Eurosport Olympics deal threatens RTE coverage

RTE is facing the prospect of losing some or all of its coverage of the Olympics from 2018 after Eurosport and parent company Discovery secured a €1.3bn (£920m) rights deal.

Eurosport has committed to broadcasting only 200 hours of summer Olympics and 100 hours of winter Games on free-to-air television and says in many territories it will sub-license these back to a terrestrial broadcaster.