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Let the games begin! The 2008 Summer Olympics will kick off this weekend with the opening ceremony set to air Friday night at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. Bob Costas and Matt Lauer will host the event, which will introduce athletes representing 205 countries. The Parade of Nations will begin with Greece and end with athletes from the host country (China) will take place at the National Stadium in ...
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Dawning of Summer Games prompts a top 10 list of all-time great sportscasters
unclebarky.com 8/7/2008 — Here come the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, with NBC's Bob Costas again in the director's chair.... Also, another wet and wild game show is coming to U.S. television, and this time Fox is the carrier.
unclebarky.com 8/7/2008 — Here come the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, with NBC's Bob Costas again in the director's chair.... Also, another wet and wild game show is coming to U.S. television, and this time Fox is the carrier.
The Olympics. She is Coming...
daveandthomas.blogspot.com 8/8/2008 — The Olympics are right around the corner and if you're lucky enough you might catch a few events. Actually, it'll be pretty hard to miss. NBC is broadcasting the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics across all its stations including Universal HD and USA Network . They are also setting the bar high by broadcasting the games online with over 2200 hours of online content scheduled to be view on your ...
daveandthomas.blogspot.com 8/8/2008 — The Olympics are right around the corner and if you're lucky enough you might catch a few events. Actually, it'll be pretty hard to miss. NBC is broadcasting the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics across all its stations including Universal HD and USA Network . They are also setting the bar high by broadcasting the games online with over 2200 hours of online content scheduled to be view on your ...
A Decade Later, 2,118 Percent More Olympics
jossip.com 8/4/2008 — When CBS televised the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, some 170 hours of coverage were broadcast over 17 days. When NBC wraps up its coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it will have broadcast 3,600 hours. [ FT ] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: CBS , NBC , Olympics
jossip.com 8/4/2008 — When CBS televised the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, some 170 hours of coverage were broadcast over 17 days. When NBC wraps up its coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it will have broadcast 3,600 hours. [ FT ] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: CBS , NBC , Olympics
How Some Covered the Opening Ceremony
mediabistro.com 8/8/2008 — The Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony is currently underway, and although NBC wants us to think it all begins at 7:30pmET tonight (when you can watch it tonight on NBC), it actually started at 8:08amET and continues for a few hours. You can see it now on the web site . Fox News' Dana Lewis was live this morning on Fox & Friends, reporting from a, "little office," over looking the stadium ...
mediabistro.com 8/8/2008 — The Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony is currently underway, and although NBC wants us to think it all begins at 7:30pmET tonight (when you can watch it tonight on NBC), it actually started at 8:08amET and continues for a few hours. You can see it now on the web site . Fox News' Dana Lewis was live this morning on Fox & Friends, reporting from a, "little office," over looking the stadium ...
Test Your Knowledge About the Olympics and TV
buzzsugar.com 8/7/2008 — The Summer Olympics in Beijing kick off on Friday, with NBC broadcasting several hours of the opening ceremonies. For the next two weeks, coverage of the Olympics will be all over NBC and its cable networks — but how many hours are we talking here? Test your knowledge of that, and many other Olympics-related TV questions, in my quiz! Source read more
buzzsugar.com 8/7/2008 — The Summer Olympics in Beijing kick off on Friday, with NBC broadcasting several hours of the opening ceremonies. For the next two weeks, coverage of the Olympics will be all over NBC and its cable networks — but how many hours are we talking here? Test your knowledge of that, and many other Olympics-related TV questions, in my quiz! Source read more
What Happens If News Breaks During Basketball?
mediabistro.com 8/8/2008 — Several TVNewser readers have emailed asking what might happen if news breaks during MSNBC/CNBC or NBC News Olympics coverage. One wondered specifically about the Vice Presidential picks — which would be named during the Olympics if they are not named during the conventions directly after. MSNBC will broadcast 12 hours of Olympics programming each day, with an additional two hours ...
mediabistro.com 8/8/2008 — Several TVNewser readers have emailed asking what might happen if news breaks during MSNBC/CNBC or NBC News Olympics coverage. One wondered specifically about the Vice Presidential picks — which would be named during the Olympics if they are not named during the conventions directly after. MSNBC will broadcast 12 hours of Olympics programming each day, with an additional two hours ...
