NBC OLYMPIC COVERAGE NBC to have record Olympic coverage The networks and digital platforms of NBCUniversal will pres-
ent an unprecedented 6,755 hours of programming for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this August. NBC will broadcast 260.5 hours of Olympic program- ming, including coverage of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, plus the Games’ most popular sports. With Rio just one hour ahead of the Eastern Time zone, the
2016 Summer Games will be the most live Olympics ever. NBCU will present 2,084 hours of Olympic linear program-
ming across 11 networks: broadcast networks NBC and TELE- MUNDO (Spanish language); cable channels Bravo, CNBC, Golf Channel, MSNBC, NBC Sports Network (NBCSN), NBC UNIVERSO (Spanish language), and USA Network; plus two specialty channels provided to distribution partners, one each for basketball and soccer. Powered by Playmaker Media,
NBCOlympics.com and the
NBC Sports app will live stream 4,500 total hours — including all Olympic competition for the third consecutive Olympics — for authenticated pay TV subscribers via TV Everywhere to desk- tops, mobile devices, and tablets, plus connected TVs for the first time. NBC Olympics will also provide 4K Ultra HD content to NBCU distribution partners, as well as Virtual Reality (VR) program- ming, the details of which will be announced soon. “Olympic fans rejoice; the Rio Games will offer the most com- prehensive coverage of any event in sports history,” said Jim Bell, Executive Producer, NBC Olympics. “For those who have a favorite sport or like to watch on a particular screen, this nearly 7,000-hour smorgasbord of sports excellence has you covered.” The Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics will air on
Friday, August 5, on NBC. Competition begins two days earlier on Wednesday, August 3, with women’s soccer on NBCSN and USA Network, and the Games conclude on Sunday, August 21, with the Closing Ceremony on NBC. • Rio will be NBC Universal’s eighth consecutive Summer Games, each one since Seoul in 1988. NBCU has exclusive U.S. media rights for all Olympic Games through 2032. •The 6,755 hours of coverage for Rio is 1,220 hours more than was produced for London in 2012 (5,535) and is a new Olympic programming record. •The last time the Summer Games were in a U.S. friendly time zone, NBC was the lone network, broadcasting 171 total hours of coverage for the 1996 Atlanta Games. Rio will have nearly 40 times more programming hours than Atlanta. NBC’s 260.5 hours of coverage begins on Friday, August 5,
and concludes on Sunday, August 21, with the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, respectively. Across NBC’s primetime, daytime and late night dayparts, coverage will feature many of the Games’ most popular sports, including swimming, gymnas- tics, track and field, diving, beach volleyball, volleyball, and the men’s and women’s basketball finals. In addition to competition, NBC coverage will also include ath-
lete features, segments on the host city and country, and inter- views with newsmakers and medal-winning athletes. On most days, NBC primetime programming will air from 8
p.m. – midnight ET/PT; daytime from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET/PT; late night from 12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. ET/PT; and replays from 1:35 a.m. – 4:30 a.m. ET/PT. Bob Costas will again anchor NBC’s primetime coverage,
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while Ryan Seacrest will host the network’s late night programming. Al Michaels will serve as an NBC daytime host on weekdays and week- ends. Dan Patrick and Rebecca Lowe will work daytime across both NBC and NBCSN. Two of the major NBC network platforms have wrestling listed as a sport which will appear on its channel during the Olympic Games, NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) and CNBC. Of course, wrestling could also bump up to NBC coverage if major stories move into the flagship network. The broadcast crew for wrestling will feature veteran play-by-
play announcer Jason Knapp, along with two-time Olympic champion and four-time World champion John Smith. This team worked together at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in Iowa City. Currently the head coach at Oklahoma State and a past U.S. Olympic coach, John Smith is one of just three two-time Olympic champions for the USA in wrestling.
Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club congratulates its 2016 Olympians
and wish them great success in Rio: Helen Maroulis (USA, 53 kg) Haislan Garcia (Canada, 65 kg) Danielle Lappage (Canada, 63 kg)
The club has supported 2008 Olympic champion Carol Huyhn and 2000 Olympic champion Daniel Igali, silver medalists Jeff Thue and Bob Molle, bronze medalist Chris Rinke plus Olympians Marc Mongeon, Gary Bohay, Matt Gentry, Chris Wilson, Justin Abdou, Craig Roberts, David McKay, Dan Payne, Greg Edgelow, Scott Bianco, Yogi Johl, Lindsay Belisle, Tom Petryshn, Kyla Bremmer and Cam Johnson, representing Canada, Australia and the USA at the Olympics. Helen Maroulis photo by Tony Rotundo/WrestlersAreWarriors
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