NBC retains Olympic rights for 4 games
NBC retained its hold on U.S. Olympic television rights Tuesday in a four-games deal through 2020 worth nearly $4.4 billion, defeating rival bids from ESPN and Fox. NBC, now controlled by Comcast, won...
View ArticleLondon Games to be first social media Olympics
Tweet this: The London Games will be the first Olympics told in 140 characters or less. The London Games will be the most tweeted, liked and tagged in history, with fans offered a never before seen...
View ArticleKeating: Sports means business at the Olympics
The business side of the Olympics is worth examining.
View ArticleNeuLion to live stream Olympics in China
Want to see nearly every possible event in this year’s Olympic games? Forget London, head to China. Plainview-based NeuLion recently inked a deal with China’s government television station, China...
View ArticleCablevision, NBC partner for Olympics coverage
Cablevision announced today it has reached an agreement with NBCUniversal to allow iO TV customers to access live, on-demand coverage of the Olympic games on their mobile devices. Beginning tomorrow,...
View ArticleNBC tops $1 billion in Olympics ad sales
NBC says it has topped the $1 billion mark in advertising sales for the Olympic Games beginning this week in London. The network said Wednesday it is the biggest advertising haul ever for an Olympics...
View ArticleTwitter briefly down across much of planet
People across much of the planet briefly experienced problems accessing Twitter on Thursday, a day before the 2012 Olympic Games are expected to cause a spike in use of the micro-blogging site. The San...
View ArticleNBC to break even, not lose money on Olympics
Viewer excitement about the Olympics is translating into gold for NBC: The broadcaster now expects to break even on the London Games rather than take a loss. “We are way ahead of where we thought we’d...
View ArticleAnd then the ball went through Buckner’s legs …
Pat Calabria also teaches sportswriting at Farmingdale State College.
View ArticleNBC, Facebook enter content deal
NBC and Facebook announced a deal Thursday to share content on the upcoming Winter Olympics, both hoping to boost interest on what promises to be a big event for social media.
View ArticleNBC extends Olympic deal through 2032 for $7.75B
The agreement goes into effect from 2021 and covers the Summer Olympics of 2024, 2028 and 2032 and the Winter Games of 2022, 2026 and 2030.
View ArticleNYC mayor: no serious talks about Olympic bid
Mayor Bill de Blasio says he has not had "serious discussions" about New York making a bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games.
View ArticleNYC mayor rules out Olympic bid
Top officials feared an Olympic bid would distract from the mayor's economic-development agenda.
View ArticleDowd: Rio Olympics in need of citronella torch
With the approach of the Olympics, I long for the good old days of the Cold War.
View ArticleQ & A with John McIlhargy
John McIlhargy has masterminded pool designs for several Olympic Games
View ArticleSpeedo USA becomes the first major sponsor to drop Lochte
Company says it will donate $50,000 to Save The Children
View ArticleAnd then the ball went through Buckner’s legs …
Pat Calabria also teaches sportswriting at Farmingdale State College.
View ArticleNBC, Facebook enter content deal
NBC and Facebook announced a deal Thursday to share content on the upcoming Winter Olympics, both hoping to boost interest on what promises to be a big event for social media.
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