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Simon Friedli, Fabio Badraun, Adrian Fassler and Andreas Hass (SUI) compete in the 4-man bobsled

IOC could give NBC a gift during 2026 Winter Olympics

Events like bobsled, luge, and skeleton might be contested in Lake Placid rather than Italy.

By Drew Lerner OnDec 16, 2024 0
Katie Ledecky performing in the 1500-meter freestyle event at the 2024 Paris Olympics

NBC needed a special camera angle for Katie Ledecky’s dominance at Olympics

Ledecky was the only swimmer in the frame when she finished the Women's 1500-meter freestyle final.

By Reice Shipley OnJul 31, 2024 1
Steph Curry and LeBron James during a USA Basketball Olympic clash on July 28, 2024.

Giant men’s basketball number fits with overall impressive Sunday Olympics viewership for NBC

The U.S.-Serbia men's basketball clash beat the U.S. team's gold-medal game in Tokyo, as well as an NBA Finals game this year.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 29, 2024 2
A graphic for the Roku NBC Olympic Zone.

Roku’s Drew Adams talks ‘awesome single point of discovery’ of NBC Olympic Zone

"The hope is they come and they say, 'Hey, this was great, it made my streaming a lot easier, there's value in this.'"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 29, 2024 0
Paris Olympic opening rain

Paris Olympics rain hampers sports media and NBC coverage

"I think the rain is giving the NBC folks fits. Only so much you can do with camera lenses and that much water."

By Arthur Weinstein OnJul 26, 2024 2
Paris Olympics opening ceremony

Paris Olympics opening sparks political drama

"It makes me nervous when Mike Tirico threatens to talk about geopolitics."

By Arthur Weinstein OnJul 26, 2024 10
Lindsay Czarniak. (Supplied.)

NBC

Lindsay Czarniak talks hosting Olympic coverage for USA: ‘I love the storytelling.’

U.S. Olympic Trials for Gymnastics

NBC’s U.S. Olympic Trials produce highest viewership since 2016

An average of 7.6 million viewers tuned into Sunday's conclusion of the trials on NBC and Peacock.

By Reice Shipley OnJul 2, 2024 2
SNL host Colin Jost

SNL’s Colin Jost will host Olympic surfing coverage in Tahiti

SNL star Colin Jost is getting the unique assignment of covering the Olympic surfing competition thousands of miles from Paris.

By Awful Announcing Staff OnJun 26, 2024 0
Maria Taylor hosting a September 2022 NFL broadcast for NBC.

Maria Taylor will host late-night Paris Olympics coverage for NBC, be on Team USA boat for Opening Ceremonies

"I feel like I owe a lot to the athletes and the Olympics in general because of what that event now means to me and what it represents."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 4, 2024 0
Leslie Jones

Leslie Jones joining NBC’s Summer Olympics coverage again

Leslie Jones is heading to Paris with NBC.

By Joe Lucia OnMay 10, 2024 1

Rick Cordella announced as new NBC Sports President

Cordella has been with NBC Sports dating back to 2006

By Ken Fang OnSep 22, 2023 1
A NBC Olympic Channel graphic.

NBC is shutting down the U.S. linear Olympic Channel in September

Five years after its launch, the NBC U.S. linear Olympic channel (a NBC/IOC/USOPC partnership) is shutting down.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 1, 2022 7
Adnan Virk on Winter Gold.

Adnan Virk talks hosting Winter Gold on Peacock: “To me, it’s been a total sprint.”

"This is the Olympics! This is a metaphor for life; you get kicked down, you get up again, you win a gold medal, and all is right with the world."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 16, 2022 0

NBC catches flak for Mikaela Shiffrin coverage after Olympics heartbreak

"Just processing a lot for sure and I feel really bad.”

By Sean Keeley OnFeb 9, 2022 6
Lindsay Czarniak.

Lindsay Czarniak talks hosting Olympic coverage on USA: “You forget how moving the Olympics are.”

"The things that feel familiar are the people and the work ethic that everyone covering an Olympics seems to share during these Olympic weeks. There is an energy in the building that is unmatched."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 7, 2022 0
Lindsey Vonn at the FIS World Championships in February 2019.

Lindsey Vonn will join NBC’s Beijing Olympics broadcasts as a primetime correspondent

"I am excited to share my perspective along with my insight on what athletes might be feeling during high pressure moments."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 20, 2022 2
The NBC 2022 Beijing Olympics logo.

All NBC event announcing teams for the 2022 Beijing Olympics will be calling events remotely from Connecticut

Many of these events were initially planned with remote announcers, but figure skating, snowboarding and alpine skiing were supposed to have on-site commentators.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 19, 2022 9
Tara Lipinski on Drinks with Binks.

NBC’s Tara Lipinski tells Julie Stewart-Binks “I would feel very nervous” about Beijing Olympics as an athlete given COVID

"Obviously, it's going to be a very different type of an Olympics. There's probably a little sadness in that for the athletes."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 5, 2022 0
A NBCU graphic showing their Olympic networks.

Despite Olympic viewership dropping and increased make-goods, NBC still expects to turn a profit

"So net-net, with all this bad luck, we’re going to be profitable on Olympics, which we’re very happy with, and we’re very happy with the product."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 30, 2021 0
Simone Biles on NBC.

NBC’s tape-delayed primetime Olympics coverage went to commercial mid-sentence after Simone Biles missed a vault

The mid-sentence commercial cut certainly seemed strange.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 27, 2021 0
A NBCU graphic showing their Olympic networks.

NBCUniversal has placed $51 million worth of Olympic ads and promos since November, including 1,208 on broadcast NBC

In addition to the 1,208 ads and promos on NBC proper since November, Olympic Channel has run 18,396, while NBCSN has aired 5,834, The Golf Channel has aired 1,832, and USA has aired 1,336.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 20, 2021 0

Peacock announces live Tokyo Olympics coverage, including live gymnastics, track and field, and basketball

Several highlight shows and documentaries will also be part of Peacock's Olympics content.

By Ian Casselberry OnJun 23, 2021 0

NBC anticipating record profit for Olympics coverage after year-long delay of Tokyo Games

NBC's network of channels and streaming platforms will show 7,000 hours of Olympics coverage.

By Ian Casselberry OnJun 15, 2021 5
NBC Olympics

NBCSN will air nearly 100 hours of content from past Summer Olympics over the next two weeks

NBCSN is set to show nightly blocks of Olympic programming over the next two weeks, covering the 2016 Rio Games (April 13-15), the 2012 London Games (April 16-19), the 2008 Bejing Games (April 20-21), and sport-specific programming (April 22-26).

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 9, 2020 0

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