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NBC and NBCSN to Feature Live Coverage of All 21 Stages of Tour de France

Live Coverage and Exclusive Features Available on New NBC Sports Gold Premium Cycling App

Media Conference Call with Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwen, and Jens Voigt This Wednesday, June 29, at 10 a.m. ET

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 28, 2016 – NBC Sports Group will present more than 250 hours of live, primetime, and encore coverage of the 103^rd Tour de France, the world’s most prestigious and grueling cycling race, across NBC, NBCSN, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports Gold and NBC Sports apps. Daily live coverage of the Tour de France, including all 21 stages, begins this Saturday, July 2, at 6 a.m. ET with the Tour de France Pre-Race Show, followed by Stage 1 at 6:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage continues each week night with the Tour Primetime show featuring a look at the day’s most compelling action with new analysis, interviews, and updates. Coverage culminates with the final stage on Sunday, July 24, at 10 a.m. ET on NBCSN.

The 2016 Tour de France will cover a total distance of more than 2,000 miles, and will visit three neighboring countries – Spain, the Principality of Andorra and Switzerland. Great Britain’s Chris Froome (Team Sky) returns to defend his 2015 title and makes a run at a third career victory. Froome enters the race coming off a win in the Criterium du Dauphine earlier this month. His challengers include Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) of Spain, who is also looking for his third career Tour de France victory, and Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) of Colombia, who looks for his first Tour de France title after finishing second to Froome in 2013 and 2015. Richie Porte of Australia and American Tejay van Garderen lead BMC Racing Team, and are also contenders.

Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen, the voices of cycling, will call the race action for NBC Sports Group’s coverage. The 103^rd Tour de France marks Liggett and Sherwen’s 31^st year calling the race together. Liggett and Sherwen will be joined in France by former professional cyclists and analysts Christian Vande Velde and Jens Voigt. Voigt won the Critérium International a record five times. He also has two Tour de France stage wins. Paul Burmeister and Todd Harris will combine to host daily pre-race and primetime studio coverage, along with analyst Bob Roll. Steve Schlanger, Jenna Corrado and Steve Porino (‘Inside-the-Race’) will serve as reporters.

TOUR DE FRANCE CONFERENCE CALL-WEDNESDAY AT 10 AM ET

Liggett, Sherwen and Voigt will preview NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 103^rd Tour de France, along with Tour de France coordinating producer David Michaels and Joel Felicio, coordinating producer of NBC Sports Group’s cycling coverage, on a media conference call this Wednesday, June 29, at 10 a.m. ET.

Dial-in:

• U.S./Canada toll free: 888-455-2260
• France toll free: 0 800 902 640
• International toll: 719-325-2491

Conference ID: 2745721.

PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

NBC Sports Group will integrate several new features into its coverage of this year’s Tour de France, including:

• A live camera on-board a competitor’s bike for select stages;
• Real-time data of course gradients;
• Vande Velde will ride to the finish line of six stages throughout the race to give fans a preview of what to expect;
• Maps that track where the riders are in real-time on the route.

NBC Sports Group’s coverage will include real time speeds of both the leaders and the peloton, daily clips from cameras mounted on competitors’ bikes to take the viewer ‘inside the peloton,’ and additional maps that show more detailed versions of the finishes and each mountain climb.

NBC and NBCSN will also utilize several production enhancements, including a pointer feature which will easily identify and focus on one rider in the peloton; exclusive profiles and features on teams and riders; and an onscreen predicted time for the peloton riders who are trying to catch the leading cyclists. In addition, Porino will report from Inside-the-Race, and offer real-time updates on race situations, while traveling aboard a motorcycle on the course.

DIGITAL COVERAGE

In addition to live linear coverage of the Tour de France, NBC Sports Group will once again provide extensive digital coverage of all 21 stages of the race.

NBC SPORTS GOLD: NBC Sports Group’s new premium-subscription product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs, will offer viewers live, commercial-free, coverage of every stage of the 2016 Tour de France.

