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Successful games require cooperation of guv and unions; Your view.(Viewpoint essay)
Byline: Gerald D. Skoning Gerald D. Skoning is a lawyer with Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Chicago who specializes in labor and employment law. Chicago's Olympic committee can be justifiably proud of beating Los Angeles for the chance to represent the Un ...
Tags: game, Olympic Games, tax
Research articles 2007-04-30
OLYMPICS RACE: CHICAGO VS. WORLD; Chicago still needs to get past L.A. in its race for the 2016 Olympic Games, but some observers say the Windy City has the edge. Here's how it stacks up against L.A. and its global rivals.(News)
Byline: GREGORY MEYER Chicago is looking more like the favorite in the race with Los Angeles for the 2016 Olympic Games-and a strong contender against global rivals, too. Last week, Chicago bid committee Chairman Patrick Ryan said he viewed the ...
Tags: game, International Olympic Committee, Olympic Games
Research articles 2007-01-15
NY Olympic bid faces tough European foes; Paris, London now the favorites.(News)(New York City's campaign for 2012 Olympics )
Byline: philip lentz New York City's campaign to win the 2012 Olympics is running into serious competition from two of Europe's most important cities-Paris and London. While many New Yorkers assume that their city is the favorite for the games, ...
Tags: game, International Olympic Committee, Olympic, Olympic Games
Research articles 2003-06-09
IOC seeking contingency coverage for 2004 Games; Organizers facing a tight market in race to win $200 million in limits.(International)(International Olympic Committee )
Byline: CAROLYN ALDRED LONDON-The International Olympic Committee is seeking up to $200 million in contingency insurance in case the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens are canceled or abandoned. The main risks that could lead to a cancellation of the Byline:...
Tags: cancellation, game, International Olympic Committee, Olympic Games, underwriter
Research articles 2004-03-15
Rating the Olympic Franchise.
By Ben Grossman Viewership has waned, but many insist the Games still matter While NBC's overall ratings for the Torino Games will end up lower than the network or its advertisers would have liked, industry analysts...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., Olympic Games, game, advertiser, network
Research articles 2006-02-27
NBC keeps Olympics all in the family: will air over 800 hours on five owned nets. (Top of the Week).
You'll need a lot of stamina to watch all of NBC's planned coverage of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Being bilingual wouldn't hurt either. NBC said last week it will present a record 806.5 hours of coverage of the Athens...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., game, Olympic Games
Research articles 2003-02-10
The Games Plan.(Olympics)(Brief Article)
How's this for an assignment? Every two years, you construct NBC's third-largest facility, smaller only than its New York and Burbank operations. You have to do it in 90 days. Then, you operate it for 36 days, completely dismantle and pack it up in ...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., game, Olympic Games, network
Research articles 2000-06-26
Olympic cruise ships see war risk limits cut; Amid reinsurance premium hikes, P&I clubs drop per-vessel cover to $50 million.(International)
Byline: CAROLYN ALDRED PIRAEUS, Greece-Marine liability underwriters are drastically reducing war risk limits for cruise ships that will be used for accommodation during this year's Olympic Games in Athens, Greece because of concerns about the agg Byline: CAROLYN ALDRED PIRAEUS,...
Tags: accommodation, game, Olympic Games, security, underwriter
Research articles 2004-03-22
City at the starting line in race to host Olympics
FREDERICK GABRIEL As a financier of troubled companies, Daniel Doctoroff is used to gambling on long shots. Which explains why he's leading New York's bid to snag the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. This week, the NYC2008 Committee will throw the city's naFREDERICK GABRIEL As a...
Tags: game, International Olympic Committee, Olympic Games
Research articles 1997-04-28
CBS stokes interest in winter games.
Ad time sold out; revenue up 14% over 1992 with fewer buyers; 18.7 rating guaranteed What the travails of Tonya Harding can't do to draw attention to the Olympics, CBS will--as the network airs a huge promotional campaign that will dominate...
