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Posted Tuesday 3/24/20 at 3:54PM EDT
How the delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics hurts NBC: Peacock's streaming launch is the biggest loser
The delay of the 2020 Olympics to 2021 blows up NBC's months of planning to launch Peacock in July ahead...
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2020 Tokyo Olympics officially postponed to 2021 over coronavirus
The International Olympic Committee and Japanese government agreed to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics "to a date beyond 2020 but...
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Posted Monday 3/23/20 at 9:29PM EDT
NBC Universal's contract with the IOC prevents the Summer Olympics from being moved to the fall due to NFL games
If the Summer Olympics are postponed due to coronavirus, they will likely happen in 2021 because NBC's commitment to Sunday...
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Posted Monday 3/23/20 at 2:14PM EDT
IOC member says Summer Olympics will be postponed
Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told USA Today that the Tokyo Olympics will be postponed, likely to 2021,...
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Posted Sunday 3/22/20 at 11:41PM EDT
A decision on the Summer Olympics will be made in the next four weeks
IOC president Thomas Bach wrote that the IOC has ruled out canceling the Summer Games altogether but is now exploring...
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Posted Saturday 3/21/20 at 2:01AM EDT
Summer Olympics should be called off -- now
"Call the Olympics off.
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Posted Tuesday 3/17/20 at 3:52AM EDT
Postponing the Tokyo Summer Olympics over coronavirus would be a complex and daunting task
The only events big enough to cancel the Olympics have been World War I and World War II.
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Posted Monday 3/09/20 at 3:37PM EDT
Olympic flame lighting ceremony will be held without spectators due to coronavirus concerns
The flame lighting ceremony will be held Thursday in Olympia, Greece with only 100 accredited guests from the International Olympic...
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Posted Tuesday 3/03/20 at 8:27PM EST
NBC Sports hits a record $1.25 billion in Olympic ad sales despite coronavirus uncertainty
Five months ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, NBC says it has sold more advertising than it did for the...
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Posted Tuesday 3/03/20 at 1:13PM EST
Comcast boss on Summer Olympics coronavirus concerns: "There should be no losses should there not be an Olympics"
Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts says he's "optimistic" the Tokyo Summer Olympics will happen and that NBC's plans are...
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Posted Tuesday 2/25/20 at 10:42AM EST
IOC has until late May to decide whether to cancel the Tokyo Olympics over Coronavirus fears
Dick Pound, the longest-serving member of the International Olympic Committee, says there's a three-month window to decide the fate of...
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Posted Wednesday 11/27/19 at 1:33PM EST
This Is Us stars narrate the first NBC 2019 Summer Olympics promos
Watch Sterling K.
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Posted Tuesday 11/19/19 at 4:48PM EST
NBC Sports names new NBC Olympics boss: Molly Solomon
Veteran sports producer Solomon, who has been with NBC since 1990, has been tapped as the new executive producer of...
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Posted Monday 8/19/19 at 9:52PM EDT
Hall of Fame sports broadcaster Jack Whitaker dies at 95
Whitaker was part of CBS' broadcast team for the first Super Bowl in 1967.
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Posted Thursday 7/25/19 at 1:49PM EDT
NBC to offer some live 2020 Tokyo Olympics coverage on Twitter
NBC Universal and Twitter are partnering to show limited live event coverage, highlights and a live 20-minute daily Olympics show...