NBC Fall Season Promo Featuring the ‘Heroes’ Stars
watchingheroes.com 8/9/2008 — In case you missed it last night, here is the promo spot that aired for the new NBC fall season. This premiered during last night’s spectacular opening cermonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The promo features Masi Oka (Hiro Nakamura), Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman), Adrian Pasdar (Nathan Petrelli), Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli) and Sendhil Ramamurthy (Mohinder Suresh) from ...
watchingheroes.com 8/9/2008 — In case you missed it last night, here is the promo spot that aired for the new NBC fall season. This premiered during last night’s spectacular opening cermonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The promo features Masi Oka (Hiro Nakamura), Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman), Adrian Pasdar (Nathan Petrelli), Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli) and Sendhil Ramamurthy (Mohinder Suresh) from ...
Nbc - First Non-sports News During Olympics
contactmusic.com 8/8/2008 — Suggesting that NBC and other media outlets covering the Beijing Olympics will have much more than sports to report about during the next 17 days, a pirate radio station went ...
contactmusic.com 8/8/2008 — Suggesting that NBC and other media outlets covering the Beijing Olympics will have much more than sports to report about during the next 17 days, a pirate radio station went ...
Monday Notebook: "Mad Men," Olympics, Radio Delay
ohiomm.com 8/11/2008 — "Dinner at Lutece is pretty nice, but I could be home watching gymnastics." This and that, after the jump. … Olympics sampled so far: Opening ceremonies (mentioned below), swimming, volleyball, beach volleyball, basketball, badminton, soccer, a smidge of handball, gymnastics, synchronized diving, lacrosse, promos for NBC fall shows and a bunch of political ads ...
ohiomm.com 8/11/2008 — "Dinner at Lutece is pretty nice, but I could be home watching gymnastics." This and that, after the jump. … Olympics sampled so far: Opening ceremonies (mentioned below), swimming, volleyball, beach volleyball, basketball, badminton, soccer, a smidge of handball, gymnastics, synchronized diving, lacrosse, promos for NBC fall shows and a bunch of political ads ...
Nbc - Lauer To Co-host Opening Ceremonies In Beijing — ContactMusic Ltd | Latest News
Raising his profile at the network considerably, NBC has named Matt Lauer, cohost of Today , to team up with Bob Costas to co-anchor the opening ceremonies of the Summer ...
The Olympics Prove Worthwhile Investment — Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton
It looks like NBC's $900 million payout for the U.S. broadcast rights of the 2008 Olympics was a good move.
According to a new report , NBC's Olympics coverage is drawing huge audiences.
Beijing 2008 could set some record TV ratings for NBC!
NBC said the first two days of the Beijing Olympics drew an average audience of 29.1 million, making it the most highly rated broadcast of the ...
Mixed bag for local Olympics sales — Lost Remote
Broadcasting & Cable reports this morning that many NBC affiliates have fallen short of their sales goals for Olympics advertising on TV.
Gannett Broadcasting, Hearst-Argyle Television and Belo told Wall Street in recent days that their NBC-affiliated stations were struggling to reach their goals for local Olympics ad sales.
The story makes no mention of the online side of things, ...
How Much Is NBC Banking on Michael? — Mollygood
At a time when speculation is running rampant that General Electric is looking to unload profit stain NBC, the Olympics are said to be Jeff Zucker ’s last chance at proving his unit is worth holding on to. So far, he’s on the right track: With 3,600 hours of televised programming across NBC Universal’s networks, Zucker & Co. surpassed the $1 billion mark in ad sales. ...
