ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agoWhy is there so little Olympics footage in the news? Here’s how the multibillion-dollar video rights industry works.theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down110
arrow-up1109arrow-down1external-linkWhy is there so little Olympics footage in the news? Here’s how the multibillion-dollar video rights industry works.theconversation.comModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarestyle99linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month ago For comparison, NBC in the US paid US$7.75 billion (A$11.8 billion) in 2014 for the rights to broadcast the Olympics until 2032. At that much money, you can pretty much count on extreme amounts of corruption and thievery going on behind the scenes.
At that much money, you can pretty much count on extreme amounts of corruption and thievery going on behind the scenes.