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2018-2024 Olympics: BBC Loses Rights as IOC Releases TV, Multi-Platform Details

The television rights for the Olympic Games have been awarded to Eurosport from 2018 up until 2024 after parent company Discovery Communications struck a lucrative £920 million deal with the International Olympic Committee, per BBC.co.uk.

It means that the BBC, while they will still be able to sub-license some of the rights, will no longer be the hub of Olympic coverage for British viewers from 2022 onward; the BBC have already signed a deal securing rights for Pyeongchang 2018 and Tokyo 2020.

Owen Gibson of the Guardian looked to summarise what this might mean from the 2022 Games onward:

I predict ultimate outcome will be Eurosport shows everything across all platforms and sub-licences live coverage of big moments to BBC.