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Paris 2024 (July 26 to August 11, 2024) will be the first Summer Games organized by France for a century, bringing together 32 sports disciplines and as many events at the 39 sites chosen in the region.

Within the framework of this agreement, Discovery grants the exclusivity of the audiovisual rights in clear and in direct to the public group France Télévisions *, the paying rights remaining its property for a direct exploitation and in full on Eurosport.

This complementary offer will thus allow viewers and all audiences to experience the Games passionately, at any time, thanks to exhaustive broadcasting. France Télévisions, the largest sports field and historic television partner of the Olympic Games, will offer all audiences, free of charge, ambitious and exceptional coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on its antennas. Thus, France 2 and France 3 will be mobilized and a digital channel will be specially set up for a mobile audience and more specific communities.

The world athletics championships in Doha at the end of 2019 and the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 are for public television the first highlights of the original editorial device before the exceptional coverage of the Beijing Olympics in 2022 and the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Delphine Ernotte Cunci, President of France Télévisions:

“This is an important moment for the public service. France Télévisions will be able to show the Olympics to all audiences, to all French people. They will watch and vibrate in front of the Olympics I am happy and proud of it. " Eurosport reaffirms its position as Home of Olympics in Europe and France with coverage that will offer the full Games to the most passionate fans - with in addition Eurosport channels, event channels and a multi-channel service allowing dedicated streams, to follow every athlete, every event, every sport and every gold medal.

Jean-Briac Perrette, President and CEO, Discovery International:

“Discovery's mission is to respond to the enthusiasm of fans, with the Olympic Games being the height of sporting passion. Our innovative agreement with the International Olympic Committee has already allowed us to break records during the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018; this experience acquired as Home of the Olympics, we intend to use it during the Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024 Games. Through this Olympic partnership with France Télévisions, we guarantee access to free coverage that will help bring together French behind the Games. In addition to this offer, Eurosport fans will be able to follow every minute of the Games on all screens with unparalleled sporting expertise. "

Julien Bergeaud, Managing Director, Discovery France:

“This partnership with France Télévisions is historic. Welcoming athletes from all over the world to our capital for the Olympic Games is a collective dream come true and we will be delighted to offer an exhaustive broadcast of the French sporting event of the century on our Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 channels as well. as on event channels and a dedicated multichannel service which will allow the achievements of each athlete in each discipline to be followed at all times. "

Partners of the sports movement, alongside the athletes, France Télévisions and Eurosport thus confirm their commitments to the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), in order to promote the news of the Olympic Games: preparations, sports competitions, cultural and educational initiatives during throughout the preparation period for the event.

Tony Estanguet, President of the Organizing Committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games:

“When we think of the Games, it is often magical television moments that come to mind. Feats, emotions, victories, sometimes failures. We have lived all these moments with France Télévisions since the 1980 Moscow Games and we are happy that the story continues with public service in 2024 as our country organizes the Games after 100 years of waiting. France Télévisions and Eurosport are committed players with whom we share the same passion for sport. Together, we will make the Paris 2024 Games a unique opportunity to promote the role of sport in our society, to publicize all disciplines and to promote athletes. "

* This sub-license agreement is made as part of a long-term partnership between Discovery and the International Olympic Committee, announced in June 2015, including exclusive multi-platform rights for 50 countries and territories in Europe, from PyeongChang 2018 until Paris 2024. The rights period in France includes the 2022 and 2024 editions, those of 2018 and 2022 having previously been granted to France Télévisions.