THE SIDELINES : Canada TV Buys Olympic Rights
<i> From Times Wire Services</i>
OSLO —
The CTV television network has obtained rights for Canada for the 1994 Olympic Winter Games at Lillehammer, Norway, the national NTB news agency said today.
The news agency said negotiations with the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee were completed in Montreal on Thursday. It said CTV agreed to pay $12 million.
The Lillehammer committee has sold TV rights for the United States to CBS for $300 million and to the European Broadcasting Union for $24 million. Rights have yet to be decided for Japan, Australia and Eastern Europe.
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