Paris 2024 Media updates

[yoshi]

That's weird, I'd have thought even the IOC would be ok with trailers being viewed abroad! More standard BBC animation than Tokyo's trailer - it really feels like the Olympics are here now

[Durban Sandshark]

Same here with the geoblocking (at least for now). Although I do wish the BBC would offer even more as far as the Scottish, Welsh, and Irish coverage, while presently nice on their own as it stands, on the visual side and maybe focus on sports with Team GB's Scottish, Welsh, and Irish participants in team sports like SRC/Radio-Canada and RDS does.  

No major that Swedish/American Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter Armand "Mondo" Duplantis is the face of Warner Bros. Discovery Sverige's face in a humuorous new Swedish summer vacation trip retro-like campaign film when the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 move into Kanal 5/Max. Entitled Duplantis is ready for the Olympics. Are you?:

https://press-warnerbrosdiscovery-se.translate.goog/post/armand-duplantis-blir-warner-bros-discoverys-ansikte-utat-i-ny-1?_x_tr_sl=sv&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Right as the Nine Network embarks on its massive Paris 2024 Summer Olympics project to send to Australians and pinning its revenue hopes on, the embattled network is set to make hundreds of broadcasting and newspaper job cuts in the wake of diminished profits and ad revenue to cost-cut at a time when free-to-air commercial Australian TV is on the wane: 

https://www.skynews.com.au/business/media/tough-decisions-mass-job-cuts-at-channel-nine-as-embattled-broadcaster-pins-hopes-on-2024-paris-olympics/news-story/9f7de9ebc05f75391d6764489b7a50fe

Diego Castillo, Anabeth Vargas, Jorge Amaya, and Kadris Gonzalez are the media faces for TVMax's Paris 2024 coverage in Panama in a promo centering on kids emulating their adult Panamanian Olympic heroes like boxer Atheyna Bylon, cyclist Franklin Achibold, and sprinter Gianna Woodruff as the adult voices talk about their Paris 2024 dreams. TVMax's Paris 2024 coverage, not surprisingly, will prioritize Panama's Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Team:     

https://www.instagram.com/tvmaxdeporte/reel/C8xsD0BAoKf/

CBC's Scott Russell, a Canadian Screen Award winner as well as numerous other awards and 3x book author, will retire from broadcasting after his Paris 2024 CBC Summer Olympic and Paralympic contributions after nearly 40 years there mostly in sports including stops in Charlottetown and Montreal before becoming a Nipissing University chancellor in North Bay, Ontario. Has an honorary doctorate there.

During the Paris Games, Russell will host Bell Paris Prime from the City of Lights, starting July 27. The program will feature the day's biggest sporting events, including swimming, athletics and Canada's appearances in basketball and soccer with "genuine passion for sports and his vast knowledge of athletes, past and present, has helped to inspire and ignite the country around global sporting competitions for close to four decades...His contributions to CBC Sports' coverage over the years, across all platforms, cannot be understated and his authentic commitment to Canadian athletes and Canadian sport remains unwavering." It will air each day from 11-5 p.m. CT on television and be live streamed at CBC's Paris website, the CBC Paris 2024 app and CBC Gem during his final Summer Olympic rodeo. Certainly he will be missed afterwards:

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/scott-russell-retirement-hosting-cbc-sports-1.7247582

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-the-current/clip/16078215-long-time-broadcaster-scott-russell-retire-paris-paralympics

[sebastien1214]

 

[Durban Sandshark]

Nine Network announces its Paris 2024 schedule and full commentator roster on 9 and 9GEM from 9Now. Nine’s coverage begins the week leading into the Opening Ceremony from Monday, July 21, with Today, A Current Affair and Nine News broadcasting from Paris plus the special Let The Games Begin. Following the special, competition kicks off with the Men’s Rugby Sevens and the Men’s soccer, both screening from 11.00pm AEST. The following night the Matildas start their Olympic medal campaign live against . Nine’s coverage of the Olympics starts early on Saturday, July 27 with the Opening Ceremony beginning at 3am AEST continuing until the Closing Ceremony on Monday, August 12.

The two-week broadcast will come live from Nine’s ‘Trocadero studio’ opposite the Eiffel Tower. Which is structured like this for Nine:

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6.30am-11.00am AEST: Sarah Abo and Karl Stefanovic, as Australia wakes up
11.00am-12.00pm AEST: 9News bulletin
12.00pm-3.00pm AEST: Todd Woodbridge capturing the magic moments of the day
3.00pm-7.00pm AEST: Leila McKinnon and Dylan Alcott as live sport begins
6.00pm-7.00pm AEST: 9News state bulletins
7.00pm-1.00am AEST: Ally Langdon and James Bracey with all the prime-time action
1.00am-6.30am AEST: Eddie McGuire from Paris including competition Finals

Also of note lies in the 9GEM's Paris 2024 Olympic segments host presenters: Sylvia Jeffreys (5-10pm AEST), Nick McArdle (10.00pm-3.00am), and Sam McLure (3.00am-8.00am) with hosted long form replays from 8.00am-5.00pm. As well as Nine's expanded commentary team that has for swimming includes Cate Campbell (who  missed out on qualifying for her 5th Olympic appearance during the Australian Swimming Trials), Ian Thorpe, Giaan Rooney, Ellie Cole, Mat Thompson and Roz Kelly. Nine's track and field/athletics commentary team includes Gerard Whateley serving as the 9 Network’s voice there and joined by Tamsyn Lewis-Manou, Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter Steve Hooker, Dave Culbert, Olympic four-time gold medalist sprinter Michael Johnson and Tony Jones.

Later and newer additions to the 9 Paris 2024 commentary roster include Sam Fricker, Nick Boserio, Richard Fox, Andy Raymond, Grace Gill, Emma Snowsill, Will McCloy, Brenton Speed, Peter Psaltis, Adam Papalia, Russell Mark, Sean Maloney, Annabelle Williams, Matt Hill, Will Davies, Mark Taylor, Sophie Smith, Shane McInnes, and Jenna O’Hea. More thought come soon:

https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/07/nine-confirms-olympics-scheduling-commentators-for-paris-2024.html

NRK announces its track and field-centric Summer Olympics broadcasting structure in its returns to the Olympic Games broadcasting business for the first time since London 2012 with Paris 2024 this summer in its partnership with Eurosport Norge/TVNorge/HBO Max. NRK, for its part, will show all athletics, including marathons, triathlons and races, on NRK1 and on NRK TV and all Paris 2024 on NRK Radio Sport. This means that the public can look forward to seeing Karsten Warholm, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Caroline Iuel and the rest of the Norwegian athletics squad on NRK with hopes of making many memories for Norwegians.