In addition to live video streaming, NBC Sports Group has partnered with Tour Tracker to provide an immersive data-rich experience. Viewers will have access to full stage video replays, a GPS tracking map to follow riders’ progress, official race commentary, and details of every stage, team and rider. Subscribers can also personalize their Tour de France experience by choosing their favorite riders to track throughout the Tour.

Elements available to cycling fans through NBC Sports Gold include:

Before the Tour:

• Stage-by-stage descriptions and previews, featuring historical stage and technical information and travelogue vignettes
• Breakdown of top contenders
• The best of the 2015 Tour de France

During the Tour:

• Live streaming video
• Full stage video replays including highlights, stage recaps, and rider interviews
• Route and stage previews, course and stage maps, elevation profiles, and stage descriptions
• GPS Race Tracking displayed on interactive maps and rider profiles
• Live stage results and detailed standings
• Rider profiles by country and team
• Real time commentary feeds from media covering the Tour
• Display of every rider group and time gap on the road
• Live time trial results for every split and finish line
• A Tour de France Twitter stream that will feature tweets from top race officials, riders, analysts, and fans

Featuring live coverage of all 21 stages of the Grand Tour races Tour de France and Vuelta a España, Monument Classics including Paris–Roubaix and Liége-Bastogne-Liége, and more than 10 additional races, NBC Sports Gold’s cycling package is available for purchase for $29.99 by visiting NBCSportsGold.com.

BROKEN SPOKES – BEHIND THE TOUR WITH STEVE SCHLANGER: Throughout the Tour, NBCSports.com will feature daily, online-only, video features entitled Broken Spokes: Behind the Tour with Steve Schlanger. NBC Sports Group veteran reporter Schlanger will take viewers behind-the-scenes to learn what it takes to cover the grueling, 21-stage race, while also highlighting the beauty of the French countryside, the passionate fans, and the knee-deep mountain mud.

EVER WONDER?: NBCSports.com will feature several Ever Wonder? digital-exclusive videos voiced by Voigt throughout the Tour. The Ever Wonder? series, part of the NBC Sports Digital Shorts portfolio, explores some of the most compelling and unique facts about different aspects of the sports world and breaks them down for fans in 1-2 minute videos. Click here for Ever Wonder? videos.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will stream coverage on NBC and NBCSN via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The NBC Sports app is available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire.

Both the NBC Sports app and NBC Sports Gold are powered by Playmaker Media, NBC Sports Digital’s new technology service which provides end-to-end support for companies in need of best-in-class live streaming and VOD solutions.

NBC SPORTS GROUP SOCIAL MEDIA: Fans can keep up with the Tour de France through NBC Sports Group’s social media platforms throughout the race, including exclusive behind-the-scenes photos, interviews, video clips, up-to-date news reports and stories from around the cycling world through the NBC Sports Cycling Facebook page and @NBCSNCycling on Twitter.

NBC SPORTS GROUP’S 2016 TOUR DE FRANCE TELECAST SCHEDULE (subject to change, all times ET):

