Olympic Brand

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5. SPONSORSHIP AND TV RIGHTS MANAGEMENT OF THE OLYMPICS Emilio Fernández Peña Director Centre d’Estudis Olímpics Departament de Comunicació Audiovisual i Publicitat

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5 .3. The Olympic Brand

The Olympic Brand •

Ubiquitous presence.



Crucial element able to generate economic resources.

Olympic rings painted on a street in London during the 2012 Summer Olympics. / Author: carlbob.

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Olympic Brand: a great evocative power •

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The more positive evocative power a brand has the more value has for the sponsors.

Slazenger branded 2012 Summer Olympic tennis balls. Author: Carine06.

The Olympic Games emerged as a global brand thanks to the television



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Nowadays the creation of the brands goes in parallel to the creation of the product or service.

Tommy Hilfiger.

Apple.

Pierre de Coubertin and the Olympic Brand



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His design in the birth of the modern Olympics easily permitted them to become a global brand.

Bust of Pierre de Coubertin, Baden-Baden. Author: 3268zauber.

Olympic symbols which recall the Olympic brand

Olympic Flag. / Author: Sam.

Olympic Torch, Salt Lake City 2002.

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The Brand associated with the sponsorship programs

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• 95% people around the world recognises the Olympic symbols

as associated to the Olympic Games. • Sponsorship as a transference of reputation. • The sponsored brand receives money in exchange.