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The following are the prices paid for the American television broadcasting rights of the summer Olympics since 1980: Moscow—NBC agreed to pay $85 million; 1984 in Los Angeles—ABC paid $225 million; 1988 in Seoul—NBC paid $300 million; 1992 in Barcelona—NBC paid $401 million; 1996 through 2008—NBC will pay $3.6 billion; 2010—NBC will pay $820 million; 2012 in London—NBC will pay $1.18 billion for its American broadcast rights. At this writing, the venue for the 2016 Games has not been awarded. However, assume you have been charged with the responsibility of determining the IOC and local Olympic Committee’s asking prices for the 2016 television broadcast rights for fi ve different markets: Japan, China, Australia, the European Union, and Brazil. Determine a price for each, and justify your decisions.