NBCUniversal will have 7,000 hours of Tokyo Games coverage

Covid pandemic could leave supermarket shelves in Britain empty this summer.

coronavirus pandemic.The executives were joined at a ribbon-cutting ceremony by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller.“Despite the pandemic, we’ve had one of our best and most productive years — if not our very best year ever — with the film and television industry,” the governor said in a statement.

NBCUniversal put its best game face on, hosting a nearly two-hour event for press to promote its upcoming coverage of the Tokyo Olympics, which begins in 30 days.

Olympics during the pandemic, there are early indications of viewer interest in the summer games.U.S. Olympic team trials in swimming and track and field that aired Sunday on NBC fell short of gold-medal ratings but won enough viewers to edge into the top 20, according to Nielsen figures released Tuesday.NBC’s coverage of the trials to date is down 26% compared to viewership for comparable Olympic trials in 2016 on the network.

Laurel Hubbard in its women’s weightlifting team for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Forty-three year old Hubbard will be the first openly transgender athlete to compete in the Olympic Games, following modification of qualifying rules.

Olympics the past several games. As part of a push to expand opportunities for Paralympians, the USOPC increased payments to medal winners to make them equal to what Olympians get ($37,500 for gold medals, for instance).Toyota, the “presenting partner” of the NBC broadcast, recently pledged $5 million in direct support for Paralympians aiming for Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is calling for NBCUniversal to urge the International Olympic Committee relocate the 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing, citing the Chinese government’s human rights abuses.

Ethan Shanfeld As the next generation of athletes prepare to take home the gold in Tokyo this summer, Peacock is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the 1996 Olympics with “The ’96 Effect” and “The Sisters of ’96: The 1996 USA Women’s Soccer Olympic Team,” two new shows honoring female Olympians’ legacy on the Atlanta games.Streaming on June 17, “The ’96 Effect” is a three-part documentary series that follows four legendary USA women’s teams who won gold at the 1996 Olympics.

NBCUniversal has wrapped its upfront advertising sales for the upcoming season, describing it as a “watershed moment and a clear signal that everything has changed.”

Girls5Eva, the ’90s pop music comedy that premiered last month on NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock, has earned a second-season renewal.

As NBCUniversal starts its summer movie nights across its linear and digital portfolio, it has launched a partnership with Target and producer Will Packer that aims to spotlight BIPOC creators.

Naman Ramachandran NBCUniversal Formats has acquired format rights for the Middle East, Asia and Eastern Europe for feel-good comedy “Conversations With My Parents.”Based on Quebec entertainer François Morency’s best-selling book, “Conversations With My Parents” is a single-camera, weekly comedy show filled with colorful exchanges between the star — who is also a comedian — his parents, his brother and sister, and their entourage.The show is the most-watched comedy on Radio-Canada, Canada’s

NBCUniversal announced today that it will present an unprecedented 7,000 hours of coverage of the Tokyo Olympics this summer on two broadcast networks, six cable networks and multiple digital platforms serving both English and Spanish-language viewers.

NBCUniversal announced today that it will present an unprecedented 7,000 hours of coverage of the Tokyo Olympics this summer on two broadcast networks, six cable networks, and multiple digital platforms, serving both English- and Spanish-language viewers.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorConcerns about holding the Tokyo OIympics continue to surface, but at least one participant is ready to go all in on it.NBCUniversal plans to broadcast 7,000 hours of Olympics coverage across NBC, USA, CNBC, NBCSN, and Peacock, among other properties, signaling the intense economic interest in keeping the athletic extravaganza going despite the challenges of holding it amid coronavirus outbreaks in Japan.

As clouds of uncertainty continue to loom over next month’s Tokyo Olympics, NBCUniversal has announced it will air a record 7,000 hours of coverage across linear and digital.

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