Henry Kissinger Has Olympic Fever! [Foreign Affairs] — Gawker
George W. Bush has been celebrating the twilight of his disastrous presidency by seemingly spending the entirety of 2008 overseas. Right now, as NBC constantly reminds us, he's in Beijing, enjoying the Olympics. Also with him is internationally beloved teddy bear war criminal Henry Kissinger! (Read on to learn why this is yet another example of how terrible NBC is.) We thought it had been a ...
The Stunning Olympics Opening Ceremony? Faked — Jossip
When Bob Costas called the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony “jaw-dropping,” perhaps it’s because he already had a sneak peak at what was to be expected. While some 70 million people around the globe, and 35 million in the U.S., watched the fantastical show inside the Bird’s Nest stadium, what TV viewers they saw going on outside the arena actually didn’t take ...
NBC's Olympics Coverage -- So Far, So Great — TV Worth Watching
Sunday night's NBC prime-time telecast of the XXIX Olympic Games -- part live, part replayed from hoarded video coverage -- was nothing short of fabulous. The U.S. athletes shone in some events, faltered in others and barely missed in still others, but NBC, in its first weekend of Olympics coverage, has been a winner all the way.
There's so much to rave about. Start with last ...
What’s Behind This Olympics O-Face — Jossip
Indeed, swimmer and American hero Michael Phelps can be seen here reacting to winning his second gold medal (there’s a video here ). But this is also the face that’s representative of how NBC feels: The more Phelps keeps on winning, the better their Olympics ratings are going to be . Glad it feels that good for you too, Phelps.
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Olympics Post Big Weekend Numbers — Zap2it.com - Zap 2 News & Buzz
NBC gets big boost over '04 Games, rules Sunday
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The opening days of the 2008 Summer Olympics have been big ratings winners for NBC, with Sunday's prime-time session continuing the trend.
Part of NBC Universal’s 3,600 Hours of Olympics Coverage? — Jossip
Now On NBC: beach volleyball. On MSNBC: fencing. On CNBC: Glorified girdle infomercial Look Thinner Instantly .
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Olympics Opens Huge for NBC — Jossip
NBC, which is banking on all-stars like Michael Phelps to pull in audiences , delivered a promising start during last night’s opening ceremonies broadcast — part of the network’s $894 million licensing deal. Some 35 million Americans tuned in during the primetime show from Beijing, 19 percent more than 2004’s Athens games, according to Nielsen’s preliminary ...
Olympics Opener Scores Ratings Win for Beijing and NBC — Zap2it.com - Zap 2 News & Buzz
2008 has highest overnight ratings ever for non-US Olympic Opening Ceremony
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Whatever happens over the next 17 days at the 2008 Summer Olympics being held in Beijing, China, American viewers came together en masse to watch Friday night's Opening Ceremonies on NBC.
Henry Blodget: Olympics Finally Here! And Of Course NBC Blows Coverage... — Huffington Post Entertainment Blog
NBC is trying, I'll give them that much. They've covering 2,200 hours of Olympic events live online (albeit not the stuff you want to watch). They're also covering 3,600 hours of Olympic events on TV (albeit mostly taped). In other words, they're producing more Olympics coverage than has ever been produced before. But they're still producing it for themselves and their legacy TV business, not ...
Nbc - Nbc Giving Candidates Low-cost Spots During Olympics — ContactMusic Ltd | Latest News
NBC executives have apparently leaned over backwards to please the next president of the United States -- regardless of who he may be. According to MediaPost 's ...
TV Tonight: The Olympics Kick Off — BuzzSugar
Today, the eighth day of the eighth month of the eighth year of the millennium, the 2008 Olympics kick off in Beijing. Or rather, they've already kicked off: The opening ceremonies began at 8:08 p.m. locally — which is 8:08 a.m. on the East Coast.
Still, in just a few hours, we'll get to see the ceremonies for ourselves, as NBC will carry a tape-delayed version of the ceremonies starting ...
