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  • The Olympics on TV in the UK

    The Olympics on TV in the UK

    The 2012 London Olympics were perhaps the high point for UK viewers who wanted to watch the Olympic Games. For a home event, the BBC pulled out all the stops with coverage across BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Three (then still on broadcast). There was a vast array of other broadcasts too, with up…

  • The Olympics: Celebrating Success or Jingoism? – Stuck in Draft #2

    I wrote this over a year ago, and never quite got around to publishing it. Hence it now forms part of my Stuck in Draft series. And so another Olympics have concluded and from where I sit it has been a success. Let me clarify that a little. Team GB has undoubtedly been successful. But…

  • Discovery Buys The Olympics In Europe

    Well here’s something a little unexpected. Discovery has swooped in and bought exclusive Olympic rights across Europe for €1.3 billion for the years 2018-2024. In the UK, the BBC already had a deal in place that stretched out until the 2020 summer games in Tokyo, as does France TV. But the BBC would not have…

  • Do We Need an Olympic TV Channel?

    It’s a bit of a moot question, because the IOC has just voted to launch one at the 127th IOC session taking place today and tomorrow in Monaco. Recommendation 19 Launch of an Olympic Channel is unanimously approved #olympic #agenda2020 #127iocsession — IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) December 8, 2014 The full description of the recommendation was…