Explain the concept of rights holder in sports broadcasting. Which option best describes it?

• A. The organization that owns the broadcast rights to an event (league/federation) and grants licenses to distributors.
• B. A stadium's operations manager.
• C. A city mayor.
• D. The event's security team.

Answer: (A)

The key idea is who controls and monetizes the ability to show the event to viewers. In sports broadcasting, the rights holder is the organization that owns the media rights to an event—often a league, federation, or event organizer—and decides how those rights are sold and to whom, by granting licenses to networks or distributors in various regions.

That description matches the best answer because it directly describes ownership and licensing of broadcast rights. The others focus on on-site operations, governance, or security, which are unrelated to who owns and licenses broadcasting to audiences.