Date	Time (ET)	Program	Network
Sat., July 2	6 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sat., July 2	6:30 a.m.	Stage 1: Mont-Saint-Michel to Utah Beach (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sat., July 2	9 p.m.	Stage 1: Mont-Saint-Michel to Utah Beach	NBCSN
Sun, July 3	12:30 a.m.	Stage 1: Mont-Saint-Michel to Utah Beach	NBCSN
Sun., July 3	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sun., July 3	8 a.m.	Stage 2: Saint-Lô – Cherbourg (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sun., July 3	3:30 p.m.	Stage 2: Saint-Lô – Cherbourg	NBC
Sun., July 3	8 p.m.	Stage 2: Saint-Lô – Cherbourg	NBCSN
Sun., July 3	Midnight	Stage 2: Saint-Lô – Cherbourg	NBCSN
Mon., July 4	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Mon., July 4	8 a.m.	Stage 3: Granville to Angers (LIVE)	NBCSN
Mon., July 4	Noon	Stage 3: Granville to Angers	NBCSN
Mon., July 4	9 p.m.	Stage 3: Granville to Angers	NBCSN
Tues., July 5	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Tues., July 5	8 a.m.	Stage 4: Saumur to Limoges (LIVE)	NBCSN
Tues., July 5	Noon	Stage 4: Saumur to Limoges	NBCSN
Tues., July 5	2 p.m.	Stage 4: Saumur to Limoges	NBCSN
Tues., July 5	8 p.m.	Stage 4: Saumur to Limoges	NBCSN
Tues., July 5	Midnight	Stage 4: Saumur to Limoges	NBCSN
Wed., July 6	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Wed., July 6	8 a.m.	Stage 5: Limoges to Le Lioran (LIVE)	NBCSN
Wed., July 6	Noon	Stage 5: Limoges to Le Lioran	NBCSN
Wed., July 6	2:30 p.m.	Stage 5: Limoges to Le Lioran	NBCSN
Wed., July 6	8  p.m.	Stage 5: Limoges to Le Lioran	NBCSN
Wed., July 6	Midnight	Stage 5: Limoges to Le Lioran	NBCSN
Thurs., July 7	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Thurs., July 7	8 a.m.	Stage 6: Arpajon-sur-Cère to Montauban (LIVE)	NBCSN
Thurs., July 7	11 p.m.	Stage 6: Arpajon-sur-Cère to Montauban	NBCSN
Fri., July 8	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Fri., July 8	8 a.m.	Stage 7: L’Isle-Jourdain to Lac de Payolle (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sat., July 9	8 a.m.	Stage 8: Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon (LIVE)	NBC
Sun., July 10	6 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sun., July 10	6:30 a.m.	Stage 9: Vielha Val d’Aran to Arcalis (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sun., July 10	5 p.m.	Day 9 – Recap	NBC
Sun., July 10	8 p.m.	Stage 9: Vielha Val d’Aran to Arcalis	NBCSN
Sun., July 10	Midnight	Stage 9: Vielha Val d’Aran to Arcalis	NBCSN
Mon., July 11	8 a.m.	Rest Day	NBCSN
Mon., July 11	11 a.m.	Rest Day	NBCSN
Mon., July 11	8 p.m.	Rest Day	NBCSN
Mon., July 11	Midnight	Rest Day	NBCSN
Tues., July 12	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Tues., July 12	8 a.m.	Stage 10: Escaldes-Engordany to Revel (LIVE)	NBCSN
Tues., July 12	Noon	Stage 10: Escaldes-Engordany to Revel	NBCSN
Tues., July 12	2:30 p.m.	Stage 10: Escaldes-Engordany to Revel	NBCSN
Tues., July 12	8 p.m.	Stage 10: Escaldes-Engordany to Revel	NBCSN
Tues., July 12	Midnight	Stage 10: Escaldes-Engordany to Revel	NBCSN
Wed., July 13	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Wed., July 13	8 a.m.	Stage 11: Carcassonne to Montpellier (LIVE)	NBCSN
Wed., July 13	Noon	Stage 11: Carcassonne to Montpellier	NBCSN
Wed., July 13	2 p.m.	Stage 11: Carcassonne to Montpellier	NBCSN
