Interesting reading, as an aside, considering live sport is one of the only real guaranteed ratings pullers right now it makes me wonder on the profitability of other types of television like talent shows and reality TV.
They keep talking about reduced revenue this year in the two articles, but you'd imagine that the Olympics is/was responsible for larger revenue figures in 2016? And don't forget, Sevens loss includes "a write- down of television assets and other intangibles and losses on investments."
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