The impact of a delay would be far less severe than an outright cancellation, writes TVMoJoe
The IOC is “confident” the Games will happen this summer. Photo: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images Movie launches, concerts, festivals, and all sorts of conferences around the world are being rescheduled or canceled because of the coronavirus, but for now, organizers of one of world’s biggest events — the Olympics — are insisting the Tokyo Games will go on as planned this summer.
Yet Roberts conceded a cancellation would mean there “wouldn’t be a profit this year,” likely referring to the loss of income from the advertising time the company has sold against the Games. NBC Sports recently said it had booked $1.25 billion in national ad time for this summer’s event, a new record.
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