Ida Nysæter Rasch acts as anchor presenter at the Stade de France. Jann Post, Vebjørn Rodal, and Christina Vukicevic Demidov will, as usual, comment on the exercises on the athletics track. Fredrik Solbu Jullumstrø will be a reporter over in the French capital. In the evenings, Ole Rolfsrud and Eirik Fure will host the magazine program "Olympic Games in Paris". There they will summarize the exercises from the previous day. NRK will also broadcast the opening and closing ceremonies on NRK1 and NRK TV. NRK will have broad coverage of the Games on all of its platforms. Norwegians can follow everything that happens during the Olympics closely on NRK.no every single day, in addition to hearing how all the Norwegian Olympic athletes are doing directly on NRK Radio with broadcasts from morning to evening.

In connection with the Olympics, there will also be a premiere of a brand new podcast on NRK Radio. In "Olympic gold", Jan Petter Saltvedt and Atle Andersen will reminisce about some of the greatest moments throughout Olympic history.

With 3,800 hours of live sport, TVNorge and Max, together with Eurosport, will be where you can follow every moment, every medal, every athlete and every team from the Olympics in Paris. Direct from Warner Bros. Discovery House, located in the heart of Paris, Susanne Jørstad Wergeland will lead the morning broadcasts on TVNorge and Max. In between live sports, there will be studio broadcasts throughout the Olympic day, with a focus on the 100-strong Norwegian athletes, but also a wider coverage with the latest news, big talk, interviews, reports and analyses. Coverage overall for Norwegian Olympic viewers among the two, to ensure the best experience for the Norwegian viewers, starts with Norway's women's handball team meeting Sweden on June 25 in the group stage already a day before the opening ceremony.  It will also broadcast 16 hours of the Olympics every day on TVNorge, where the focus is on the Norwegian athletes. A total of 23 people, eleven of whom are reporters, will be in Paris to convey every event and every moment to the Norwegian viewers. HBO Max will show everything, every round, every game.

For the afternoon TVNorge/Eurosport Norway/HBO Max broadcasts, the Paris studio segment will be replaced by Oslo's Olympic studio, which will be led by Gita Simonsen and Jan Ove Kjøndal with over 100 people working day and night behind them. Both have worked on Olympic broadcasts for Warner Bros. Discovery previously. Evening broadcasts are led by Carina Olset Hovda and Carsten Skjelbreid. The latter has been on the Olympic team for Warner Bros. Discovery since they acquired the rights back in 2018, but Olset Hovda is the newcomer to the channel and looking forward to working with Skjelbrand. In addition to these Olympic broadcasting experienced five, they'll be met with experts like former handball player and Olympic gold winner Marit Malm Frafjord. Over the next few weeks, Warner Bros. Discovery Norge will announce more experts and release the team that will broadcast the events from the Olympic city:

https://www.nrk.no/presse/slik-blir-ol-pa-nrk_-max-og-tvnorge-1.16935381

https://presse-warnerbrosdiscovery-no.translate.goog/post/disse-skal-lede-ol-sendingene-pa-tvnorge-og-max?_x_tr_sl=no&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

VRT presents its Paris 2024 Flemish/Dutch coverage plans for Belgium a few days ago for Belgians to delve into later this summer. Here goes. Belgians on the Flemish side will be able to follow everything closely via 4 livestreams on VRT MAX, sporza.be, and in the Sporza app. This way, they can choose which Olympic discipline they desire to see--and will also be able to zoom in on the image and simultaneously follow the sound of another livestream. Sports fans in Belgium don't have to miss any of the most important action thanks to four permanent live streams on VRT MAX, sporza.be and in the Sporza app. You will soon run out of eyes, but fortunately different sports can be followed at the same time. From taekwondo to breaking to swimming and athletics. The live streams also include some special features such as the ability to zoom in on the image and follow the audio of another live stream. Thanks to an online guide, you get a complete overview of what is on offer at any time and you can surf the Olympic wave. The Sporza website and app will also present a new look to be even more user-friendly.

On the TV side, Belgians will follow the whole day on TV with live broadcasts on VRT1/Een of 'Sporza: Paris 2024' starts between 9 and 10 am. Imke Courtois will present as anchor the morning segment, Tess Elst the afternoon. Goedele Wachters, the VRT NWS news anchor, is trading in the news service for a while to present the evening block. Canvas will be a part of this like recent Summer Olympics during the news or when many compatriots are in action at the same time, you can also switch to VRT Canvas and after 8 pm to Ketnet. 

After the 7pm news on VRT1 there's 'Studio Olympia', an Olympic version of Sportweekend, with Catherine Van Eylen as presenter. Late in the evening Karl Vannieuwkerke takes over the torch with 'Paris By Night' from the Lotto Belgium House. From the Lotto Belgium House, the meeting center for supporters and athletes in Paris, Vannieuwkerke will analyze the daily performances of the Belgians, discuss the Olympic news and look ahead to what is yet to come. He does this together with former cyclist Greg Van Avermaet, former sprinter Kim Gevaert and former basketball player Ann Wauters. Former track athlete Elodie Ouedraogo, and TV maker Thomas Huyghe as anchor sidekicks. Paris By Night, a program by Woestijnvis for VRT, also pays tribute to the Olympic past and focusing on current Olympic affairs. The City of Light has already hosted the world's largest sporting event twice before. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Olympic Games, takes us back 100 years in time every day, to the 1924 Games.  

Anyone who wants to prepare for the Olympic Games can get started with the VRT MAX series 'Bert and Bavo Go Olympic'.  Former cyclist Bert De Backer and Sporza face Bavo Mortier take on a series of crash courses with Belgian top athletes. They get to know the athlete and his or her discipline with blood, sweat and tears.

