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Russia, U.S. To Join Efforts For 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Security06 / 19 / 13Security issues at large-scale sporting and public events, including the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, "will become an area of interaction" between Russia and the U.S., according to RIA. Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama "met late on Monday on the sidelines of the G8 sum... |
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Latest News From SBD/SBJ Olympic Site
SportsBusiness Journal/SportsBusiness Daily has launched a free website exclusively geared to the Summer Games that will feature news, video, blogs and much more from London. See the site today for the following news: Jet Set gets handle on ticket lines after a difficult Monday IOC gener ...
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Fans Growl Over Ticket Lines
CoSport, the biggest overseas agency for Olympic tickets, apologized after people were "forced to queue for more than six hours" to collect their allocations, according to Peter Walker of the London GUARDIAN. But the company said that "it could do nothing to help some of those whose seats are scatte ...
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The London Games will host a further 1,200 military personnel to help secure the event, according to Booth & Hopkins of the London GUARDIAN. Extra personnel were deployed after G4S "failed to provide enough private security guards." The move comes amid "continuing fears that the private security ...
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IOC Builds Reserves On TV Income
The IOC announced that revenue from "selling broadcasting rights for the Olympic Games between '14 and '16 is expected to top" $4B, and sponsorship revenues also is “on the rise,” according to Karolos Grohmann of REUTERS. IOC President Jacques Rogge said, "For the period 2014-16 we already have $3.6B, and it should reach and exceed $4B. TV rights totaled $2.2B for the period 2002-04." He added, "The financial situation is strong and safe. Since Dec. 31, 2001 our reserves have grown" from $105M to $558M, an increase of $453M. The IOC has also “seen a growth in revenues from sponsors" with its '13-16 TOP program, which is expected to generate $1B "for the first time."
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Boyle, BBC Confab On Ceremony
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Rogge Defends VIP Treatment
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