SRG to broadcast 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games
Discovery Communications and SRG have entered into a long-term partnership for the Olympic Games, which guarantees viewers comprehensive coverage.
Roland Mägerle (Head of Business Unit Sport SRG SSR and Head of Department SRF Sport ), Jean-Thierry Augustin (President Sport Development and Olympics Commercialization, Discovery Networks International), Roger de Weck (Director General SRG)
The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will be available to Swiss audiences on SRG channels and platforms (online and apps) as well as on the various Eurosport channels and online platforms. Thanks to a variety of free TV, pay TV and digital offerings, viewers in Switzerland will be able to immerse themselves in the full depth of Olympic coverage.
SRG will receive exclusive sub-licenses from Discovery Communications for audiovisual rights (television and online) and non-exclusive radio rights (radio) for free-to-air comprehensive broadcasts of the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in Switzerland in the four national languages German, French, Italian and Romansh. The sub-license also includes rights for news coverage in formats broadcast following the live events, as well as selected digital rights (on demand on the internet and apps). Eurosport retains the rights to show all Olympic broadcasts on all its pay-TV channels and digital platforms.
Roger de Weck, Director General of SRG, is satisfied: "I am delighted that, after Rio 2016, we will also be offering the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang and 2020 in Tokyo to a high standard. Sport is beauty, emotion, it offers role models and a shared experience in all parts of the country. Sport plays a central role in the offering strategy of Switzerland's public media house."
In June 2015, Discovery and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the company had secured the exclusive TV and multi-platform broadcasting rights for the Olympic Games 2018 to 2024 for 50 countries and territories in Europe.
Discovery has already concluded nine sub-licenses for the Olympic Games. There are partnerships with national broadcasters in Austria (ORF), Croatia (HRT), the Czech Republic (Ceska Televize), Finland (YLE), Hungary (MTVA), Ireland (RTE), the Netherlands (NOS) and the UK (BBC). All sub-licenses were individually adapted to the corresponding TV and radio markets in the individual countries.