Everything will be followed closely and perhaps emotionally and intensely on the radio side and everywhere on the radio at the same time. On Radio 1, the day traditionally starts with De Ochtend between 6 and 9 am and then the Olympic Radio 1 baton gets passed to Vincent Byloo. In 'Radio 1's Sports Summer: Olympic Games' Byloo puts an Olympic sport in the spotlight every day. Together with Linde Merckpoel, Vincent also supports a remarkable participant every day during the Games. Between 12 and 1 p.m. there is 'Paris Midi' on Radio 1, with Dave Peters and Bart Schols. In the afternoon Steffy Merlevede takes the listener back to the games in Paris. Between 4 and 6 pm, sports and current affairs are mixed, to focus again on the Olympic action from 6 to 10 p.m. with presenters Gert Geens and Jonathan Metdepenninghen.

"During the Olympic Games, we are everywhere on the radio at the same time. All emotions come through even more intensely on the radio, and that certainly produces radio moments during the Games that are etched in my memory," says Steffy Merlevede.

MNM and Radio2 are also participating. In 'The Olympic Morning Show' of MNM, Evelyn De Backer goes in search of the biggest supporters. During 'The Olympic Evening Show', from 4 to 7 pm, Dorianne Aussems and  Imane Boudadi are the eyes and ears of MNM in Paris. Their radio studio is set up in the Lotto Belgium House, but Dorianne and Imane also visit the stands, go on a discovery in the sports city of Paris and celebrate all the small and big achievements of the Belgian athletes.

Radio2 will broadcast from Blankenberge this summer and will be present at the Olympic Festival in Middelkerke during the Olympic Games. There, the Belgian Olympic Committee BOIC transforms the beach into a supporters' village with large screens, performances and sports initiations. Radio2 reporter  Stan Vanderwaeren follows the sports performances of Team Belgium together with the supporters and he can also receive the Belgian athletes after their matches. 

For the Belgian athletes, the Olympic Games are the moment they have been working towards for a long time. The new TV program Mission Medal gets into the heads of 5 of the biggest contenders for a medal. Each episode tells the story of 1 Belgian athlete or team that dreams of a medal at the Paris Games: Lotte Kopecky (cycling), Oshin Derieuw (Olympic boxing), 3x3 Lions (3x3 basketball), Red Lions (hockey) and the Belgian Cats (basketball). The result is 5 unique portraits of strong and intriguing sports personalities that give the viewer a glimpse into their quest for eternal fame. Will they write sports history or will they succumb to pressure? The 5 episodes in which VRT follows the athletes during their preparations for Paris can be viewed on Streamz from July 19. This fall, the episodes can also be viewed on VRT 1 and Streamz, with the results of their performances at the Olympic Games.

https://www.vrt.be/nl/over-de-vrt/nieuws/2024/06/27/mis-niets-van-de-belgische-prestaties-op-de-olympische-en-paraly/

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/06/27/zo-kan-je-de-olympische-spelen-volgen-op-vrt/

Additional details on VRT Radio's Paris 2024 coverage, both Summer Olympics and Paralympics, can be seen here on the link below. Again on Radio 1, there will be The Morning: from 6-9 am, with sports news. Radio 1's Summer of Sports: Vincent Byloo focuses on one Olympic sport every day between 9-10 am. Paris Midi: Dave Peters and Bart Schols present from 12 noon to 1 p.m. from Brussels and Paris. Radio 1's Sports Summer: Steffy Merlevede leads the afternoon broadcast from 1-4 pm. Radio 1's Sports Summer: Sporza: Gert Geens and Jonathan Metdepenninghen present from 6-10 pm. During the weekend you can hear De Sportzomer from 1-10 pm. Radio commentators in Paris for the Olympic Games are Bert Sterckx (athletics), Dirk Gerlo (hockey), Carl Berteele (cycling, track cycling and basketball) and Tom Boudeweel (basketball).

MNM will have The Olympic Morning Show: Evelyn De Backer puts the sports heroes of the day in the spotlight from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. (Monday to Friday). The Olympic Evening Show: Dorianne Aussems and Imane Boudadi are the eyes and ears of MNM from the Lotto Belgium House in Paris, comes live every day from 4-7 pm. MNM also goes to the Paralympic Games. Laura Govaerts comes to soak up the atmosphere together with Nina Black and they play their favorite records in the Lotto Paralympic Belgium House.

Radio2 will camp in Blankenberge for eight weeks this summer, but will follow the Olympic performances for two weeks from the Olympic Festival, the supporters' village in Middelkerke. Reporter Stan Vanderwaeren receives Belgian athletes after their competitions for the video series De Prijs na Parijs, which can be seen on VRT MAX. Radio2 is kicking off the Weekwatchers season in Paris together with presenter Ruben Van Gucht. The focus of the broadcast on Saturday, September 7 from 8-10 a.m. will be on the Paralympic Games and the Paralympic athletes:

https://radiovisie.eu/de-olympische-en-paralympische-spelen-op-vrt-radio/

Dublin was the site this past Thursday of RTE's Summer of Sport presentation event at the Donnybrook campus for its upcoming Paris 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic coverage plans free to air. RTÉ will deliver over 250 hours of Olympic and 100 hours of Paralympic coverage on RTE2 television and RTÉ Player with over 500 hours in total including online coverage with Ireland fielding its largest Summer Olympic contingent ever.

RTÉ Radio will also have live coverage of the major Irish events at the Olympics and Paralympics, plus the GAA Championships, the Irish Rugby Tour of South Africa, the Golf majors and the rest of the sporting action which will also be captured across RTÉ News and RTÉ Online. RTÉ will broadcast live across the 17 days of the Olympics and 12 days of the Paralympics ensuring audiences are connected with all the action in Paris across all platforms.

Alongside the live action, RTÉ is also delivering two brand new series focusing on our Irish Olympians. Path to Paris (Thursdays, RTÉ One & RTÉ Player), already mentioned here, follows Ireland’s top medal prospects, including Rhasidat Adeleke, boxing champion Kellie Harrington, and gymnast Rhys McClenaghan, as they strive to qualify for the greatest show on earth, the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Chapters of Magnificence, an 11-part series featuring interviews with Irish Olympic medallists, continues this Sunday June 30 at 7:30pm Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1 with Annalise Murphy and on RTÉ Radio Player.

