Contracts were negotiated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and COOB’92 on the one hand, and by networks and associations on the other. The final figure obtained was $635 million, $200 million more than for the XXIVth Olympiad. Almost two-thirds of the income (63%) was obtained from the American market. In this case, it was NBC that managed to purchase the broadcast rights for $401 million. In Europe, it was the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which paid $90 million. It was through the Broadcasting Olympic Japan Pool (BOJP), which had been created for the Seoul Games in conjunction with other Asian networks, that Japan managed to purchase broadcast rights for $62.5 million.
Television Broadcast Rights
Alongside sponsorship, television broadcast rights were one of the main sources of income for the XXVth Olympiad. With this in mind, COOB’92 (Organising Committee for the Barcelona Olympic Games) set about ensuring a proper distribution of the international signal to all networks that purchased broadcast rights, as well as providing the necessary infrastructure for everyone working on the media coverage of the Olympic Games.
The contract signed in Lausanne specified that the initial 20% of fees had to be paid in cash, and that contributions in kind (services) would be allocated to RTO’92, the body in charge of producing the international signal during the Barcelona’92 Olympic Games.
Selected resources
Memoria oficial de los Juegos de la XXVa Olimpíada : Barcelona 1992. Vol. 2. Los medios : objetivos, recursos y escenarios
COOB’92 (1992): Memoria oficial de los Juegos de la XXV Olímpiada, Barcelona 1992. V. 2. Los medios : objetivos, recursos y escenarios. Barcelona : COOB’92.
Descárgate el documento completo. (PDF, 68 MB)
“El volumen que el lector tiene ahora en las manos refleja una de las vertientes más arduas del trabajo de organización de los Juegos: la definición precisa de los objetivos que había que alcanzar en cada
momento y la obtención de los medios y los recursos necesarios para llevarlos a cabo. De ello tratan los cuatro primeros capítulos, que repasan la historia interna del Comité Organizador Olímpico Barcelona’92 e informan de la trayectoria seguida para la obtención de los medios económicos y del personal adecuado para afrontar con todas la garantías el gran reto que tenía la ciudad.
El quinto capítulo detalla todos y cada uno de los cambios que se realizaron en las cuatro áreas olímpicas de Barcelona y en las subsedes para que cuarenta y tres instalaciones deportivas pudieran acoger las competiciones de veintiocho deportes. Tanto Barcelona como las subsedes ganaron algo más que unos cuantos escenarios temporales para la celebración de pruebas de alto nivel, ya que las obras se proyectaron con la finalidad de recuperar o crear equipamientos permanentes.
Por último, el sexto capítulo es el resumen del programa cultural que se desarrolló durante los cuatro años de la Olimpíada de Barcelona, antes de que se llevara a cabo, paralelamente a la celebración de los Juegos, el Festival Olímpico de las Artes.”
Fragmento extraído de la nota editorial al volumen, escrita por Roma Cuyàs i Sol, Director de la Memoria Oficial.
Television in the Olympics
WebsiteMoragas Spa, Miquel de.; Nancy K. Rivenburgh, James F. Larson (1995) : Television in the Olympics. London [etc.] : John Libbey. 0861965388
In the repository
In the Municipal Contemporary Archive, you can consult the administrative and management documentation generated on this topic by the Organising Committee Barcelona’92, SA (COOB’92), Holding Olímpic SA (HOLSA), Anella Olímpica de Montjuïc SA (AOMSA) (Olympic ring), Vila Olímpica SA (VOSA) (Olympic village) and the Institut Municipal de Promoció Urbanística SA (IMPUSA) (municipal Institute of urban development).
If you need further information on the collection, read the collection guide.
In the library
In the libraries of the study centres of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation (FBO) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) you can find the selection of listed documents and other bibliographic materials on the subject.
If you are interested in knowing more about our Olympic collection, you can consult the Union Catalogue of Catalan Universities (UAB collection) or contact us by e-mail (FBO collection).
Sports in pictures
If you are interested in images of the Olympic and Paralympic Games of Barcelona’92, the Image Service of the Olympic Foundation of Barcelona will help you identify the images that satisfy your needs.
The Foundation manages the official image archive of the Barcelona’92 Games. You can contact them by email to request more information about the services provided and the collection of images. In this page, we offer a selection of images on the event.