Wed., July 13	8 p.m.	Stage 11: Carcassonne to Montpellier	NBCSN
Wed., July 13	Midnight	Stage 11: Carcassonne to Montpellier	NBCSN
Thurs., July 14	7 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Thurs., July 14	8 a.m.	Stage 12: Montpellier to Mont Ventoux (LIVE)	NBCSN
Thurs., July 14	Noon	Stage 12: Montpellier to Mont Ventoux	NBCSN
Thurs., July 14	2 p.m.	Stage 12: Montpellier to Mont Ventoux	NBCSN
Thurs., July 14	8 p.m.	Stage 12: Montpellier to Mont Ventoux	NBCSN
Thurs., July 14	12  a.m.	Stage 12: Montpellier to Mont Ventoux	NBCSN
Fri., July 15	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Fri., July 15	8  a.m.	Stage 13: Bourg-Saint-Andéol to La Caverne du Pont-d’Arc (LIVE)	NBCSN
Fri., July 15	8 p.m.	Stage 13: Bourg-Saint-Andéol to La Caverne du Pont-d’Arc	NBCSN
Fri., July 15	Midnight	Stage 13: Bourg-Saint-Andéol to La Caverne du Pont-d’Arc	NBCSN
Sat., July 16	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sat., July 16	8  a.m.	Stage 14: Montélimar to Villars-les-Dombes (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sat., July 16	2:30 p.m.	Day 14 – Recap	NBC
Sat., July 16	8  p.m.	Stage 14: Montélimar to Villars-les-Dombes	NBCSN
Sat., July 16	12a.m.	Stage 14: Montélimar to Villars-les-Dombes	NBCSN
Sun., July 17	6:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sun., July 17	7 a.m.	Stage 15: Bourg-en-Bresse to Culoz (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sun., July 17	Midnight	Stage 15: Bourg-en-Bresse to Culoz	NBCSN
Mon., July 18	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Mon., July 18	8 a.m	Stage 16: Moirans-en-Montagne to Bern (LIVE)	NBCSN
Mon., July 18	12:30 p.m.	Stage 16: Moirans-en-Montagne to Bern	NBCSN
Mon., July 18	8 p.m.	Stage 16: Moirans-en-Montagne to Bern	NBCSN
Tues., July 19	8 a.m.	Rest Day	NBCSN
Tues., July 19	11 a.m.	Rest Day	NBCSN
Tues., July 19	2 p.m.	Rest Day	NBCSN
Tues., July 19	8 p.m.	Rest Day	NBCSN
Wed., July 20	7 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Wed., July 20	8 a.m.	Stage 17: Bern to Finhaut-Emosson (LIVE)	NBCSN
Wed., July 20	Noon	Stage 17: Bern to Finhaut-Emosson	NBCSN
Wed., July 20	2:30 p.m.	Stage 17: Bern to Finhaut-Emosson	NBCSN
Wed., July 20	8 p.m.	Stage 17: Bern to Finhaut-Emosson	NBCSN
Thurs., July 21	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Thurs., July 21	8 a.m.	Stage 18: Sallanches to Megève (LIVE)	NBCSN
Thurs., July 21	12:30 p.m.	Stage 18: Sallanches to Megève	NBCSN
Thurs., July 21	8 p.m.	Stage 18: Sallanches to Megève	NBCSN
Fri., July 22	6:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Fri., July 22	7 a.m.	Albertville – Saint-Gervais (LIVE)	NBCSN
Fri., July 22	8 p.m.	Albertville – Saint-Gervais	NBCSN
Sat., July 23	6:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sat., July 23	7 a.m.	Stage 20 – Megève to Morzine (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sat., July 23	2 p.m.	Day 20 – Recap	NBC
Sat., July 23	Midnight	Stage 20 – Megève to Morzine	NBCSN
Sun., July 24	10 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sun., July 24	10:30 a.m.	Stage 21: Chantilly – Paris (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sun., July 24	2 p.m.	Day 21 – Recap	NBC
Sun., July 24	8 p.m.	Stage 21: Chantilly – Paris	NBCSN
Sun., July 24	Midnight	Stage 21: Chantilly – Paris	NBCSN

