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Thanks for that, Quaker and DamC for that big announcement. NBC does say that it will announce its lineup--not sure exactly what it means: the broadcasting schedule, the full amount of coverage, or the NBC Olympic sportscasting team--by the end of the month (and we're rapidly getting to that point). In a related story that is already mentioned on the press release, Telemundo is finally getting into the digital Olympic act as expected with exclusive footage not seen on Telemundo's TV version of the coverage that will total in 200 hours that will include the said coverage and mun2 helping out.

Nigeria is first among the non-South African, Sub-Saharan African London Olympic media rights sold and announced today wholly within its territory. The Nigerian Olympic Committee bought the Nigerian Olympic broadcasting rights in association with the Nigerian Television Authority, African Independent Television, and Radio Nigeria from Octagon South Africa. Octagon has plans to be at the IBC in London.
http://www.dailytrus...#38;catid=5:sports&Itemid=

Denmark's TV2 just launched its London 2012 Olympic Games webpages days ago
http://tv2sport.dk/ol-i-london-2012

This is how France Televisions plans to deal with their share of the upcoming London coverage that was announced in Paris yesterday under its Francetvsport banner. We already know about the 300 hours that will be televisied among the four France TV channels--2, 3, 4, and O plus nine of its overseas channels. Didier Fraisse was announced as the Francetvsport Olympic director in London. It was also on that day France Television 3 will premiere the show France: London Objective. On the eve of the Opening Ceremony, Marie Drucker will host a program called The Beginning (yes, that's actually titled as such and is likely being the start of a lot of English used on France TV). Among the things featured will be a Usain Bolt documentary directed by Gael LeBlanc and produced by Elephant and Doc under the France The Fastest title.

Speaking of Francetvsport, its Olympic website is fully now up. With that, it was also announced officially French residents will get access to 12 live simultaneous Olympic streams and the simulcastings of the four France TV channels' coverage. Pluzz and Francetvsport will offer on-demand video of all events. All this will be made available on PCs, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, and internet-connected smart TVs. France Televisions will bring around 40 HD cameras, of which the images and signals will be relayed back to Paris and vice versa, to cover the 42 feeds from the OBSL with a team of 250 (up from 180 in Beijing). In Paris, technicians and directors there will cope with 80 images and signals flip-flopping from France 2 and France 3. Actually there will be two additional directors with Jean-Pierre Leroux (at Stage 2) and Christopher Boulain taking turns back in Paris

France Televisions also showed its London headquarters for the Olympics and what it will look like on a pontoon near Old Billingsgate with construction will come on July 15 with Guy Lelong's interior design, decor, and tech teams on July 20 culminating for rehearsals on July 23-24. Studio will be transparent that will have 7 remote cameras. Oh yes, France Telelvisions will have its own London double decker omnibus, but unlike the BandSports' edition, this will be more contemporary-looking with the upper part usually at the back installed in the front. It will be called Louise after Louise Ekland, an British TV host currently on French TV and may be on hand for this. The bus will be equipped with 4 cameras RF remote and machinery with radio-relayed live links on the moving bus. SIS Live will take care of that technological aspect. All that looks neat, doesn't it?
http://www.mediaunau...ges-des-decors/
http://www.sislive.tv/

Had me wondering. Why is ZDF and Das Erste offering only six live webstreaming channels for the London Olympics when the likes of neighbors in France just announced at least 12 Olympic streams? Like I say, surely those two are capable of offering more coverage than six in this case. This is just one of the concerns the private German TV providers has over the two ublic broadcasters; it has criticzed this and perhaps could offer even more.
http://translate.goo...s%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-Sea
http://www.boulevard...im-netz-508682/

This piece goes further in what ARD, aka Das Erste, plans to do in London as part of the double team with ZDF. The first 40 minutes after the first five of 9am recaps the previous day's highlights. Then goes on to Olympia Live until midnight with the live competition. NDR is responsible for the radio coverage overall. Olympic moderators are Gerhard Dehling, Michael Antwerps, and Alexander Bommes present the hourly Olympia Telegram. Franziska Van Almsick is the swimming analyst with roving London street reporter Rolf Seeman Eggelbert experiencing the sights and sounds of London and of the British lifestyle. There will be a late night show though I can't really find who is doing it this time--Waldi or Harry. Likely CAF will make that clear here. WDR 2, SWR NDR Jump, NDR 2 and 3 will handle the radio coverage with some background focus on doping and sports policy with the live coverage at the daily early morning breakfast period, hopefully (for them) after a German wins a medal. Hosts and commentators there are Sabine Topperwien (WDR), Martina Knief (HR), Martin Roschitz (NDR) and Oliver Frick (BWR). Online is supposed to be cost-effective yet unprecedented diverse method of bringing more of the Olympics to watch that TV can't handle. Along with a EPG a video gallery range and blogs from Olympic athletes like beach volleyball players Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig, who had blogged back in 2008 in Beijing, ARD expert Frank Busemann, hockey record national Natascha Keller and Tennis Association coach Barbara Rittner describe their view of things on the net. http://www.quotenmet...=n&p2=56638&p3=

Viasat teams up with NRK to bring forth 100 hours of 3D Olympic coverage from London on Viasat 3D, 8 hours daily and will produce a 4-hour daily summary of the day's events. Seems as though Norwegians are buying into the 3DTV craze in abundance as the report suggests, four years after NRK and Viasat offered HD coverage of the Olympics for the first time to Norwegians.
http://www.na24.no/p...icle3400708.ece
http://www.kampanje....icle6069049.ece

CVM Television in Jamaica was out and about on a hot Saturday promoting its upcoming official 2012 London Olympic coverage. Photos are here from its Falmouth stop.
http://falmouthphoto...pic-games-2012/

NBC Olympics selects leading digital service Avail-TVN to handle all of the comprehensive multiplatform Olympic coverage from London, like the delivery of the massive volume On-Demand Olympic footage.
http://www.marketwat...rage-2012-05-16

Gold and massive sponsorship and ad revenues ahead for both Nine and FOXTEL when London hits. One big change from whne Seven enjoyed a stranglehold on the Olympics from 1992.
http://www.smh.com.a...0517-1ytjt.html

<sub>One thing that interests me in recent times about Puerto Rico and its Olympic history was how it particpated in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, despite being a US commonwealth and assuming it would just follow Jimmy Carter's demand to boycott. The US Virgin Islands didn't compete. Its basketball team was its shining light and qualified for it but ultimately didn't go as several other Americas teams like Argentina, Canada, and the US of course. How did Puerto Rico defied the boycott? A book could be written about all that, and how it did, and the broadcasting. If Americans were lucky, it could've gotten them on PR TV like maybe Telemundo through satelitte.

I agree, Puerto Rico just has too much of a distinct Spanish identity that could get lost if it got statehood in the US.</sub>