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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jul 19, 2014 11:37:05 GMT -6
variety.com/2014/tv/news/year-round-olympic-tv-channel-1201265169/Olympic leaders converged for a summit in Switzerland on Saturday to discuss reforming the Games, which would include the creation of a year-round Olympic TV channel. The new channel would use the National Geographic Channel as a model to promote Olympic events in the years between the Games. Its goal is to feature sports that aren’t normally spotlighted and attract younger audiences. The channel would be more akin to NFL Network and MLB Network, which are supported by a league, rather than a traditional net backed by a media company. The International Olympic Committee would act as a “curator or moderator” to develop digital content. Sports federations, national Olympic committees, broadcasters, and sponsors will also be asked to partake. Comcast recently doled out an unprecedented $7.75 billion to continue broadcasting the Olympic Games on NBC and NBC-affiliated nets through 2032. The agreement covers six Olympics (from 2022 to 2032) The fifteen officials — including U.S. Olympic Committee President Larry Probst — who met to discuss the IOC’s Olympic Agenda 2020 campaign recognized the new channel’s “potential to greatly increase the presence of sports and the promotion of the Olympic values year round and worldwide,” the IOC said in a statement. “The IOC will contact all the relevant stakeholders in the coming months to further develop the concept,” the committee said. Members are scheduled to vote on the agenda in December.
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