The CBC announced this morning that it has secured the broadcasting rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games.
As the Star notes, the news comes almost a year after the broadcasting corporation lost its NHL broadcasting rights to Rogers.
The 2018 Winter Games are set to go down in PyeongChang, South Korea; in 2020, athletes from around the will descend upon Tokyo for the Summer Games. The CBC will partner with Bell and Rogers to televise both olympiads.
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Igor Bonifacic is the managing editor of Toronto Standard. Follow him on Twitter.
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