The France Television group has obtained the exclusive rights for audiovisual rights in the clear and live of the Summer Olympic games 2024 in Paris and those of winter in 2022 in Tokyo.
To watch the Olympics , it will be France Télévisions . The public service has obtained the unencrypted broadcasting rights of Summer Olympics 2024 in Paris , announced Monday, April 22, 2019 President Delphine Ernotte on Twitter.
The group also won the broadcast rights for the Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing , according to the Parisian , which states that the contract with the US group Discovery which holds the rights for Europe was signed last Wednesday.
“Honor and pride to announce that we have signed with @Discovery an exceptional partnership which gives @francetele the exclusivity of audiovisual rights in clear and live for # JO2024 to #Paris,” writes Delphine Ernotte.
Honneur et fierté de vous annoncer que nous avons signé avec @Discovery un partenariat exceptionnel qui attribue à @francetele l’exclusivité des droits audiovisuels en clair et en direct pour les #JO2024 à #Paris, c’est un succès majeur pour le #servicepublic 👏📺👏 pic.twitter.com/rqMKYRlhY1
— Delphine Ernotte (@DelphineErnotte) April 22, 2019
“This is a major success for the public service,” she said. The group did not give further details on the contract.
A dedicated digital channel
France 2 and France 3 will broadcast all competitions “live, deferred and extracts in its various programs”, according to Franceinfo, which also mentioned the creation of a dedicated digital channel.
“It’s the best scenario. A very consistent decision because France Televisions has the Olympic culture. They broadcast the Games for a long time and follow all the year the great competitions of swimming, athletics, tennis and cycling, “greeted the Parisian Tony Estanguet, President of the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (OCOG) of Paris .
“The # JO2024 will be clear and free for all on the public service (…) A major sports and media event,” tweeted Hervé Godechot, member of the Higher Council of Audiovisual.
The price of the deal was not disclosed, but by the end of 2017, Discovery had estimated that Paris-2024’s rights were “at least the price paid for a football World Cup”.
In full on Eurosport
TF1 had thus paid 130 million euros for the rights of the last World Cup, while France Televisions had spent 50 million for those of Rio 2016 Games.
Discovery (owner of Eurosport) has acquired from the IOC the broadcasting rights for Europe for the Winter and Summer Games from 2018 to 2024.
If France Télévisions broadcast Paris-2024 in the clear, Eurosport will offer the events in full to its subscribers, or 3000 hours of program in two weeks, according to the Parisian.
“We will be live from the first minute of the opening ceremony to the last of the closing ceremony. Many events will be on France Televisions, with fantastic audiences, but sports fans will see on Eurosport every minute of each discipline, “said the CEO of Discovery International Jean-Briac Perrette.
“We will create throughout the duration of the Games several event chains. Each will be dedicated to a particular discipline, “he added.
