cup, officials in Qatar are aiming to host the Summer Olympics in 2036, according to media reports
UIPM approves obstacle discipline, Schormann survives no confidence vote
The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has voted to approve obstacle as its new discipline in a bid to secure the sport’s Olympic Games future, as president Klaus Schormann called for unity a…
Danone signs on as official partner of Paris 2024
French food products manufacturer Danone has signed a sponsorship deal with the organising committee of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris
Nine ‘agrees Tennis Australia domestic rights renewal’
Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment is reported to have renewed its domestic media rights for the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam in a deal with Tennis Australia
Paris 2024 appoints Donnelly as executive director of operations
Paris 2024 has appointed Édouard Donnelly as the organising committee’s executive director of operations for the staging of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.