Fox says it will bid for 4 Olympics through 2020

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Fox has made its pitch for the next set of U.S. Olympic television rights, saying it wants to bid on a four-games package through 2020.

Fox sports chairman David Hill led a six-man delegation that made a two-hour presentation Monday to IOC officials, seeking to secure the first games in the U.S. for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

Fox is competing against incumbent NBC and ESPN/ABC, which will make their case to the IOC on Tuesday.

At stake are rights to the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The networks can also bid on the 2018 and 2020 Games, whose sites have not been selected.

Hill confirmed for the first time that Fox will be seeking a four-games deal.

He says "if you advertise over four games rather than two, you're financially in a much better place."