RTÉ Sport presenters and panellists gathered in Studio 5 to celebrate RTÉ’s Summer of Sport in front of a live studio audience. Former Irish Olympians Sonia O’Sullivan and Grainne Murphy look forward to the Paris Olympics when Ireland’s biggest ever team will be in the hunt for medals. RTÉ sports presenter Paul O’Flynn will act as RTE's Paris 2024 anchor host with panellists Richie Sadlier, Jason Smyth, Grainne Murphy, Sonia  O’Sullivan, Ursula Jacob, Stephen Kelly, and Paul Flynn with others likely to come later. Multi gold medal-winning Paralympian Jason Smyth, described as the world’s fastest ever Paralympian, gave his insights into Ireland’s prospects in Paris as RTÉ Sport is set to provide its largest ever coverage of the Paralympics this year with 100 hours on RTÉ2 television and over 500 hours in total including RTE Radio, RTE News, RTE Online, and the RTÉ Player:

https://about.rte.ie/2024/06/28/rte-announce-olympic-and-paralympic-coverage-in-a-bumper-summer-of-sport/

Some new Mexican Paris 2024 broadcasting details emerged from Televisa: Televisa will have full coverage from 1 a.m. to 3 p.m. through its multiple channels. Through his social networks, sports commentator Enrique Burak mentioned that TUDN will begin broadcasting Paris 2024 very early in the morning. Later, at 6:00 am Mexico/USA/Canada CT, Channel 5 will be added and at 8:00 am Channel 9 will be included and all three will be with the Olympic Games special until 3:00 pm. It is worth noting that both Channel 5 and Channel 9 from Televisa will have different programming, so it will be possible to have more options and more sports to enjoy. Burak assured that: "a coverage on open TV that has never been seen before [on Mexican TV]."

https://www.informador.mx/deportes/Paris-2024-La-televisora-que-tendra-cobertura-completa-de-los-Juegos-Olimpicos-20240627-0091.html

Global gets announced as the official audio partner for Team GB during Paris 2024 at the Team GB House. Global presenters, journalists and podcast hosts will be capturing all the excitement and energy from the venue, from behind-the-scenes interviews with Britain’s sporting heroes to live reactions to the biggest moments of the Games and medal celebrations with the athletes themselves. In partnership with NatWest, Team GB’s official banking partner, Heart, Capital and Classic FM will be proudly broadcasting from Team GB House from the day of the Opening Ceremony on the 26th of July until the Closing Ceremony on the 11th of August.  

Global Original podcasts including The Sports Agents with Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman, and Tom Dean Medal Machine will also produce exclusive episodes from the Team GB House. In the lead up to Paris 2024, NatWest and Global will be working together with Team GB athletes to deliver a series of inspirational team talks encouraging listeners to go for their goals and to share messages of support as they head out to Paris. Listeners will also be in with a chance of winning amazing Team GB House and Olympic experiences at the Games in Paris - a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be at the momentous event alongside Olympic legends:

https://lbbonline.com/news/global-announced-as-the-official-audio-partner-of-team-gb-at-paris-2024-olympic-games

TVB Hong Kong announces its new batch of Olympic Six Stars, a tradition that it started 20 years ago to rep its upcoming Olympic TV coverage--35-year-old Telford Wong, 26-year-old Danny Hung, 32-year-old Leonard Cheng for the gentlemen, and for the ladies, 26-year-old Tiffany Lau, 27-year-old Roxanne Ho and 29-year-old Honey Ho. Performers from both seasons of Stars Academy  have been included on the program’s celeb guest list, while athletically-inclined celebrities such as “Crazy Runners” clique formed of members Joel Chan, Benjamin Yuen, Jack Wu, Nancy Wu, Paisley Wu, and Elaine Yiu will also bring their athletic muscle to the game!: 

https://www.jaynestars.com/news/olympic-six-stars-gets-a-2024-update/

iFood, a Brazilian food tech delivery company, reteams with Caze TV this time as an official sponsor for its coverage of Paris 2024 after successful partnerships with the FIFA 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Women's World Cup. A partnership that brought them a Cannes Golden Lion Award in Audience Delivery. Caze TV's Olympic coverage will be available through various channels such as YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Samsung TV Plus and Twitch from July 26th to August 11th. Now comes with a humorous commercial:

https://institucional.ifood.com.br/en/releases/ifood-e-o-patrocinador-oficial-da-cazetv-durante-os-jogos-olimpicos-de-paris-2024/

Overall Mediacorp will offer over 4000 hours both live and on-demand of its exclusive Paris 2024 coverage and sporting action in Singapore, its biggest and largest presentation to date, as well as curated highlights, across multiple platforms with Mediacorp. On top of its 17 mewatch channels dedicated to the various Summer Olympic sports events, audiences can stay up to date with key highlights presented on Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube Channel, as well as curated coverage in Daily Action at Paris 2024, and highlights in Today in Paris 2024 and Summary of Paris 2024 on Channel 5. Fans can also cheer on Team Singapore as they bring their A-game to their respective sports, including Athletics, badminton, canoeing, equestrian, fencing, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, and table tennis all as broadcast on Channel 5. Updates from there as well as the Paralympics will come all across Mediacorp's multiple tv, radio, and digital platforms in 4 languages.  

Ahead of the actual Games, Mediacorp will also be presenting Road To Paris 2024, a series of videos spotlighting selected Team Singapore athletes and para athletes on mewatch, Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube Channel, CNA and Channel 5 from 26 June, and subsequently Channel 8, Channel U, Suria, and Vasantham from 10 July onwards. Leading up to the Paralympic Games Paris 2024, Mediacorp will also showcase Singapore’s para athletes in We Are Marching On, a documentary series highlighting their resilience, as well as a music video of the song March On, performed by Sky Shen, a disability arts advocate and singer-songwriter living with muscular dystrophy.

Channel 5 will start off its coverage by of course offering live coverage of both the Opening and Closing ceremonies on July 27 and August 12, respectively, and won't be involved in the pre-Opening Ceremony soccer, team handball, men's rugby 7s, and archery. Curated coverage comes via Daily Action at Paris 2024, airing between July 27 to August 11, 3.15pm to 8.45pm Singapore time, 9.30pm to 2.00am, and 2.15am to 4.30am. Daily highlights on Channel 5 in Today in Paris 2024, airing in 15-minute segments between July 27 to August 11, at 3pm, 8.45pm, and 2.00am. A 30-minute wrap up of Team Singapore’s overall performance in Summary of Paris 2024 on August 12 coming at 5.00pm to 5.30pm. Road To Paris 2024 airing from 26 June.

