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Morgan:News:2010 |Moguls| #1333
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VANOC/ABORIGINAL PROTOCOL PROMISES MORE INVOLVEMENT IN 2010 OPERATIONS
Originally published to Morgan:News:2010:Gold subscribers on November 30, 2005
Morgan:News:2010 |Business| #1332
ZENKEL PROMOTED TO PRESIDENT OF NBC'S OLYMPIC BUSINESS UNIT
Gary Zenkel, who has been one of the main executives that has kept American broadcaster NBC connected with the Olympics, has been promoted to president of NBC Olympics. It's a position that puts him in charge of the network's Olympic business unit during the run-up to the 2010 Winter Games.
NBC is the American broadcast rights holder of the 2010 Winter Games, CTV is the Canadian broadcasting rights holder, and the European Broadcast Union is the broadcast/sponsor for most of the European countries, except for Italy. Negotiations for 2010 broadcasting rights still have to take place with Australia, Japan and India, and several other regions.
Zenkel has been the executive vice-president of NBC Olympics since 2001. "Gary is our great strategic thinker and a tremendous asset to NBC Universal and GE," said Dick Ebersol, Zenkel's boss and the chairman of NBC Universal Sports and Olympics. Ebersol is also the point man who has been to Vancouver and Whistler several times in preparing for the network's coverage of the 2010 Winter Games. Zenkel, says Ebersol, "has kept us several steps ahead by constantly thinking of the future."
Ebersol says Zenkel will report to him on all business matters related to the Olympics, including new-media initiatives, marketing and promotion, technical operations and strategic business alliances. David Neal, the executive producer of NBC Sports and the executive vice-president of NBC Olympics, also reports to Ebersol on all matters concerning Olympic production and programming matters. For all other Olympic business issues, Neal will report to Zenkel.
Zenkel, who is also involved with managing General Electric's Olympic sponsorship interests, was one of the main executives who helped with NBC's successful bid for the U.S. rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics. He also works with NBC affiliates -- TV broadcasters at the state and city levels -- to help them offer localized coverage of Olympic Games, including profiles of local athletes. That aspect of NBC's online coverage will expand to television for the Torino Games.
Zenkel has held several positions since joining NBC in 1990. He helped negotiate contracts for the Olympics, Notre Dame football, PGA golf and tennis, among others.
He was also in charge of negotiations and business development for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. From 1997-01, he was the senior vice-president of business development and marketing for NBC Olympics.
NBC holds the U.S. rights for the next four Olympics, beginning with Torino in February, Beijing in 2008, Vancouver in 2010 and running through 2012 in London, England.
RESOURCES
Zenkel was behind the creation of a website which will focus, once it launches, on NBC's Olympic coverage. At the moment, it's still under construction, but features a couple of Olympic film clips:
www.NBCOlympics.com
Originally published to Morgan:News:2010:Gold subscribers on November 30, 2005
Morgan:News:2010 |Moguls| #1333
Here are three moguls we ran into today:
VANOC/ABORIGINAL PROTOCOL PROMISES MORE INVOLVEMENT IN 2010 OPERATIONS
- The new protocol signed in North Vancouver this afternoon between the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games (VANOC) and the four main aboriginal groups involved with the Games encompasses a number of areas in which VANOC says it will work with the groups so they can participate.
They include, says VANOC:- VANOC's opening, closing and medal ceremonies;
- More opportunities than have already been offered to showcase native art, language, traditions, history and culture;
- Skills development and job training that will be oriented to Games requirements;
- Various arts festivals and similar events;
- "Lasting" social, cultural and economic opportunities and benefits;
- "Improved" health, education and "strengthening" of aboriginal communities through sport, economics and cultural development;
- A youth sport legacy, which VANOC has discussed at various times already.
VANOC says it has also set up department called Aboriginal Participation Department within VANOC, and that all four of the bands' chiefs will take part in VANOC's Torino 2006 Observation program, in which about 70 VANOC personnel will be observing the back-end of the Italian Winter Games. Those taking part will be Lil'wat chief Leonard Andrew, Musqueam chief Ernest Campbell, Squamish chief Bill Williams and Tsleil-Waututh chief Leah Wilson. "It is important for our children to participate in sport, so not only will we have taken part in the planning leading up to the Games, but hopefully our youth will participate as athletes in the Games," says Wilson. "It is our hope, along with the rest of Canada, that we win more gold medals than this country has ever won and that aboriginal youth are represented on the podium."
