Olympic TV Coverage

[vaultmd]

From the Los Angeles Times (you'll have to register, but they don't give out your info):

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-new ... nes-sports

NBC's Olympic Coverage Will Total 1,210 Hours
Larry Stewart
From Times Staff and Wire Reports

June 10, 2004

NBC announced Wednesday that there would be 1,210 hours of coverage from the Athens Olympics in August, more than for the last five Summer Olympics combined.

The U.S. coverage for the Games in Los Angeles; Seoul; Barcelona, Spain; Atlanta; and Sydney, Australia, totaled 1,133 hours.

The 1,210 hours are about 350 more than previously announced. The increase is the result of 49 hours on the USA Network, a recent NBC acquisition, and 399 hours of taped high-definition coverage to be carried on separate NBC HD channels in 124 NBC markets. These channels, however, reach only about 1.3 million homes nationally.

NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol said the plan was to have full high-definition coverage in place for the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin, Italy.

For the Athens Games, there will be seven carriers â€â€

[vaultmd]

Let's see, that's 1,100 hours of human interest stories, 60 hours of inaccurate commentary, 40 hours of gymnastics, 9 hours of synchronized swimming, 50 minutes of drug scandals in track and field, 9 1/2 minutes of actual track and field coverage, and 30 seconds of the pole vault, but that 30 seconds will be by Dwight Stones.

[PVJunkie]

I dont even think Carol Lewis's life story will fill all that time............but we all know she will try to fit it in between all of poor commentary.

[blazerunner121]

Let's see, that's 1,100 hours of human interest stories, 60 hours of inaccurate commentary, 40 hours of gymnastics, 9 hours of synchronized swimming, 50 minutes of drug scandals in track and field, 9 1/2 minutes of actual track and field coverage, and 30 seconds of the pole vault, but that 30 seconds will be by Dwight Stones.

add those stupid commercials that waste more time.

[Bruce Caldwell]

not sure they care but!! but just maybe
If we all wrote a letter asking for more field event coverage than ever before we might get a minute or two more!!!!!

[jmayesvaultmom]

I thought you were going to be able to pay-for-view by event for the trials. Are you not going to be able to for the Olympics themselves?