Tags: advertisement, game, Olympic Games
Research articles 1994-01-31
He's got game: Swanson takes on Olympian task; Does he have muscle to win pricey gamble?(Brief Article)
With NBC's Olympic machinery heading into full gear for the summer games, Dennis Swanson, the general manager of WNBC in New York, is facing quite a test. As co-chairman of the Olympics for the Peacock Network, he's responsible for an unprecedented 2 With NBC's Olympic machinery...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., game, network, ABC Inc., Olympic Games, cable
Research articles 2000-06-19
Mesa Community College Hosts Avnet Tech Games, First-Ever Technology Olympics; More Than 100 Community College Students Will Vie for Scholarships Today in Creative Technology-Based Competitions
PHOENIX -- The Olympics in Turin are history. But the first-ever technology olympics in Arizona are in full swing today at Mesa Community College, where students from the largest community college system in the United States, Maricopa Community Colleges, are vying for scholarship prizes in the first Avnet Tech Games.
Tags: AvNet Inc., game, Mesa, Olympic Games
Research articles 2006-03-03
Atlanta cable cos. steeled for Olympics.
Come August, Atlanta-based cable executives will have mastered a whole new set of job skills to add to their resumes, including private transportation network coordinator, hotel load-factor analyst and, yes, even heat-index calculator. Keeping th Come August, Atlanta-based cable executives will have...
Tags: cable, company, Cox Enterprises, game, Olympic, Olympic Games, Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
Research articles 1996-07-15
AT&T lounges around the olympics. (Marketing & Advertising).(Brief Article)
AT&T Broadband will give Salt Lake City Winter Olympics visitors a chance to surf the Internet or check in with loved ones between sporting events. The host city's incumbent cable operator has set up a 3,200-square-foot tent in Olympics S ...
Tags: AT&T Broadband, AT&T Corp., game, marketing, Olympic Games
Research articles 2002-02-11
NBC: Way down under.(Tape delay in Olympics coverage)(Brief Article)
Tape delay, other sports sting Sydney Olympics ratings The U.S. women's soccer team's tie with China during the first weekend of the Summer Olympics was a signature of the Games thus far: no dramatic victory of American athletes to fire U.S. v...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., Olympic Games, game
Research articles 2000-09-25
Success strategies capturing the xx Olympic winter Games at Torino, Italy: long before the Games began, photographers heading for Torino were preparing for the rigors of Olympics coverage. Four who were there share their workflow, lighting, and coverage s
Lou Jones www.fotojones.com Torino marks my 12th Olympics, so we bring a lot of experience to covering the biggest sporting event in the world. The complexities change with each Games because the host's nationality are different...
Tags: Apple Inc., Eastman Kodak Co., game, image, Nikon Corp., Olympic Games, photograph
Research articles 2006-05-01
It's an Olympics sweep for NBC; for $2.3 billion, NBC locks up rights to three more Olympic games.
For $2.3 billion, NBC locks up rights to three more Olympic games Christmas came early to NBC affiliates, with word last week that NBC has extended its domestic TV and cable rights to the Olympics through 2008. The network will...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., game, network, International Olympic Committee, Olympic Games, cable
Research articles 1995-12-18
Salt Lake Olympics is selling well.(avails for Winter Games in Salt Lake City are about 75 percent sold)(Brief Article)
At a time when many in ad sales are singing the blues, the first U.S.-based Winter Olympics since 1980's Lake Placid, N.Y., Games appears to be generating green for CNBC and MSNBC affiliates. NBC Cable Networks vice president of affiliate ad s...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., MSNBC, Hunt, CNBC, game, Olympic Games, advertisement
Research articles 2002-01-28
Olympic coverage not easy to find. (National Broadcasting Co.'s liability insurance)
Getting protection for an event half-way across the world, one that is prone to libel and slander suits, the threat of cancellation, and even terrorism is no mean feat - just ask the risk manager for the National Broadcasting Company. In a recent ...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., Olympic Games, game, liability insurance
Research articles 1992-09-28
Security, coverage at Athens games set Olympic records.(News)
Byline: SARAH VEYSEY ATHENS, Greece-The 2004 Olympic Games will have in place one of the most comprehensive insurance and risk management plans in the history of the event when it begins in Athens, Greece, on Aug. 11. The 2004 summer games-the f...
Tags: game, Olympic Games, security, terrorism
Research articles 2004-08-09
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