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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Sweney

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Bbc to keep olympics rights until at least 2032 - The Untold Story

Gold medalists Adam Peaty, James Guy, Anna Hopkin and Kathleen Dawson of Team Great Britain after the mixed 4x100m medley relay final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Gold medallists Adam Peaty, James Guy, Anna Hopkin and Kathleen Dawson of Team GB after the mixed 4x100m medley relay final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty

The Olympics will remain on the BBC until at least 2032 after a new deal with rights holders that guarantees wider free-to-air coverage by broadcasters across Europe.

The corporation’s deal, which secures the same 500 hours of TV coverage and a maximum of two live events as its existing agreement, has been struck with the new joint rights holders the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the US pay-TV company Warner Bros Discovery (WBD).

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