IOC Awards Broadcast Rights In Colombia For London 2012 Olympic Games

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESS RELEASE, Wednesday 28 September 2011: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the terrestrial television and radio broadcast rights in Colombia for the London 2012 Olympic Games to Caracol Television S.A. it was announced today. The agreement also includes the terrestrial television and radio broadcast rights in Colombia for the first ever Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck in January 2012 (IOC Awards Broadcast)

IOC President Jacques Rogge said: “We look forward to continuing to work with Caracol Television. We believe they are well placed to provide great coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games in Colombia, as well as offering coverage of the first ever Winter Youth Olympic Games.”

IOC Executive Board
member Richard Carrión, who led the negotiations, said, “I would like to thank the team at our partner Caracol Television for their cooperation in reaching
this agreement, and for their commitment to provide fantastic free broadcast coverage of the Olympic Games in 2012.”

Caracol Television’s President, Carlos Alejandro Pérez Dávila, said, “We are very pleased that Caracol Television has once again obtained the rights to the Olympic Games for Colombia. The London 2012 Olympic Games and the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games are world events of sporting excellence which we are proud to bring to our Colombian audience through our nationwide television network. The Olympic Movement and its ideals will be well represented through our first-rate coverage.”

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