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Wow, interesting. Hadn't really picked up on that. Thought the likes of Sochi and London were showing the regeneration benefits rather than the empty parks such as Barcelona.

Can't see the Games staying out of Europe for effectively 16 years if the 2036 games went back to Tokyo. Would have thought LA then Brisbane will in all likelihood be followed by a European continent host. Germany haven't hosted a Games since 1972, so you would think they would be strongly in...

Apologies, I thought you were saying the BBC had a contract to show Olympic coverage directly, and Discovery had what was left over. I misread it if that's not the case. :thumbsup:

It was the other way round. Discovery's contract with the IOC obligated them to show a percentage of the games free-to-air. Given public feeling toward the BBC in the UK, Discovery subcontracted out their free-to-air obligations to the BBC. Everything the BBC was allowed to show was what...

That’s interesting - I thought the IOC only did media deals on a contract that there has to be a percentage of free-to-air coverage. So for Europe Discovery had the deal who own Eurosport. In the UK to avoid a PR disaster Discovery gave, or perhaps sold their free-to-air obligations to the BBC.

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Don't get me wrong, they are completely brilliant, I blame Hollywood!

These gymnastic twins, anyone else a bit…