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In the olympics has been really, really strong, and we haven't released the official figures yet — we'll do so probably in the next couple of days as we get the first week under our belt. but what i can say is that, especially the digital platforms have performed exceptionally well. our free platforms in eurosport.com have seen a record number of visitors, and the uptake and engagement on discovery+ has also been really positive. for 4.99 for a month's subscription, you get every single event on discovery+, and that's the only place you can get it. so it's not an unreasonable deal, especiall...

With the bbc and sky. earlier on, i spoke to bryan henderson, director of cricket at sky sports, and i asked him at what point they got involved in the hundred. this is all part of a new television rights deal formed in 2017, it was initially supposed to be a 2020 competition, as part of a new five—year deal that ran from 2020—24. and yeah, like i said, it was meant to be t20 competition — they came to us in 2018, i think, and suggested that the format change to 100. and at the time it was a really interesting idea — and since then, we've worked really closely with the ecb and the bbc ...

Interesting process, and i think it's been a really good process. and i think what ecb, sky, and bbc will all agree is that working closely together has been a really good idea. it's definitely been a collaboration — when we committed to spending over £1 billion to sport as part of this wider deal, the boss at the time was determined this would be more of a collaboration between the broadcaster and governing body. that's so interesting, i wonder, you've obviously paid a lot of money for this — do you see this as almost like a lost leader that you're hoping to convert more people to cricke...

So for example, in the uk, they are buying them - in december which coincides with the christmas sales, i and we've seen that it's not just getting subscribers - on the amazon prime, - but converting that revenue into the online platform, as well. they've taken a bit more - of a back seat at the moment, and i think what they will do is consolidate for a bit, - then in a couple years' time, i decide where they want to go. minal modha, thank you very much indeed. that's all we've got time for today, i'm afraid. thank you to all my guests — andrew georgiou, president of sports at discovery, in ...

As we've said, the rights are shared with the bbc and sky. earlier on, i spoke to brian henderson, director of cricket at sky sports, and i asked him at what point they got involved in the hundred. this is all part of a new television rights deal formed in 2017, it was initially supposed to be a 2020 competition, as part of a new five—year deal that ran from 2020—24. and yeah, like i said, it was meant to be t20 competition — they came to us in 2018, i think, and suggested that the format change to 100. and at the time it was a really interesting idea — and since then, we've worked rea...