Here Come The Olympics! — Watching Reality TV
The wait is over! Tonight the Beijing Summer Olympics officially kick off and you can catch it all on NBC. Opening ceremonies begin at 7:30 PM EST. Every four years the world gathers to watch the greatest athletes come together to see who will win the gold. Events range anywhere from archery, to swimming, to gymnastics. NBC will be airing various events through out the two-weeks, including ...
Today Show Avoids Opening Ceremony Conflict — mediabistro.com: TVNewser
One thing noticeably absent from the morning show on the network covering the 2008 Olympics — a live bug.
NBC's Today show aired a two-hour Beijing broadcast this morning that was pre-taped (we hear last night). At 9amET, the show moved to a live show from New York, with Natalie Morales and Al Roker anchoring.
With the Opening Ceremony beginning at 8:08amET, Matt Lauer would ...
Beijing 2008 Olympics Broadcasts Launch Today — Hollywood Hills
The 2008 Beijing Olympics televised (and webi-vised) broadcasts begin today on NBC and NBC.com. The amazing thing for these Olympic games is how much coverage NBC is offering. They’ll be running TV broadcasts 24/7 throughout the games across all their in-family networks. You can also watch all of the competitions on-line if you miss anything. Now that’s cool.
NBCOlympics.com ...
Olympics Beijing 2008: NBC Offering Extensive 24/7 Coverage — Wild Bluff Media : Entertainment Examined
Get ready for the launch of the Olympics on NBC tonight. I was amazed to learn just how extensive the coverage would be for these games, especially coming out of China! NBC is going to be running Olympics on a stack of networks (all within their family, not like on CBS and ABC) with around the clock coverage.
NBCOlympics.com developed a page on their site where you can get free Olympics ...
Olympics: NBC Passes One Billion in Ad Sales — Media Decoder
One day before NBC Universal begins broadcasting the Summer Olympic Games, the company said that advertising sales had surpassed the $1 billion mark.
Showbiz people briefs
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Reuters - "Today" co-host Matt Lauer, already in China for his daily gig, will co-anchor NBC's coverage of the Olympics opening ceremony with Bob Costas on Friday. They will be joined by NBC's Andrea Joyce, Bob Neumeier, Richard Engel and Peter ...
Reuters - "Today" co-host Matt Lauer, already in China for his daily gig, will co-anchor NBC's coverage of the Olympics opening ceremony with Bob Costas on Friday. They will be joined by NBC's Andrea Joyce, Bob Neumeier, Richard Engel and Peter ...
Showbiz people briefs — Latest News on omg!
Reuters - "Today" co-host Matt Lauer, already in China for his daily gig, will co-anchor NBC's coverage of the Olympics opening ceremony with Bob Costas on Friday. They will be joined by NBC's Andrea Joyce, Bob Neumeier, Richard Engel and Peter ...
Reuters - "Today" co-host Matt Lauer, already in China for his daily gig, will co-anchor NBC's coverage of the Olympics opening ceremony with Bob Costas on Friday. They will be joined by NBC's Andrea Joyce, Bob Neumeier, Richard Engel and Peter ...
Opening night big TV draw for NBC
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AP - The colorful Olympics opening night ceremony from Beijing on NBC averaged 34.2 million viewers, making it the biggest television event since the Super Bowl.
AP - The colorful Olympics opening night ceremony from Beijing on NBC averaged 34.2 million viewers, making it the biggest television event since the Super Bowl.
Matt Lauer on anchor desk for Olympics — Hollywood Reporter
NEW YORK -- "Today" co-host Matt Lauer, already in China for his daily gig, will co-anchor with Bob Costas coverage of Friday's Olympics opening ceremony.
NEW YORK -- "Today" co-host Matt Lauer, already in China for his daily gig, will co-anchor with Bob Costas coverage of Friday's Olympics opening ceremony.
