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Anthony Hazzard
August 07, 2024

NBC spent billions on the rights to broadcast the Olympics through 2032. Was this a smart move? Find out later in the email.

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NBC paid $7.75 billion for the rights to broadcast the Olympics (summer and winter) through 2032.

The move didn’t seem like a layup considering delayed Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympics did not go especially well (low ratings, a challenging time difference for U.S. viewers, criticism with NBC’s streaming performance via Peacock, no fans due to COVID-19).

But the early returns on this year’s Paris Olympics seem glowing.

NBCUniversal says it will surpass $1.25 billion in ad revenue, setting a new record for the company that has held the Summer Olympics broadcast rights since 1988.

NBC touted a total audience of 41.5 million across NBC, Peacock and other company platforms on the first Sunday of the Olympic games according to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics.

Peacock lost $348 million in Q2, a marked improvement. That’s still a ton of money to lose every three months. The platform also lost about $2.8 billion in 2023.

But in addition to the Olympics, NBC reportedly will pay $2.5 billion per year for its first NBA broadcast rights package since 2002.

Netflix and YouTube remain as streaming royalty. But it’s clear that, especially from a sports standpoint, NBC plans to be a major player.

It will be interesting to see how close NBC can get Peacock to profitability in the next several quarters.

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