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On January 30, 2009, VANOC announced its updated budget for the 2010 games. The operating budget was set at CAN$1.76 billion, with a contingency of $77 million. [4] This reflected an increase of $130 million over the $1.63 billion operating budget announced in May 2007, though VANOC said that if the accounting principles applied for the 2009 budget were retroactively applied to the May 2007 ...
The Royal Canadian Mint produced a series of commemorative coins celebrating the 2010 Games, [4] and in partnership with CTV allowed users to vote on the Top 10 Canadian Olympic Winter Moments; where designs honouring the top three were added to the series of coins.
Own the Podium (French: À nous le podium) is a Canadian not-for-profit organization.Originally created as Own the Podium - 2010 to prepare Canadian athletes to reach medal finishes at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the program has since expanded to include a division for summer sports as well, known as Road to Excellence.
For the first time, the IOC broadcast the Olympic Games live and on-demand through YouTube, [9] allowing fans to access the Games anytime, anywhere through live streaming. [10] The combination of conventional broadcasting and mobile platforms reached a global audience of 4.8 billion people.
The current highest cost of hosting the Olympic Games was the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games, costing approximately US$11.1 billion. In order to meet the requirements set out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), [4] the Rio de Janeiro council had to invest heavily in building the necessary facilities/venues, and an entirely new subway line.
NBC’s overall TV audience for the Tokyo Games is down an average of about 45 percent from the comparable Rio Games in 2016. Prime-time viewership — which consists of both live and delayed ...
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IOC president Thomas Bach, who originally proposed the concept of an Olympics-oriented television channel in 1994 when he was a junior officer of the IOC, [3] stated that the service would be "the start of an exciting new journey to connect the worldwide audience with the Olympic Movement all year round". [2]