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    JamesB

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    From a516digital:

    BBC secures Olympic access until 2024: but coverage will be less extensive

    The BBC is to remain the home of free-to-air Olympic action until and including the 2024 summer games after the public broadcaster reached a deal with Discovery Communications.

    Discovery had been awarded pan-European rights to the games, including exclusive UK rights for the 2022 and 2024 Winter and Summer Games. The BBC had the rights to the Olympics up to and including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

    As part of the deal, Discovery will sub-licence pay TV rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympics from the BBC. Then the BBC will sub-licence free-to-air rights for the 2022 and 2024 Olympics.

    What it means for viewers
    The deal means the BBC will continue to be the home of the best action from the Olympic Games on a network TV channel complemented by a second live stream and a rich offering of digital rights to the content broadcast on these two outlets – allowing for a varied and in depth on-demand offer, but cruically not quite as extensive as the recent Olympic Games, which provided coverage on numerous Red Button streams.
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    http://www.a516digital.com/2016/02/bbc-secures-olympic-access-until-2024.html

    | Tue 2 Feb 2016 16:19:22 #1 |
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    JamesB - 2 weeks ago  » 
    From a516digital:

    BBC secures Olympic access until 2024: but coverage will be less extensive
    The BBC is to remain the home of free-to-air Olympic action until and including the 2024 summer games after the public broadcaster reached a deal with Discovery Communications.
    Discovery had been awarded pan-European rights to the games, including exclusive UK rights for the 2022 and 2024 Winter and Summer Games. The BBC had the rights to the Olympics up to and including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
    As part of the deal, Discovery will sub-licence pay TV rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympics from the BBC. Then the BBC will sub-licence free-to-air rights for the 2022 and 2024 Olympics.
    What it means for viewers
    The deal means the BBC will continue to be the home of the best action from the Olympic Games on a network TV channel complemented by a second live stream and a rich offering of digital rights to the content broadcast on these two outlets – allowing for a varied and in depth on-demand offer, but cruically not quite as extensive as the recent Olympic Games, which provided coverage on numerous Red Button streams.
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    http://www.a516digital.com/2

    016/02/bbc-secures-olympic-access-until-2024.html

    I would much prefer the news budget was protected at the expense of BBC Sport. Leave sport to subscription TV if consumers consider it has a value.

    | Sat 20 Feb 2016 20:35:52 #2 |

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