–NBC SPORTS GROUP–

Rio 2016 Will Be Most Live Olympics Ever

NBC to Broadcast 260.5 Hours of Coverage, Including Opening & Closing Ceremonies, Swimming, Gymnastics, Track & Field, and more

NBCU’s 11 Linear Networks to Present More than 2,000 Hours of Olympic Coverage

Record-Setting Spanish-Language Coverage Across TELEMUNDO and NBC UNIVERSO

4,500 Hours of Streaming Coverage on NBCOlympics.com & NBC Sports App

STAMFORD, CONN. – June 28, 2016 – The networks and digital platforms of NBCUniversal will present an unprecedented 6,755 hours of programming for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this August, NBC Olympics announced today. NBC will broadcast 260.5 hours of Olympic programming, including coverage of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, swimming, gymnastics, track and field, and many more of the Games’ most popular sports.

With Rio just one hour ahead of the Eastern Time zone, the 2016 Summer Games will be the most live Olympics ever. NBCU will present 2,084 hours of Olympic linear programming across 11 networks: broadcast networks NBC and TELEMUNDO (Spanish language); cable channels Bravo, CNBC, Golf Channel, MSNBC, NBC Sports Network (NBCSN), NBC UNIVERSO (Spanish language), and USA Network; plus two specialty channels provided to distribution partners, one each for basketball and soccer.

Powered by Playmaker Media, NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app will live stream 4,500 total hours — including all Olympic competition for the third consecutive Olympics — for authenticated pay TV subscribers via TV Everywhere to desktops, mobile devices, and tablets, plus connected TVs for the first time. Additional details regarding NBC Olympics’ digital offering will be announced soon.

NBC Olympics will also provide 4K Ultra HD content to NBCU distribution partners, as well as Virtual Reality (VR) programming, the details of which will be announced soon. Both presentations will be Olympic firsts.

“Olympic fans rejoice; the Rio Games will offer the most comprehensive coverage of any event in sports history,” said Jim Bell, Executive Producer, NBC Olympics. “For those who have a favorite sport or like to watch on a particular screen, this nearly 7,000-hour smorgasbord of sports excellence has you covered.”

The Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics will air on Friday, August 5, on NBC. Competition begins two days earlier on Wednesday, August 3, with women’s soccer on NBCSN and USA Network, and the Games conclude on Sunday, August 21, with the Closing Ceremony on NBC.

Following are additional highlights and notes regarding NBCU’s coverage of the Rio Games:

• NBCUniversal is presenting its 15^th Olympic Games and ninth consecutive, both the most by any U.S. media company. ABC is second with 10 and four, respectively.
• Rio will be NBCUniversal’s eighth consecutive Summer Games, having presented each one since Seoul in 1988. NBCU has exclusive U.S. media rights for all Olympic Games through 2032.
• The 6,755 hours of coverage for Rio is 1,220 hours more than was produced for London in 2012 (5,535) and is a new Olympic programming record.
• NBC Olympics’ coverage averages roughly 356 hours of coverage per day (19 days). If the 6,755 hours ran on one channel, it would take 281 days to finish airing.
• The last time the Summer Games were in a U.S. friendly time zone, NBC was the lone network, broadcasting 171 total hours of coverage for the 1996 Atlanta Games. Rio will have nearly 40 times more programming hours than Atlanta.
• TELEMUNDO and NBC UNIVERSO, the home of the Olympics in Spanish in the United States, will present 273.5 hours of coverage, the most extensive Olympic coverage in the history of U.S. Spanish-language television, and 100 hours more than London 2012 (173.5).

 

Following is a summary of each network’s Olympic coverage plans:

NBC

NBC’s 260.5 hours of coverage begins on Friday, August 5, and concludes on Sunday, August 21, with the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, respectively. Across NBC’s primetime, daytime and late night dayparts, coverage will feature many of the Games’ most popular sports, including swimming, gymnastics, track and field, diving, beach volleyball, volleyball, and the men’s and women’s basketball finals.

In addition to competition, coverage will also include athlete features, segments on the host city and country, and interviews with newsmakers and medal-winning athletes.

On most days, NBC primetime programming will air from 8 p.m. – midnight ET/PT; daytime from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET/PT; late night from 12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. ET/PT; and replays from 1:35 a.m. – 4:30 a.m. ET/PT.