Channel 8 airs an Olympic series on Morning Express (featuring former and Paris-bound Olympians) from  July 1. Paris 2024 daily news, Team Singapore updates and next day’s events within news bulletins across all free-to-air channels. Road To Paris 2024 airing on CNA from 26 June and subsequently on Channel 8, Channel U, Suria, and Vasantham from 10 July.

mewatch itself presents live coverage of the Opening and Closing ceremonies on July 27 and August 12. Sporting action from the Olympic Games across 17 dedicated channels on mewatch from 27 July to 12 August, with one channel covering the news around the Olympic Games. Full catch-up of the sporting events. Highlights of various sports events, and key moments from the Olympic Games and Team Singapore athletes. Road To Paris 2024 on-demand from 26 June.

At the Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube Channel, live coverage of the Opening and Closing ceremonies will get presented on July 27 and August 12. Highlights of various sports events, and key moments from the Olympic Games and Team Singapore athletes will be featured as well as Road To Paris 2024 to be available from 26 June. Mediacorp's melisten will provide In The Games, Olympic-themed capsules covering history of the Olympic sports, Team Singapore athletes, their support system, fun facts and trivia on CNA 938 and also available as podcasts on melisten from 22 July. Latest updates on the Olympic Games and news bulletins available on all language radio stations--English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil:

https://www.mediacorp.sg/media-releases/mediacorp-rallies-behind-team-singapore-widest-coverage-olympic-and-paralympic-games-paris-2024-singapore-186666

France 5 aired yesterday a fascinating Olympic documentary at 9pm France time directed by Jean-Christophe Rosé called The Odyssey of the Olympic Games that chronologically retraces the greatest moments of the sporting anthology, but also the political and financial issues and the gigantism of the event. Comes with TV spot:

https://www.ouest-france.fr/medias/television/lodyssee-des-jeux-olympiques-un-documentaire-passionnant-ce-soir-sur-france-5-6d0410fc-34b1-11ef-b10b-9daffea5987e

On Sky Sport 24 Italia, its team of correspondents made up of Federica Lodi, Sara Cometti, Flavio Tranquillo, Fabio Tavelli, Nicola Roggero and Francesco Pierantozzi will follow the Paris Olympic Games live, with live links and exclusive interviews, to convey the atmosphere and emotions of this unique event:

https://tg24.sky.it/sport/2024/07/01/olimpiadi-parigi-2024-inizio

ERT, through ERT1, ERT3, ertsports.gr, ERTFLIX, ERT Sport Radio, and ERT's social media platforms, is slated to broadcast the Pireaus, Greece-hosting 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualification Tournament in basketball July 2-7 on Greek television with game commentary for the Greek National Basketball Team specifically from Kostas Tsartsaris (gold medal in Eurobasket 2005 & silver in Mundobasket 2006), Lazaros Papadopoulos (gold medal in Eurobasket 2005 & silver in Mundobasket 2006), as well as Sofocles Shortsianitis (silver in Mundobasket 2006), Yannis Natou, Leonidas Menegakis, Apostolis Triantafillou, Dimitris Hatzigeorgiou, Kostas Halvatsiotis, and Vangelis Ioannou at the Peace and Friendship Center. Greece's matches will be on ERT1 with pre-game and post-game commentary as it takes on Dominican Republic and Egypt and likely Slovenia for an Olympic berth:

https://press.ert.gr/grafeio-typou-ert/i-ert-me-tin-ethniki-elladas-sto-proolympiako-toyrnoya-mpasket-apo-2-eos-7-ioylioy-2024/

Brazilian basketball legend Hortencia Macari returns to Globo/SporTV for its upcoming Paris 2024 basketball coverage after being let go four years ago to budget cuts. Her son Joao Victor is competing in equestrian and Globo/SporTV hopes to showcase her reactions with his performances:

https://portalmakingof.com.br/hortencia-e-recontratada-pela-tv-globo-para-olimpiadas-de-paris/

Further info on what TV5Monde Afrique plans to do with its French-language Paris 2024 Olympic broadcasting through 45 Sub-Saharan Africa nations after it acquired the rights from Infront Sports. Particular attention will be paid and emphasized to African teams, athletes and competitors. The sports most popular with the African public will be broadcast, including: soccer, track and field/athletics, team handball, basketball and combat sports such as boxing, taekwondo and wrestling. TV5MONDE will adapt its programming on a daily basis to follow the progress of the best African athletes live. From July 27 to August 11, TV5MONDE Afrique teams are mobilizing to offer the African public more than 12 hours of daily live coverage from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. (Paris time). Comes with early days schedule starting July 24-27.

TV5MONDE's social networks will relay each day the programming of the events scheduled to air as well as the highlights of the day: the medals of the day, focus on African athletes, on the emblematic sports of the Olympic Games, as well as the French-speaking highlights. On all TV5MONDE channels, TV5MONDE news editions will announce the results and highlights of the Olympic events. 

The TV5MONDE news site will present articles on the highlights of the games and will present portraits of French-speaking athletes.https://information.tv5monde.com/. Surprised swimming isn't a part of the coverage schedule--and it's anchor sport. Africa has been a part of that, even if it's predominately South Africa. Again, TV5Monde Afrique should emulate SuperSport more with the latter's Olympic coverage breath and depth: 

https://presse.tv5monde.com/tv5monde-afrique-diffuseur-officiel-des-jeux-olympiques-paris-2024/

RTBF presents, given that these Olympics are based in a French-speaking nation, Les Jeux De La Fontaine, an Olympic-inspired French-language humorous animated series with each episode lasting 2 minutes based on La Fontaine's famous fables, the animals will discover sport and its most beautiful values in a new light. From July 1st, all 2-minute episodes will be available on Auvio and AuvioKids TV.

Every four years, the best athletes in the animal kingdom gather for their own version of the Olympic Games: "The Fountain Games". Dog, Crow, Frog, Bear, Fox and many others challenge each other in a series of sporting events to determine who will be the Phoenix of the hosts of these woods. From athletics to para-swimming to skateboarding, no event will be spared our valiant athletes! And for once, the eponymous show will broadcast the competition. To accompany you in the studios and on the field, the star presenters Charlotte, Léo, Pierre, Eve and Odile will share their passion and expertise by commentating on the matches, fights or races with bite (for those who have teeth) and sting (for those who have beaks). May the best win! 

