FACTBOX: Key facts on Olympic revenues for IOC

Thu May 8, 2008 8:35pm EDT
 
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(Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) can expect record revenues for the four-year period 2005-2008 which includes the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics and August's Beijing Games.

Backed by record deals for its international top sponsors programme, its broadcasting rights contracts and the domestic sponsorship programme, the current four-year period ending on December 31 is set to become the most successful in the history of the IOC.

This trend is seen continuing into the next two-Games package for Vancouver 2010 and London 2012, boosted by increased broadcast rights revenues from television and new media.

Here are some facts on the IOC's finances:

2005-2008 revenues (Turin-Beijing)

Broadcasting $2.5 billion

TOP sponsors $866 million

Domestic sponsorship-Beijing Games est. $1 billion

2001-2004 Revenues (Salt Lake City-Athens)

Broadcasting $2.2 billion

TOP sponsors $603 million

Ticketing $411 million

Licensing $86.5 million#

Domestic sponsorship-Athens Games $300 million

For the 2001-2004 period the IOC had total revenues of $4.12 billion. It distributed about 92 percent of that amount to its partners -- international federations, national Olympic committees and Games organizing committees -- keeping the rest for its operational and administrative expenses.

Estimates for 2009-2012 have put the broadcast revenues figure alone at more than $3.3 billion. Domestic sponsorship deals and TOP sponsor programme negotiations are still ongoing.

(Compiled by Karolos Grohmann, Editing by Clare Fallon)

 

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