Bob Costas will again anchor NBC’s primetime coverage, while Ryan Seacrest will host the network’s late night programming. Al Michaels will serve as an NBC daytime host on weekdays and weekends. Dan Patrick and Rebecca Lowe will work daytime across both NBC and NBCSN.

NBC’s daytime and late night programming will originate from a studio located at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Copacabana Beach. The state-of-the-art beach studio will feature two sets; one indoor and one outdoor, a main anchor desk, an interview area, and a news update desk, all positioned to capture the panoramic views of the beach, Sugarloaf Mountain, and the Rio coastline. It is the first time in 24 years, since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, that NBC Olympics has utilized a major studio outside the International Broadcast Center (IBC). NBC’s primetime studio will be located in the IBC.

NBCSN

NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) will present 330 hours of Olympic programming and more than 20 sports, both more than any other TV network. NBCSN will once again serve as the showcase network for Team USA women’s soccer, and Team USA men’s and women’s basketball.

Medals will be won every day on NBCSN from Saturday, August 6, through Sunday, August 21. In addition to basketball and soccer, coverage will include track and field, archery, boxing, cycling, fencing, field hockey, judo, open water swimming, rugby, shooting, soccer, synchronized swimming, table tennis, weightlifting, wrestling and more.

The network’s 18 days of coverage begins on Wednesday, August 3, two days before the Opening Ceremony, with women’s soccer, and concludes on Sunday, August 21, the final day of the Games. On most days, NBCSN will televise 16 hours of coverage, from 8 a.m. to midnight ET.

Liam McHugh and Carolyn Manno will handle NBCSN hosting duties, along with Dan Patrick and Rebecca Lowe, who will also host daytime on NBC.

GOLF CHANNEL

With golf’s return to the Olympic Games for the first time in 112 years, Golf Channel will present 115 hours of tournament programming, surrounded by in-depth analysis previewing and recapping the competition and highlighted by live coverage of the Men’s and Women’s Olympic Golf competition (Men’s: Thursday, Aug. 11 – Sunday, Aug. 14; Women’s: Wednesday, Aug. 17 – Saturday, Aug. 20). In total, Golf Channel will provide nearly 300 hours dedicated to Olympic programming in August.

Similar to NBC Sports’ all-encompassing coverage of marquee events like The Open and Ryder Cup, NBC Olympics’ live coverage of the men’s and women’s competitions in Rio will begin with the opening tee shot and continue until the medals are awarded. Golf Central’s Live From the Olympics also will provide wraparound news coverage immediately prior to and following live coverage of the competition. Additionally, NBC will feature live look-ins, highlights and updates on the golf competition throughout the Games.

For information on NBC Olympics’ golf commentators, click here.

BRAVO

Bravo will once again serve as the home of Olympic tennis, televising 94.5 hours of live coverage that begins on Saturday, August 6, and concludes on Sunday, August 14, with the men’s singles final. The women’s singles final airs on Saturday, August 13.

For each of the first five days, Bravo will televise Olympic tennis for more than 12 hours, from 9:30 a.m. ET until 10 p.m. ET. The final four days will each consist of eight hours of coverage, from 11 a.m. ET to 7 p.m. ET. This will be the third time that Bravo has hosted Olympic coverage (2004 and 2012).

CNBC

CNBC’s 42 hours of coverage begins on Saturday, August 6, and concludes on Friday, August 19. On weekdays, the network’s Olympic coverage will take place from 5-8 p.m. ET, after it concludes its traditional business and financial programming.

This will be the ninth consecutive Olympics in which CNBC has provided coverage, every Games since 2000. The network will showcase elimination-round coverage of basketball and volleyball, as well as archery, beach volleyball, cycling, rugby, water polo, wrestling, and many more sports.

MSNBC

MSNBC will carry 78.5 hours of Rio Olympic programming, including coverage of men’s basketball, beach volleyball, rugby, soccer, volleyball, and water polo, among other sports. As with CNBC, this will be the ninth consecutive Olympics in which the network has provided coverage, every Games since 2000.

