0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/9/2014
CBC will be all over curling on Tuesday beginning with the men’s team taking on Germany at midnight ET during its Olympic Overnight program co-hosted by Andi Petrillo and Andrew Chang. Then at 5 a.m. during the Olympic Morning coverage, the women will square off against China. And at 10 a.m., the men are back […]
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The 2014 Sochi Games really kick in on Monday as the curling competition begins in earnest. Both the USA men’s and women’s teams will be in action. In addition, CNBC and USA Network begin their coverage of the Olympics with their daily shows. USA Network airs the U.S. women taking on Switzerland live at 5 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/8/2014
On Sunday, NBCUniversal will have coverage of several glamor events on Sunday including the men’s downhill, team figure skating, luge as well as hockey. MSNBC, NBC and NBCSN will all air events on Sunday. There will also be speed skating as well as cross-country. And in the Team Figure Skating, US ladies champion Gracie Gold […]
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In its press release, NBC calls Friday night’s telecast of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony “non-live” which it was, but funny that it doesn’t use “delayed.” People watched in huge numbers. The rating was a 17.0/28 which is down slightly from Vancouver’s 17.3/30 which was live. Quite good to maintain those numbers. NBC is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/7/2014
CBC along with Sportsnet and TSN will have the complete coverage of the 2014 Winter Games for Canadians. CBC will air Team Canada vs. Switzerland in women’s hockey at 8 a.m. Sportsnet will take the Team USA game vs. Finland. Following hockey, CBC airs the Team Figure Skating event. During the overnight hours, CBC hits […]
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Saturday is when the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi begin in earnest. Women’s hockey begins when Team USA goes for the gold medal that has eluded it since 1998 against Finland at 3 a.m. ET on NBCSN. The defending gold medalist in women’s hockey, Canada begins its defense of its gold medal vs. Switzerland also […]
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NBC is off to a good start on the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. With Bob Costas explaining that there would be no live coverage due to the nine-hour time difference between the U.S. Eastern time zone and Sochi, Russia and having qualifying in Slopestyle and Freestyle skiing plus the beginning of the new […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/6/2014
Looks like NBC will provide quotage for its primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Some of the highlights, Bob Costas discussing his eye infection, a compelling discussion of what the Olympics mean to Russia and President Vladimir Putin, and Costas saying “Pussy Riot.” Here’s the quotage. 2014 SOCHI WINTER GAMES – […]
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During NBC’s coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony in Sochi, the network will air an interview between host Bob Costas and President Barack Obama. The interview taped on Thursday will go over several topics including the reason why the President sent a group of gay athletes to represent the United States delegation […]
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Friday marks the official start of the 2014 Sochi Winter Games with the Opening Ceremony at the Lazarevskoye Site. NBC will air the festivities on tape delay beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET. Bob Costas will skip his first Opening Ceremony since becoming official host of NBC Olympics in 1992. He’ll be anchoring from the International […]
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Continuing as the U.S. radio rightsholder for the Olympics since 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, WestwoodOne Radio will be on the scene in Sochi for the XXII Olympic Winter Games. WestwoodOne will provide daily around the clock updates as many as three times per hour. In addition, the network will air long form programming, two […]
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Now that the XXII Olympic Winter Games are here, it’s time to provide you a quick viewing primer on which the networks that will carry the events. You know that NBC will carry Olympic programming over a span of 18 nights beginning on Thursday, February 6 and lasting until Sunday, February 23. But what about […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/5/2014
As I did in 2010 and 2012 when the Canadian Olympic Broadcasting Consortium had the rights to the Vancouver and London Games, I will post the programming highlights in Canada each night for the Sochi Olympics. CBC’s day will begin on Thursday at 6 a.m. ET with Olympic Morning which will air the Men’s and […]
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NBC begins its coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday and it starts with the new team figure skating event as well as slopestyle and freestyle skiing. The coverage will start at 8 p.m. ET and go until 11 p.m. It will all be on tape. All of this can be seen live online […]
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As part of the TV Everywhere initiative that’s being pushed by cable and satellite providers, NBC’s Olympic coverage will require viewers to authenticate to watch its online streams. Now for those who have not verified their cable and satellite subscriptions on the NBC Sports Live Extra App, they’ll be allowed a one-time and one-time only […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/4/2014
Fronted by decorated short track speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, NBC airs Winter Gold: NBC’s First Look at the Sochi Olympics Broadcast tonight at 8 ET/PT. This one-hour special will go behind-the-scenes of NBC’s comprehensive broadcast of the Olympics in Sochi, a warm water port city in Russia that averages 50 degrees in February and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/27/2014
Well, you knew this was coming. Earlier this month, Olympic gold medalist skier Lindsey Vonn withdrew from the 2014 Sochi Olympics citing a knee injury which wasn’t healing as quickly as she had hoped. This put a big dent in NBC’s promotions as the Peacock was relying on her as a draw to its primetime […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/14/2014
The BBC does a great job in covering the Olympics and having watched a lot of their coverage in 2012, once you see live, commercial-free action, it’s tough to go back to NBC, but this is not a post to criticize NBC. Since 2008, BBC has produced some awesome promos for their coverage. For 2014 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/9/2014
This comes from our friends at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada’s public broadcaster. Starting in February and spanning 17 days, CBC and partners TSN/TSN2 and Sportsnet/Sportsnet One will combine to carry over 1,500 hours in both English and French of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is a warm weather city that averages […]
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NBC continues to make daily announcements about its Olympic programming. Coming in February, NBCOlympics.com will debut several new online features for its site and the NBC Sports Live Extra App. One particular feature that returns from London is Gold Zone which will take viewers to wherever the action is in Sochi. Unlike London, there will […]
