UPDATE 3-Olympics-Discovery buys European broadcast rights to Games from 2018-2024
June 29, 2015 at 10:41 AM EDT
PARIS, June 29 (Reuters) - Discovery Communications has agreed to pay 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion) to screen the Olympic Games from 2018 to 2024 across Europe, beating national public broadcasters that have traditionally shown the event.