Olympics on NBC
| Olympics on NBC | |
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| Genre | Olympics telecasts |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 14 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Various Olympic venues (event telecasts and studio segments) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Varies |
| Production company(s) | NBC Olympics, LLC (NBC Sports Group) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
NBC Sports NBC Sports Network NBC Universo MSNBC CNBC Golf Channel Comcast SportsNet Telemundo Oxygen USA Bravo Universal HD |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | October 10, 1964 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The broadcasts of Summer and Winter Olympic Games produced by NBC Sports is shown on the various networks of NBCUniversal in the United States, including the NBC broadcast network, Spanish language network Telemundo, and many of the company's cable networks. The event telecasts during the Olympics air primarily in the evening and on weekend afternoons on NBC, with varying times on its cable networks (such as after the close of the stock market day on CNBC, the early mornings on MSNBC, and overnights on the USA Network).
The on-air title of the telecasts, as typically announced at the start of each broadcast and during sponsor billboards is always the official name of the games in question – for example, The Games of the XXIX Olympiad for the 2008 Summer Games. However, promotional logos may reflect the more common location-and-year name format, such as "Beijing 2008".
NBC has held the American broadcasting rights to the Summer Olympic Games since the 1988 games and the rights to the Winter Olympic Games since the 2002 games. In 2011, NBC agreed to a $4.38 billion contract with the International Olympic Committee to broadcast the Olympics through the 2020 games, the most expensive television rights deal in Olympic history. NBC then agreed to a $7.75 billion contract extension on May 7, 2014, to air the Olympics through the 2032 games. NBC also acquired the American television rights to the Youth Olympic Games, beginning in 2014, and the Paralympic Games for the 2014 and 2016 editions.
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