Jac Collinsworth leaves ESPN and ACC Network, returns to NBC
Jac Collinsworth began working with NBC Sports in 2013 while still in school at Notre Dame, then went to ESPN in 2017. Now he's headed back to NBC.
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Golf Channel’s Molly Solomon to head NBC Olympics production, says “let’s innovate and search for fresh ways to tell the athlete stories”
"I think I can bring a uniqueness to the job. My mantra as a producer is let’s innovate and search for fresh ways to tell the athlete stories. So whenever I go into a new project, a new show, I always ask the question to my team, how do we enrich the experience for the viewer?"
Jim Bell, who’s overseen NBC Olympics production since 2012 and was there for delayed-to-live shift, is leaving NBC after 29 years
"What has emerged for me is a strong desire to delve into something new—to build on my experience in news, sports, and entertainment so I can broaden and deepen my leadership role in the content universe."
While NBC Olympic ratings dropped for the PyeongChang Games, CBC Olympic ratings again rose
CBC's average primetime audience rose to 3 million for the PyeongChang Olympics, up from the 2.7 million they had in Sochi. Over 85 per cent of the Canadian population watched some of the Games. That's a contrast to the declines NBC has seen.
The good, bad and ugly of NBC’s coverage of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
NBC Olympic broadcast highlights included more live coverage and several strong announcing performances, but there were also notable missteps.
NBC parts ways with Joshua Cooper Ramo over his comment about Japan as an “example” to Korea
Ramo's comment that "Japan is a cultural, technological and economic example" for Korea drew massive blowback, and led to NBC deciding not to feature him any further.
NBC will have 89 different commentators cover the 2018 Winter Olympics
NBC will have plenty of people to call the 2018 PyeongChang games from both Connecticut and South Korea.
Mike Tirico says NBC won’t back away from covering athlete protests during Olympics, adds NFL media missed asking “why”
"I think our responsibility as reporters, journalists, hosts is to document the event that’s happening in front of us, and if there is some sort of protest, I think it’s important to do that."
NBC will live stream the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony for the first time
NBC had previously elected not to live stream the Opening Ceremony, earning themselves criticism from viewers.
Hulu will allow Winter Olympics viewers to customize which sports they can watch
Subscribers can pick the events they’re most interested in watching and be sent daily clips and highlights.
NBC announces Olympics hosts, but not everyone is going to South Korea
NBCSN daytime host Ahmed Fareed and curling host Fred Roggin will be broadcasting from Connecticut.
What a Los Angeles Olympics means for NBC
NBC will have its first "home" Olympics since 2002, but how will it televise and stream the Games in 2028?
