Sunday, July 10, 2016

6,755 Hours of Olympic Coverage!

I, like many Americans, have been enjoying coverage of the Olympic Trials as excitement for the 2016 Olympic Games builds. I recently read that the networks and digital platforms of NBCUniversal will present an unprecedented 6,755 hours of programming for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this August. That's roughly 356 hours of coverage per day (19 days). If the 6,755 hours ran on one channel, it would take 281 days to finish airing!

The Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics will air on Friday, August 5, on NBC – which will air a total of 260.5 hours of coverage. Competition begins two days earlier on Wednesday, August 3, and the Games conclude on Sunday, August 21, with the Closing Ceremony on NBC. Across NBC’s primetime, daytime and late night shows, coverage will feature many of the Games’ most popular sports, including swimming, gymnastics, track and field, diving, beach volleyball, volleyball, and the men’s and women’s basketball finals. In addition to competition, coverage will also include athlete features, segments on the host city and country, and interviews with newsmakers and medal-winning athletes.

On most days, NBC primetime programming will air from 8 p.m. until midnight ET/PT; daytime from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. ET/PT; late night from 12:35 a.m. until 1:35 a.m. ET/PT; and replays from 1:35 a.m. until 4:30 a.m. ET/PT. With Rio just one hour ahead of the Eastern Time zone in the USA, the 2016 Summer Games will be the most live-broadcasted Olympics ever.

Bob Costas will again anchor NBC’s primetime coverage, while Ryan Seacrest will host the network’s late night programming. Al Michaels will serve as an NBC daytime host on weekdays and weekends. Dan Patrick and Rebecca Lowe will work daytime across both NBC and NBCSN.

NBC’s daytime and late night programming will originate from a studio located at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Copacabana Beach. The state-of-the-art beach studio will feature two sets; one indoor and one outdoor, a main anchor desk, an interview area, and a news update desk, all positioned to capture the panoramic views of the beach, Sugarloaf Mountain, and the Rio coastline. It is the first time in 24 years, since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, that NBC Olympics has utilized a major studio outside the International Broadcast Center (IBC). NBC’s primetime studio will be located in the IBC.

Enjoy watching the 2016 Summer Olympic Games from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If the Olympic Trials are any indication, it's going to be a good one!

From Him, Through Him, For Him (Romans 11:36),

Paul J. Staso
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