Coverage begins on Saturday, August 6, and concludes on Saturday, August 20. Ten of the network’s 15 days of coverage take place from Noon ET to 5 p.m. ET.

USA NETWORK

After taking a hiatus during the 2012 London Olympics, USA Network returns to the Summer Games with 110.5 hours of programming from Rio. This will be the sixth time the network has carried Olympic programming (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2014). Its coverage begins two days before the Opening Ceremony with women’s soccer on Wednesday, August 3, and concludes on Sunday, August 21, the final day of the Games.

Most weekdays, USA will present eight hours of coverage, from 9 a.m. ET to 5 p.m. ET, in addition to weekend programming. USA’s coverage includes men’s basketball, beach volleyball, cycling, rowing, synchronized swimming, volleyball, water polo, and more.

TELEMUNDO AND NBC UNIVERSO

TELEMUNDO and NBC UNIVERSO, the home of the Olympics in Spanish in the United States, will present 273.5 hours of coverage, the most extensive Olympic coverage in the history of U.S. Spanish-language television, and 100 hours more than London 2012 (173.5).

The network’s unprecedented coverage from Rio de Janeiro will begin with women’s soccer on Wednesday, August 3, two days before the Opening Ceremony, and run through August 21.

To complement this extensive coverage and in line with their characteristic storytelling tradition and style, both networks will present stories and reports focusing on Olympic athletes from Latin America and the United States, following them as they compete in their respective events.

One of the main highlights of TELEMUNDO and NBC UNIVERSO’s coverage will be the performance of the Mexican men’s soccer team, which will be defending the historic gold medal it won four years ago in London.

SPECIALTY CHANNELS

NBC Olympics will provide NBCUniversal distribution partners with two Olympic specialty channels – one each for basketball and soccer. The specialty channels will focus 779 hours of content solely on each of their respective sports nearly every day of the Games. The soccer channel begins programming on Wednesday, August 3, two days prior to the Opening Ceremony, with women’s soccer coverage. The basketball channel begins its coverage on Saturday, August 6.

4K ULTRA HD

NBC Olympics will distribute 4K Ultra HD (UHD) coverage to cable, satellite, telco providers, and other partners. The 83 hours of coverage will be made available on one-day delay and will include 4K UHD footage from the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, swimming, track and field, basketball, the men’s soccer final, and judo, as well as Rio scenics.

One event from the previous day’s competition will be provided daily from August 6, the day after the Opening Ceremony, through August 22, the day after the Games conclude.

NBC Olympics will distribute the 4K UHD coverage provided by Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and Japan’s NHK to U.S. distribution partners, who will individually choose how they will make the content available to their customers.

4K UHD technology displays images at over eight million pixels (3,840 x 2,160), providing pictures with an ultra-high resolution that is roughly four times that of current HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixels). The 4K UHD coverage of the Opening Ceremony, which will be produced by NBC Olympics, will also include High Dynamic Range (HDR), which produces a wider and richer range of colors, and Dolby Atmos, a new sound technology that allows for a more immersive audio experience.

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ABOUT NBC OLYMPICS

A division of NBC Sports Group, NBC Olympics is responsible for producing, programming and promoting NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage. It is renowned for its unsurpassed Olympic heritage, award-winning production, and ability to aggregate the largest audiences in U.S. television history. The 2012 London Olympics were watched by 217 million Americans across the networks of NBCUniversal, making it the most-watched event in U.S. television history.

–RIO 2016–

Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwen and Jens Voigt Discuss NBC Sports Group’s 250 Hours of Coverage

Dial 719-325-2491 to Participate

Daily Live Coverage of The Tour De France, Including all 21 Stages, Begins This Saturday, July 2, at 6 a.m. ET

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 27, 2016 – NBC Sports Group’s Tour de France broadcast team of Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen, the “voices of cycling,” and former professional cyclist and analyst Jens Voigt will preview the 103^rd Tour de France on a conference call this Wednesday, June 29 at 10 a.m. ET.  Liggett, Sherwen, and Voigt will be joined by David Michaels, coordinating producer, Tour de France, NBC Sports Group, and Joel Felicio, coordinating producer, cycling, NBC Sports Group.

