Been to a couple of jobsites already today on this scorcher of a day. I hope you’re inside and not working. Not easy to be working out of doors with temperatures in the 90’s. Don’t overexert yourself and drink plenty of fluids. And most of all, stay cool.
Of course, the big story is still NBC winning the rights to four Olympic Games spanning from 2014 — 2020 for a whopping $4.38 billion. We have some links in regards to the aftermath of the bid and what it means for NBC and the other networks which bid.
Stephen Wilson of the Associated Press who broke the story has a recap of the bidding and NBC’s big win keeping the Games in the family.
Jessica E. Vascellaro and Matthew Futterman of the Wall Street Journal says this was a huge win for NBCUniversal.
Patrick Rishe at Forbes asks if Comcast was crazy or crazy like a fox for bidding over $4 billion on the Olympics.
David Wilkerson of Marketwatch.com says Comcast certainly made a statement on winning the rights to four Olympiads.
David Goetzl of MediaPost says NBC got a big win for the future.
Karen Rosen with Ed Hula of Around The Rings speaks with International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge about why NBC was chosen again as America’s Olympic Network.
Marisa Guthrie of the Hollywood Reporter notes that NBCUniversal is now stressing “Live” across all platforms for its Olympic coverage.
Mike Reynolds at Multichannel has Comcast Chairman & CEO Brian Roberts stating that NBCUniversal will be profitable when all is said and done on these Games.
Michael Malone from Broadcasting & Cable has NBC’s affiliates cheering out loud about keeping the Olympics for the foreseeable future.
Anthony Crupi of Adweek notes that Olympics host Bob Costas helped to close the deal for NBC.
Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated talks about Costas’ role in NBC’s presentation to the IOC.
Brian Lowry of Fox Sports says NBC keeping the Olympics and keeping them away from ESPN is a big deal.
Mike McCarthy of USA Today says NBC’s $4 billion bid was a winner.
Michael Hiestand of USA Today wonders if NBC can make money on the Olympics.
Sports Business Daily has opened its paywall for today and let’s bring you some Olympic stories from this edition.
Tripp Mickle and John Ourand write about NBC’s winning Olympic bid.
SBD notes that NBC is saying there will be more live coverage in future Games, but exactly how much?
SBD says Versus is expected to play a big role in NBC’s Olympic plans.
SBD wonders if an American city will play host to the 2020 Olympics which would make NBC’s broadcasts more attractive.
James Poniewozik at Time wonders how much of NBC’s Olympic coverage will be live.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell wonders if NBC can actually make money off the Olympics.
Richard Sandomir of the New York Times goes over how the new NBC/Comcast will present the Games.
Newsday’s Neil Best says the emphasis of the new NBC Sports team is on live Olympic action.
Claire Atkinson of the New York Post says Comcast CEO Brian Roberts had no intention of losing the Olympics a month after NBC Sports Emperor Dick Ebersol left.
Bob Fernandez of the Philadelphia Inquirer says the successful Olympic bidding was a huge win for Comcast.
Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner hopes NBC will step up and go live with the Olympics.
At the Houston Chronicle, David Barron writes about NBC outbidding ESPN and Fox by wide margins.
Anthony Schoettle of the Indianapolis Business Journal says the Olympics should give Versus a big boost in viewership and help one of its sports properties in the process.
Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says even without Emperor Dick Ebersol, NBC came in and won the Olympic bid.
In the Chicago Tribune, Philip Hersh speculates whether the IOC would be interested to have the 2020 Olympics in the United States based on NBC’s win.
Joe Flint of the Los Angeles Times says it was NBC/Comcast that blew away the IOC to win the rights to four Olympic Games.
Phil Swann at TV Predictions feels NBC’s successful bid is a huge win for HD viewers.
Ben Koo at Awful Announcing says Twitter made the wait for the Olympic bidding quite fun.
Alex Weprin at SportsNewser asks “What’s next?” for NBC.
To some international reaction to NBC’s bid.
Glenda Korporal of The Australian says NBC’s win now raises the bar between 7 Network and Nine Network for the Aussie rights to 2014/16.
Bruce Dowbiggin at the Toronto Globe and Mail writes a very uninformed article about NBC’s Olympic bid.
Jeff Lee at the Vancouver Sun looks at NBC’s win and how it might affect the rights in other parts of the world.
Matthew Garrahan and Roger Blitz of the Financial Times says NBC owner Comcast passed a big test in winning four Olympics.
And that will do it for now. I’ll do another set of linkage for other sports media news later.
