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In 2011, NBC agreed to a $4.38 billion contract with the International Olympic Committee to broadcast the Olympics through the 2020 games, the most expensive television rights deal in Olympic history. [158] NBC then agreed to a $7.75 billion contract extension on May 7, 2014, to air the Olympics through the 2032 games. [3]
These figures include signing bonuses but exclude options, buyouts, and the endorsement deals. This list does not reflect the highest annual salaries or career earnings, only the top 100 largest contracts and thus is largely limited to athletes in team sports and auto racing.
Upon expiration of the contract in 2002, the league signed an agreement with ABC, which began airing games in the 2002-03 season.NBC had made a four-year $1.3 billion ($330 million/year) bid in the spring of 2002 to renew its NBA rights, but the league instead went to ESPN and ABC with a six-year deal worth $2.4 billion ($400 million/year), a total of $4.6 billion ($766 million/year) when ...
A league that didn't even televise its most important matchups live as recently as 1981—six NBA Finals games from '79 to '81 were tape-delayed, if you can believe that—has turned into a ...
Watch NBA Cup final on Fubo. 2024 NBA Cup semifinals Saturday, Dec. 14. Milwaukee Bucks, 110, Atlanta Hawks 102. Oklahoma City Thunder 111, Houston Rockets 96. 2024 NBA Cup quarterfinals Wednesday ...
BYU football. NIL deal: $136,000 ... plus tuitions This is an example of a university's athletic program thinking outside the box. In a deal with Built Bar, all 136 Brigham Young football players ...
Beginning with the 1982 NBA Finals, the schedule was shifted to avoid the May television sweeps period, and tape-delayed games were no longer an issue. The NBA entered the cable territory in 1979 when USA Network signed a three-year $1.5 million deal and extended for two years until the 1983–84 season , ESPN also had a brief affair with the ...
Disney's payments will average about $2.6 billion annually, more than the $1.5 billion it paid under the current deal, and will continue to air the NBA Finals though it will get fewer games under ...