Created by Benjamin Richard, directed by Florian Thouret with Margo Roquelaure for the graphic design, Les Jeux de La Fontaine is co-produced by the public media of several countries (France, Switzerland, Canada ...) including RTBF. It is a new original series of short humorous animated programs produced by the Caribara studio which had won the call for tenders. Among the animals launched into the Olympic Games competition, we find Charlotte Harfang, an owl with a Canadian accent, Pierre le Coq, with a French accent, Odile Croc, a Congolese crocodile, and Léo de Meyer...a lion who roars with a Belgian accent! Colorful characters who will introduce the Olympic spirit and values to children from the age of six. On AuvioKids TV, discover an episode every weekday at 8:30 am Belgium time from July 8 to August 9, or at 7:55 pm from July 22 to August 9. On Saturdays and Sundays, an episode will be broadcast at 7:55 pm from July 6 to August 11:

https://www.rtbf.be/article/les-jeux-de-la-fontaine-la-serie-animee-pour-faire-decouvrir-l-esprit-olympique-aux-enfants-11394638

 

[Cyriln]

French TV schedules for July 26 have been released.

France 2 will start its opening ceremony coverage at 6:30 am (it's not a mistake between am and pm, they start 13 hours before the ceremony).

During the opening ceremony, the two biggest channels that doesn't have the broadcasting rights will show a rerun of a blooper show and a movie that nobody cares: they already gave up.

Also, the first two episodes of the official documentary series will be aired on prime time on July 22, and another documentary about the French medal prospects on July 23. (A lot of other documentaries are planned, but not on prime time)

 

[sebastien1214]

7 minutes ago, Cyriln said:

and a movie that nobody cares: they already gave up.

 

Is this the 9th rebroadcast of the year of La Grande Vadrouille?

For the record, a few weeks ago, one of the directors of France TV announced the objective of being in the top 2 of the biggest audiences in the history of French television (i.e. minimum 25 million people) for the opening ceremony. I'm not sure they'll reach that score, though.

[Cyriln]

2 minutes ago, sebastien1214 said:

Is this the 9th rebroadcast of the year of La Grande Vadrouille?

Oh no, it's too precious to waste it on that day. It's C'est quoi cette famille ?!

[yoshi]

25 minutes ago, Cyriln said:

France 2 will start its opening ceremony coverage at 6:30 am (it's not a mistake

 

I thought the couple of hours BBC One had in 2012 ended up with a lot of paddy - what on earth will they show for 13 hours lol?!? Good to see you keeping up the theme of doing it big & properly - must be feeling very very real now

[Cyriln]

3 minutes ago, yoshi said:

must be feeling very very real now

Personally, it will feel very real next week when I arrive in Paris

Otherwise, have you heard of the French legislative snap election?

[Cyriln]

27 minutes ago, sebastien1214 said:

For the record, a few weeks ago, one of the directors of France TV announced the objective of being in the top 2 of the biggest audiences in the history of French television (i.e. minimum 25 million people) for the opening ceremony. I'm not sure they'll reach that score, though.

Fun fact: from what I can find, the biggest audience for Olympics in France is... Lillehammer 94, with Ladies' single skating and Surya Bonaly, 16.6 million viewers.

The absolute record (besides presidential speeches about Covid, that were broadcasted on almost all channels) is the 2018 World Cup final: 26.2 million (25.1M in 2022, 23.6M in 1998, 22.3M for Euro 2016, 22.1M in 2006)

[sebastien1214]

6 minutes ago, Cyriln said:

Fun fact: from what I can find, the biggest audience for Olympics in France is... Lillehammer 94, with Ladies' single skating and Surya Bonaly, 16.6 million viewers.

I'm surprised it's not even Albertville, and yes: the record for Albertville is "only" 16.05 million people for the closing ceremony.

19 minutes ago, yoshi said:

 

I thought the couple of hours BBC One had in 2012 ended up with a lot of paddy - what on earth will they show for 13 hours lol?!? 

The torch relay in Seine-Saint-Denis. And for the rest, they will find a way to fill it all with mini-reports.

19 minutes ago, yoshi said:

must be feeling very very real now

Well, uh... let's say that at the moment almost no one is talking about the Olympic Games, we are more wondering how the country will burn (or not) on Sunday evening.

[yoshi]

Yeah the election must've taken some energy away from the buildup - another of the 253 reasons why (it seems from this distance anyway, obviously none of our business but even so) the decision to call elections when Macron did seemed downright crazy. Maybe he just wanted to outdo Rishi

[FYI]

I'm just SMH at this point. Since it looks like Macron just had a knee-jerk reaction to the European elections (& the soapbox that it's become). And actually, how often are those held? A pity that these last ones had to take place only 6-7 weeks before the Olympics.

[Cyriln]

9 minutes ago, FYI said:

And actually, how often are those held?

Every 5 years and in France, given that presidential term is also 5 year-long, it's a kind of mid-term election where the president's party always loses.

[FYI]

2 minutes ago, Cyriln said:

Every 5 years and in France, given that presidential term is also 5 year-long, it's a kind of mid-term election where the president's party always loses.

Ugh, so the timing couldn't have been any worse (in terms of the Olympics anyway)!  

But yes, mid-terms, for the most part, at least here in the U.S. also usually serve as a "reprimand" for the party that's currently in office. But these last U.S. midterms in 2022 were anything but, despite the so-called "red wave" that was predicted. Let's hope (& pray) that trend continues in Nov!

[Durban Sandshark]

France Televisions Sports Director Laurent-Eric Le Lay appeared as a guest of Valérie Expert and Gilles Ganzmann on Sud Radio on July 2, 2024 in "Le 10h - midi". He mentions and promotes the general info about France TV's broadcasting structure what's already mentioned multiple times--like both France 3 and France 3 will carry over 50 hours a day combined, France 2 will focus on the anchor sports with France 3 handling team sports. Both will focus on hosts L'Equipe France on its journey "in each of the events following the French athletes" to win multiple medals and aims to rally the whole France nation to them. Third digital channel. Just examples. When asked why doesn't either France 2 and France 3 transforms into and go entirely 100% Olympics all day at the expense of other programming and disappointing those who aren't into sports (it should if not both, IMO) Le Lay replies:

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"Our bet is that the Games will interest all French people. Because this event is not only sporting, it is also social. We have seen in the past that when a sporting event is organized on the national territory, there is always a surplus audience. We saw it with the Rugby World Cup in September 2023.” 

https://www-sudradio-fr.translate.goog/medias/laurent-eric-le-lay-couverture-jeux-olympiques-france-televisions?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

A new Olympic collaboration between France Televisions and INA results in offering 20 videos of legendary (mostly) French Olympic moments appearing on both their social networks and available on the france.tv platform to relive with the original French calls in Replay and Je Me Souviens--a commentator recounts the behind-the-scenes of the most intense and historic moments of the Olympic Games of the last decades:

https://the-media-leader.fr/lina-et-france-televisions-devoilent-replay-et-jeux-me-souviens-deux-formats-videos-pour-revoir-les-jo/

Also it looks as though France Televisions will present live coverage of behind the scenes Opening Ceremony footage. There's a link to this but we can't get anything of that because it says access denied.   

