>From the USA Today article: In a break with his predecessor *Dick Ebersol*, new NBC Sports chief *Mark Lazarus* promises to show all events live rather than saving the best for tape-delayed coverage in prime time.
Whether translates into more live event coverage on NBCUniversal’s broadcast and cable channels will be answered when Lazarus and NBC produce the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. “We will make every event available, on one platform or another, live,” said Lazarus during a conference call with IOC president *Jacques Rogge* Tuesday from Lausanne, Switzerland. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/06/olympic-tv-decision-between-nbc-espn-and-fox-could-come-down-today/1 On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd be amazed if it was simply a matter of $$$ that secures the Olympics. > The IOC would sell them to Current TV if they stumped up the cash* > > > Adam > > * OK - there is a universal access rider in the Olympics charter which says > essentially there has to be a free-to-air element. My point stands though - > cash is king. > > PS OK - I may be a bit jaded because I've seen how FIFA works when doling > out the Football World Cup. > > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:33 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> http://www.adweek.com/news/television/update-nbc-bids-438-billion-olympic-gold-132319 >> >> NBC paid more than first reported for the 4 Olympics-deal ($4.38 billion >> instead of $4B). Also, apparently ESPN only submitted a bid on a 2-Games >> package, not the full 4, which pretty much DQed them from the gate. Not >> clear what the Fox offer was. Also apparently Bobby Costas gave a big speech >> at the presentation. >> >> If ESPN was not really serious, I am less surprised NBC retained - I can >> see why the Olympics might not want to take a chance on Fox Sports... >> >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
