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...Big companies have the skill, endurance and balance sheets to take on the planners and Nimbys....
...“I had no idea I had so much endurance and courage inside me. I got to know myself better — I’d never been in a position for that to come through. That’s why I’m not scared of anything.”...
...Any failure to keep the Games relevant would have an impact on the IOC’s broadcasting rights, which made up the bulk of its revenues worth $5.7bn in the four years running up to the 2016 Olympics in Rio...
...England’s top club football competition also secured “enhanced” powers to shut down illegal pirate streams that pose a threat to the value of its £5bn UK broadcasting contracts....
...But at the end of this season, the group will end its involvement in the “LMP1” class of the World Endurance Championship....
...He may get back into broadcasting, in which he dabbled for the BBC during the 2014 Commonwealth Games....
...I think I was marrying the two: you need to be able to tell a story and recognise that just the feat of endurance isn’t enough on its own.”...
...Chinese property developer Dalian Wanda has won an auction for Infront Media, the Swiss company led by the nephew of Fifa president Sepp Blatter that distributes broadcasting rights for some of the world...
...To put Mr Redstone’s endurance into perspective, consider this: he was born before Hollywood began making talking pictures or Bing Crosby cut his first record....
...One is the new £1bn (that’s about three years’ worth of cuts) Broadcasting House....
...Ljunqvist says the only events that might be affected are endurance events such as the cycle road races and marathons, which might have to be postponed. Until when? Next month? London 2012?...
...He pioneered the ratings-friendly form of watchdog broadcasting that these days seems every channel controller’s quick fix for a slack time-slot....
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