2 hours ago, Cyriln said:

French TV schedules for July 26 have been released.

France 2 will start its opening ceremony coverage at 6:30 am (it's not a mistake between am and pm, they start 13 hours before the ceremony).

During the opening ceremony, the two biggest channels that doesn't have the broadcasting rights will show a rerun of a blooper show and a movie that nobody cares: they already gave up.

Also, the first two episodes of the official documentary series will be aired on prime time on July 22, and another documentary about the French medal prospects on July 23. (A lot of other documentaries are planned, but not on prime time)

 

So this must be what I just now talked about with the behind the scenes stuff on France 2. Ok, what about those pre-Olympic men's and women's soccer, team handball, men's rugby 7s, and even archery matches we would assume France 2 and France 3 expect to air? 

Once again ORF1 is airing its Austrian Olympic Team Lotteries Farewell Party live from Vienna this time on July 10. Hosted by Alina Zellhofer and Lukas Schweighofer and will be interviewing Austrian athletes and talking to Austrian Olympic Committee leaders. Airing for 90 minutes on 17:55 CET: 

https://tv.orf.at/program/orf1/xxxiiiolym100.html

No official news regarding Paraguay's Paris 2024 broadcasting plans have emerged just yet. Previously, it was SNT from Grupo Albavision in Tokyo. But SNT didn't transmit the Summer Olympics over extended hour blocks; it only appeared whenever a Paraguayan athlete competed along with the Opening Ceremony. From from this promo below, ABC TV Paraguay--definitely NOT the American ABC that famously aired the Olympics from 1964-1988--and Rolanga are going to broadcast the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics under a Paraguayan bent in multiple platforms with Jorge ''Chipi'' Vera and Daniel Chung. Vowing to show everything: 

Following is where you can see the Kanal 5/Eurosport Sverige/HBO Max Paris 2024 sportscaster list. It notes there are more of them forthcoming. Just about every Summer Olympic sport is represented here to have Swedish calls. Plenty of them are returning from Tokyo and more expansive than ever but...For one thing, I did notice some no shows: men's and women's soccer has no analyst/expert right now. Former women's national soccer team member Lisa Dahlkvist did this in Tokyo when it got silver. But Sweden women didn't qualify out of Europe this time, so that may explain why there isn't a demand right now--it was more even women there on the broadcast side than the men back then because the Blaugut women was there. Volleyball has no on-location analysts. No Ljubomir Vranjes in handball or Sean Sjodin over in swimming or Veronica Wagner in gymnastics or Anders Adamson in cycling this time. Roster is far more expansive here in multiple sports than in Tokyo even with the now-added studio analysts/experts like Therese Alshammar, Kim Andersson, Caroline Kluft, Matilda Boson, Karin Lundqvist, Niklas Jarelind, Mustafa Mohammed joining studio hosts and program leaders Jessica Almanas, Jonas Karlsson, and Karin Frick at their Olympic studio in Paris:  

https://press.warnerbrosdiscovery.se/page/os-paris-2024/

Along with TV2 Denmark's Camilla Martin, Stine Bjerre Mortensen, and Morten Ankerdal being hosts in the main studio by the Eiffel Tower, which will be a fixed point of reference during the transmissions and Christina Schmidth, Thomas Bilde, Ulrik Jönsson, Mejse Egebjerg, Maja Laursen Bjerg, Jacob Qvirin and Nicolai Dvinge serving as TV2 reporters, we apparently got the complete TV2 commentary/expert roster. Some will be on location in Paris like with the popular Danish sports of team handball, badminton, and track and field. Others will be back in Odense. In the cases of basketball and volleyball (both variants each), the commentary teams will only appear in the gold medal finals, but standard basketball will have all Team USA games, which are popular, and the semis with Jacob Prytz and Peter Wang. Almost all are duos--except for gymnastics with Michael Stærke, Mette Hulgaard, and (three days along the way:) Agnete Bjerregaard Nielsen), shooting with Kasper Højstrup, Susanne Meyerhoff (pistol), René Kristiansen (rifle), and Michael Nielsen (skeet); road and track cycling with Jonas Krügermejer Nygaard, Rolf Sørensen, Emil Vinjebo, and Christina Siggaard (women); tennis having Henrik Jensen and others and Tine Scheuer-Larsen/Michael Tauson, golf from Henrik Jensen, Jeppe Huldahl (men's), and Karen Margrethe Juul (women); and equestrian presented by Sofie Munch, Bjarne Nielsen (dressage), Konstantin Deeken Künnemann (jumping), and Jakob Binder-Struck (military):

https://omtv2.tv2.dk/presse/pressekit/sportssommer-2024/

More on Cate Campbell's joining Network Nine's Paris 2024 swimming commentary team, still heading to Paris right after her retirement post-Australian Swimming Trials in Brisbane missing out on the Australian Olympic Team, with Ian Thorpe and Gianne Rooney on the panel of experts sitting alongside the station’s pro-commentators, Mat Thompson, Nine’s chief rugby league commentator, and Roz Kelly, host of the network’s Sports Sunday show. Campbell, aka Dolphin #286, without question cheer on her sis Bronte at the Paris La Defense Arena pool and observes swimming competitors don't get to see. Wonder how different she would've competed for South Africa (her and Bronte's parents are South African). But she won't have to worry about the cowbells in competition but may still see them in Paris: 

https://www.stateofswimming.com/the-vortex-july-2024-cate-campbell-gets-paris-call-up-after-all-with-team-nine/

