{"id":2828,"date":"2013-07-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/2013\/07\/31\/star-india-in-deal-for-olympic-games-coverage\/"},"modified":"2013-07-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T00:00:00","slug":"star-india-in-deal-for-olympic-games-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/star-india-in-deal-for-olympic-games-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"STAR India in Deal for Olympic Games Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">LAUSANNE: STAR India has scored the rights to carry the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics from Sochi and the 2016 Summer Olympics from Rio across seven South Asian countries.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">The deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) also covers the Summer Youth Olympic Games, taking place next year in Nanjing, China. STAR India has the free to air, pay TV, Internet and mobile rights for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In 2012, the Olympics were broadcast in India on state broadcaster Doordarshan. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;We welcome the opportunity to work with STAR India for the upcoming  editions of the Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games,&quot; noted IOC&#8217;s president, Jacques Rogge. &quot;We are confident  they will do a great job providing the best possible broadcast coverage  of the Games, on a variety of platforms, to the largest possible  audience in the seven different countries.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Richard Carri&oacute;n, chairman of the IOC&#8217;s finance commission, said the STAR India deal marked a shift in the organization&#8217;s handling of broadcast rights in Asia. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;Traditionally the IOC has negotiated broadcast rights on a pan-Asian basis; however, the media landscape is changing and we have adapted our approach recently by negotiating directly in certain markets. We are very pleased to have reached this agreement directly with STAR India.&rdquo;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">For  the 2012 games, the IOC had a pan-Asian  free-TV deal with the  Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union and a pay-TV deal with the now defunct  ESPN&nbsp;STAR&nbsp;Sports.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">\u00e2\u0080\u00a8\u00e2\u0080\u00a8Nitin Kukreja, the head of sport business for STAR India, added, &ldquo;The Olympic Games remain the pinnacle of sporting achievement where the world&#8217;s best in various disciplines face off for the title of Olympic champion. Indian athletes have also performed admirably over the last few editions, which is evident in the medal-winning performances that we have come to admire. We value our partnership with the IOC and feel that this spectacular extravaganza can be taken to even greater heights in India on both television as well as on digital platforms.&rdquo;\u00e2\u0080\u00a8\u00e2\u0080\u00a8<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Elsewhere in the region, deals for the 2014 and 2016 games were previously concluded with CCTV&nbsp;in China, SBS in Korea and a consortium of broadcasters in Japan. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAUSANNE: STAR India has scored the rights to carry the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics from Sochi and the 2016 Summer Olympics from Rio across seven South Asian countries. The deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) also covers the Summer Youth Olympic Games, taking place next year in Nanjing, China. 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