We’re all a part of General Electric and GE is an earnings-driven company,

It was the highest television rating in that entire 24-hour period.

The amazing thing about Bode is that unlike anybody else skiing today, he’s going to ski all five disciplines during the Games. He’ll be a story through the entirety of the Games.

We will probably discuss and update our position tomorrow.

The real issue though to this point, the money that pays for the Olympics, for our rights, is still largely money coming from television advertising. As soon as we see significant money start to come...

The second host that I had was an actress I didn’t know named Susan St. James.

Every time somebody in the world lies, Dick Ebersol gets a royalty.

When you talk about two greatest Olympic hosts in history, I’ve been blessed with to work for one [Jim McKay] and to be the boss of the other in Bob Costas,

They were the tabloid Olympics. They had the fascination of everybody in the world. Entertainment Tonight would be hanging around at the Olympics ice practice sessions.

We earn nothing from those rights; they’ve had no value in the United States.

We made every projection we thought we would in terms of profit. We found a way to satisfy every client who had bought advertising here.

The Olympics will now be opened to an entirely new part of the world where one-fifth of the world’s population can experience the world’s greatest event for the first time,

Just adding Dick Button is a major plus.

We’re particularly thrilled with the upscale nature of the events we’ve picked up.