• WHAT: 103^rd Tour de France Media Conference Call
• WHEN: Wednesday, June 29 at 10 a.m. ET
• DIAL-IN:
  • S./Canada toll free: 888-455-2260
  • International toll: 719-325-2491
  • France toll free: 0 800 902 640
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NBC Sports Group will present more than 250 hours of live, primetime, and encore coverage of the 103^rd Tour de France, the world’s most prestigious and grueling cycling race, across NBC, NBCSN, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports and NBC Sports Gold apps. Daily live coverage of the Tour de France, including all 21 stages, begins this Saturday, July 2, at 6 a.m. ET with the Tour de France Pre-Race Show, followed by Stage 1 at 6:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN.

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TOP HONORS INCLUDE LIVE CAPITALS COVERAGE AND GEICO SPORTSNET CENTRAL; BENINATI, MATICH AND JENKINS ADD TO EMMY COLLECTIONS

BETHESDA, Md. – June 27, 2016 –  The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) recognized CSN Mid-Atlantic with five 2015 Emmy Awards at the 58th Annual Emmy Awards Gala on Saturday, June 25, in Baltimore. CSN, which earned seven nominations this year, has won 77 Emmy Awards on 130 nominations since 2001.

CSN’s five Emmy Awards were earned for live sporting event (Washington Capitals) and daily or weekly sports program (Geico SportsNet Central), and in individual categories for sports play-by-play (Joe Beninati), sports analyst (Trevor Matich) and sports anchor (Michael Jenkins).

CSN’s live coverage of the Washington Capitals won its sixth Emmy since 2001. The network has now claimed 11 awards in this category in the last 15 years, including seven in the last eight years. Last year, it was CSN’s live coverage of the Washington Wizards that earned the top prize.

The late weekday edition of Geico SportsNet Central, CSN’s daily news program, was the winner of the daily/weekly sports program category. In addition to his award for his role on the show, host Michael Jenkins was honored in the sports anchor category. He previously won the sports anchor award in 2012 and 2013, as well as sports reporter in 2008 and 2004 and program host/moderator in 2011.

In addition to his award as part of CSN’s live Capitals coverage, Joe Beninati won his 10th Emmy for sports play-by-play. Beninati, who has now claimed the top honor in this category in six of the last seven years, was previously honored in 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014.

CSN Redskins analyst Trevor Matich also earned an Emmy Award for sports analyst for his work on Redskins Kickoff and Redskins Postgame Live, his seventh individual honor since 2007. He was previously honored in this category in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014. Matich has also earned three Emmys as part of Redskins Kickoff.

CSN Mid-Atlantic’s 2015 Emmy Awards:

• Daily/Weekly Sports Program: Geico SportsNet Central (Armon Lee, Michael Jenkins)
• Live Sporting Event: Capitals Game 7 Win (Steve Farrell, Bill Bell, Joe Beninati, Craig Laughlin, Al Koken)
• Sports Anchor: Michael Jenkins (Composite)
• Sports Analyst: Trevor Matich (Composite)
• Sports Play-by-Play: Joe Beninati (Composite)

 

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CSN Mid-Atlantic, part of NBC Sports Regional Networks, is the official sports network of the NFL’s Washington Redskins and Baltimore Ravens, NHL’s Washington Capitals, NBA’s Washington Wizards, ACC and CAA. CSN Mid-Atlantic – the leading multiplatform sports media organization serving the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia – delivers more than 400 live events per year, along with Emmy Award-winning news, analysis and entertainment programming, to more than 4.5 million homes. CSN Mid-Atlantic’s digital portfolio, highlighted by CSNmidatlantic.com, is the region’s top online source for written, video and interactive sports content. Follow CSN Mid-Atlantic on Twitter at @CSNMA.

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