Dick Ebersol
Dick Ebersol
Duncan "Dick" Ebersolis an American television executive and a senior adviser for NBC Universal Sports & Olympics. He had previously been the chairman of NBC Sports, producing large scale television events such as the Olympic Games and National Football League broadcasts...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSportscaster
Date of Birth28 July 1947
CountryUnited States of America
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The real issue though to this point, the money that pays for the Olympics, for our rights, is still largely money coming from television advertising. As soon as we see significant money start to come in in fields like the Internet and wireless we'll adjust our policies even more.
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We're asked that question every time before an Olympics, and I really don't believe it's going to happen. The Olympics are unique. People come in large numbers . . . to really be engaged by these very unique athletes who put so much on the line for such a brief, brief period of their athletic careers.
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I was never really a big presence in the home.
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We're all a part of General Electric and GE is an earnings-driven company,
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can't speak for (Michaels), but the only issue is money.
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He told me this incredible story that Walt's first really big production as a cartoonist for the cinema had been a character called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, which was before Mickey. And for reasons that aren't still totally clear to me, Walt lost those rights. He didn't have the money to hold onto them.
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He believed in him and told the organizers in whatever country the Olympics was in that they should use him.
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I don't think the love affair with the Olympics has changed one iota. What you're asking with an Olympics is for people to give up every night for two weeks of their lives, and they have to be given reasons to do that.
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For the first time a major sports property has largely migrated from network to cable, where the dual revenue streams of subscriber fees and advertising can support the escalating costs of broadcast sports rights, ... In the future, it will become almost impossible for broadcast television sports to match the power of those 'sub' fees, which are unique to the cable world.
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They were the tabloid Olympics. They had the fascination of everybody in the world. Entertainment Tonight would be hanging around at the Olympics ice practice sessions.
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It was the highest television rating in that entire 24-hour period.
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The first thing I said to Susan in the emergency room was, 'Honey, you're just going to have to realize that we were blessed to have 14 incredible years with Teddy. He's gone.'
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All the electronic marvels now available to viewers are a major selling point in our Olympics coverage.
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I was just swept away with how that sounded. It just rolls off your mouth.