BC TOURISM INFORMATION KIOSKS MAY BE OUTLETS FOR 2010 BRANDS NEXT YEAR - VANOC's opening, closing and medal ceremonies;
- There's an indication that tourism kiosks around BC could be selling 2010-branded items during 2006. Apparently there have been discussions to that effect with various chambers of commerce and tourism officials. At the moment only HBC-related stores -- The Bay, Zellers and Home Outfitters -- have been selling branded items.
US SPENDING BILL TO SEND MONEY FOR US-SIDE INFRASTRUCTURE - A huge US government spending bill currently awaiting approval by president Bush will have some implications for 2010-related activities in Washington State. The president is expected to approve it before December 8. A US$425,000 appropriation in the bill is to go to Skagit Transit will pay for several new buses, which are part of a regional transit project aimed at accommodating expected additional traffic during the 2010 Winter Olympics in British Columbia. The spending bill would also provide about US$50 million in federal money to projects in Northwest Washington State, most of it to help with a US$46.5 million upgrade to the Blaine border crossing south of Vancouver, one of the two major border crossings suppliers, tourists and spectators bound for the 2010 Games would be expected to use.
Originally published to Morgan:News:2010:Gold subscribers on November 30, 2005
Morgan:News:2010 |Business| #1332
ZENKEL PROMOTED TO PRESIDENT OF NBC'S OLYMPIC BUSINESS UNIT
Gary Zenkel, who has been one of the main executives that has kept American broadcaster NBC connected with the Olympics, has been promoted to president of NBC Olympics. It's a position that puts him in charge of the network's Olympic business unit during the run-up to the 2010 Winter Games.
NBC is the American broadcast rights holder of the 2010 Winter Games, CTV is the Canadian broadcasting rights holder, and the European Broadcast Union is the broadcast/sponsor for most of the European countries, except for Italy. Negotiations for 2010 broadcasting rights still have to take place with Australia, Japan and India, and several other regions.
Zenkel has been the executive vice-president of NBC Olympics since 2001. "Gary is our great strategic thinker and a tremendous asset to NBC Universal and GE," said Dick Ebersol, Zenkel's boss and the chairman of NBC Universal Sports and Olympics. Ebersol is also the point man who has been to Vancouver and Whistler several times in preparing for the network's coverage of the 2010 Winter Games. Zenkel, says Ebersol, "has kept us several steps ahead by constantly thinking of the future."
Ebersol says Zenkel will report to him on all business matters related to the Olympics, including new-media initiatives, marketing and promotion, technical operations and strategic business alliances. David Neal, the executive producer of NBC Sports and the executive vice-president of NBC Olympics, also reports to Ebersol on all matters concerning Olympic production and programming matters. For all other Olympic business issues, Neal will report to Zenkel.
Zenkel, who is also involved with managing General Electric's Olympic sponsorship interests, was one of the main executives who helped with NBC's successful bid for the U.S. rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics. He also works with NBC affiliates -- TV broadcasters at the state and city levels -- to help them offer localized coverage of Olympic Games, including profiles of local athletes. That aspect of NBC's online coverage will expand to television for the Torino Games.
Zenkel has held several positions since joining NBC in 1990. He helped negotiate contracts for the Olympics, Notre Dame football, PGA golf and tennis, among others.
He was also in charge of negotiations and business development for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. From 1997-01, he was the senior vice-president of business development and marketing for NBC Olympics.
NBC holds the U.S. rights for the next four Olympics, beginning with Torino in February, Beijing in 2008, Vancouver in 2010 and running through 2012 in London, England.
RESOURCES
Zenkel was behind the creation of a website which will focus, once it launches, on NBC's Olympic coverage. At the moment, it's still under construction, but features a couple of Olympic film clips:
www.NBCOlympics.com
Originally published to Morgan:News:2010:Gold subscribers on November 30, 2005