Editing 1994 Winter Olympics (section)

==Organization==
{{main|Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee}}
[[File:Lysgård.JPG|thumb|The ski jumping hill [[Lysgårdsbakken]] was the venue of the [[1994 Winter Olympics opening ceremony|opening]] and [[1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony|closing]] ceremonies]]

The overall responsibility for the games was held by the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee, which was created on 14 November 1988 and led by [[Gerhard Heiberg]].<ref name=looci19>LOOC (I): 19</ref> Between 1989 and 1993, the committee was reorganized several times with various subsidiaries. On 11 February 1993, it became a joint venture owned 51% by Lillehammer Municipality (as main stakeholder), 24.5% by the Government of Norway, and 24.5% by the [[Norwegian Olympic Committee]]. This model was also used for the Lillehammer Paralympic Organizing Committee.<ref>LOOC (I): 22</ref> The Norwegian government had issued a guarantee for the Games and also covered the expenses related to infrastructure.<ref name=looci19 /> The total cost of the Games was 7.4&nbsp;billion [[Norwegian krone]] (NOK), of which NOK&nbsp;0.95&nbsp;billion was expended by the ministries, NOK&nbsp;4.48&nbsp;billion was for operations and event expenses, and NOK&nbsp;1.67&nbsp;billion was for investments.<ref>LOOC (I): 29</ref> The Games had a revenue of NOK&nbsp;2.71&nbsp;billion, of which NOK&nbsp;1.43&nbsp;billion was from television rights, NOK&nbsp;0.65&nbsp;billion was from sponsors, and NOK&nbsp;0.15&nbsp;billion was from ticket sales.<ref>LOOC (I): 36</ref>

Production and execution of the broadcasting, which cost NOK&nbsp;462&nbsp;million,<ref>LOOC (I): 30</ref> was a joint venture of the [[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]] (NRK), the [[CTV Television Network|CTV (Canada)]] (CTV), and the [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) (the NRK is part of the collaboration of EBU members).
<ref>LOOC (II): 206</ref> NRK and EBU had 1,424 people working at the Olympics, while international broadcasters sent an additional 4,050 accredited broadcasting personnel. The transmission rights for the games were held by EBU in Europe, [[Olympics on CBS|CBS]] in the [[United States]], [[NHK]] in Japan, [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] in Canada, the [[Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union]], [[Nine Network]] in Australia, as well as other broadcasters in other countries. The total transmission rights price was 350&nbsp;million United States dollars, 310 million of which were paid only by CBS. This value was attributed in part to the Harding–Kerrigan affair.<ref>LOOC (II): 205</ref> As of 2010, the viewership in the United States was still the highest ever for the Winter Olympics.<ref name=tv>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/01/190-million-people-watched-olympics-in-us-2nd-most-watched-winter-olympics-in-history/43448 |title=190&nbsp;million People watched Olympics, 2nd most watched winter Olympics in history |work=TV By the Numbers |date=1 March 2010 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |archive-date=24 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124081022/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/03/01/190-million-people-watched-olympics-in-us-2nd-most-watched-winter-olympics-in-history/43448 |access-date=13 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

NOK&nbsp;460&nbsp;million was used on information technology,<ref name=loocii5>LOOC (II): 5</ref> with the main system running on an [[IBM AS/400]].<ref>LOOC (II): 18</ref> 3,500 media terminals were in use during the games based on the Info '94 system; it was the first Winter Olympics to have terminals installed abroad.<ref name=loocii5 /> [[Seiko]] delivered the time-keeping devices.<ref>LOOC (II): 10</ref> Telecommunications were delivered by [[Telenor]], including signal transmission.<ref>LOOC (II): 33</ref> This included a mobile radio network with nine base stations.<ref>LOOC (II): 28</ref>