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América Móvil acquires Olympic rights

December 1, 2017

Mexican multiplay telco América Móvil has entered into an agreement with the International Olympic Committee for the broadcast and exhibition through digital and pay-TV platforms of the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 and Paris in 2024, the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang in 2018 and Beijing in 2022, and the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in 2018 and Lausanne in 2020.

The broadcast and exhibition rights via digital platforms were acquired on an exclusive basis for Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

The broadcast and exhibition rights for pay-TV were acquired on an exclusive basis for Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, and on a non-exclusive basis for Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

The broadcast and exhibition rights for the Youth Olympic Games have been acquired in all these countries on a non-exclusive basis.

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