Nine Network's Paris 2024 accomplished superstar Olympic and Paralympic team announced along with schedule, and more importantly, link to its Paris 2024 Summer Olympics media hub with comprehensive press kit info about its plans including Stan Sport's Paris 2024 coverage plans and Nine Radio stations with separate images. Stan Sport, although part of Nine, does get treated as a separate entity from 9. Even with its own sponsors roster:

https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/olympic-and-paralympic-media-hub/

https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/nine-announces-full-olympic-games-schedule-australias-most-accomplished-hosting-line-up-and-a-superstar-commentary-team/

In a related story, 9's 60 Minutes Australia produced this Beyond The Dream exclusive all-access documentary centering on The Matildas: The Rise premiering July 16 at 7:30pm AEST and hosted by Amelia Adams on the Nine Network and 9Now. Contains exclusive interviews with Steph Catley, Caitlin Foord, 
Lydia Williams, Tegan Micah, and Charli Grant. Even former Matildas head coach Tom Sermanni gets interviewed:

https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/beyond-the-headlines-with-australias-dream-team-the-matildas/

NHK's Paris 2024 TV schedule gets more filled out. Coverage starts live with the Japanese men's and women's soccer teams playing versus Paraguay on July 24 and Spain on July 25, respectively, late night. NHK's Opening and Closing Ceremony presentations will also include an audio description/sign language version on ETV. NHK's coverage, while I don't think it's a complete one with just the event highlights pertinent to the Japanese interests, starts at mid-afternoon, usually around by 3:30pm, sometimes at 2pm, Japan time onward to late night. BS will be broadcasting events that will be attracting the world's attention, such as the men's 100m track and field final. Events broadcast on terrestrial TV can be enjoyed simultaneously or on catch-up on NHK Plus. NHK-G also broadcast the 108th Japan Athletics Championships--Paris Olympic Qualification Tournament:      

https://www.nhk.jp/g/sports/blog/xpaqzt_u8w/?cid=spohk-orjp-nweb-2024-pregorinsite

Fuller 6-page schedule, although I can't really tell since I can't read Katakana and Hiragana well enough, including NHK BS, NHK BSP4K, NHK R1, and NHKBS8K. If I got the info correct, NHK General and Education TV (ETV) will carry 320 hours. NHK-BS will air 200 hours, NHK BSP4K will have 195 hours. NHK BS8K gets 100 (and handles the more significant events). NHK R1 will broadcast 90 on the radio side. All combining for over 900 total hours:   

https://www.nhk.or.jp/info/pr/toptalk/assets/pdf/soukyoku/2024/06/001.pdf

The Japanese recording duo Yoasobi gets tapped as the NHK Sports Summer Theme 2024 with their Stand On The Stage track for NHK's 108th Japan Athletics Championships, the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will begin on July 26th, and the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games broadcasts:

https://www.nhk.jp/g/sports/blog/t952_i1q6c4/

Another Japanese duo in Ninety-Nine, along with Anne, Kohei Uchimura, Soejima Moe (NHK announcer), Yoshida Saori, Kitagawa Yuujin (Yuzu) will all appear in the NHK General TV's Paris 2024 Opening Special live at 19:30-20:42 Japan time. Anne and Kohei Uchimura will be on location from Paris with the rest at NHK's Tokyo studio: 

https://natalie.mu/owarai/news/578470

Radio Televisao Cape Verde was the first Sub-Saharan African nation to secure the Paris 2024 broadcasting rights from Infront Sport and with the African Nations Cup and the World Handball Championship. It already struck an agreement with the Cape Verde Olympic Committee to broadcast the Games and will definitely show everything the Cape Verdean Olympians participate in. Including the construction of the Cape Verde House:   

https://www.rtc.cv/carnaval/video-details/rtc-garante-nbsp-direitos-de-transmissao-para-o-can-e-para-os-jogos-olimpicos-paris-2024-39827#!

ATV Canal 9 in Peru will once again carry the Olympic action with Paris. Coverage of Paris 2024 there will be provided on the ATV Canal 9 free-to-air channel and online/streaming at atv.pe's website. Although we might still see ATV Global, ATV+, and La Tele get involved:    

https://www.atv.pe/noticia/paris-2024-juegos-olimpicos-atv-atvpe-ver-envivo-noticias-deportes

Mexican boxer Misael "El Chino" Rodriguez will analyze the Paris 2024 boxing competition at Claro Sports:

https://www.clarosports.com/olimpicos/paris-2024/misael-rodriguez-se-une-al-equipo-claro-sports-para-analizar-el-boxeo-de-los-juegos-olimpicos-paris-2024/

Remember when I told you about Wendy Guevara being involved in Televisa's Paris 2024 broadcast? It was announced yesterday that Burrita Burona will join her on Televisa's Canal 5 at 9pm Mexico/USA/Canad CT for the comedic segment for “La Jugada del Verano” in anticipation of the Olympic Games and will be involved in a mini soap opera filmed in Paris Amor Viejo en París, which featured Julián Gil and whose recording ended months ago:   

https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2024/07/02/no-solo-wendy-guevara-ahora-la-burrita-burrona-se-integra-al-equipo-tudn-para-los-juegos-olimpicos-paris-2024/

As the Philippines celebrate 100 years of being in the Olympic movement and still in the glow of weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz claiming The Philippines' historic first gold medal in women's weightlifting in Tokyo, the Philippines' proud official broadcast partners of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 are Cignal TV, Smart, and PLDT as the MVP Group of Companies and thus are unwavering in their commitment to bring a comprehensive multi-platform coverage on free-to-air, pay TV, OTT, IPTV, digital & social media – ensuring that the events of Paris 2024 are accessible to all Filipinos nationwide. Everything will be live and available with any event involving the Philippine team and also "will be free on social media [and] on free-to-air”, unlike the mistake with what happened with Diaz when she won 3 years ago.

Cignal TV is taking the lead on linear TV through free-to-air channels One Sports and RPTV, while TV5 will also provide airtime through news features and highlights, high-definition viewing on pay TV on One Sports+, and three Olympic Games dedicated 24/7 channels exclusive for Cignal TV subscribers. Access to the events anytime and anywhere via the OTT app Pilipinas Live and free access on the Facebook and YouTube accounts of One Sports.

Cignal TV, through its partnership with the POC, will also produce an exclusive docu-series, This is Our Team, which highlights the journey of Filipino athletes as they prepare for Paris 2024. Smart is also committed to bringing the action to its subscribers via its own OTT app, Smart Livestream, and free access via the Smart Sports and Puso Pilipinas Facebook pages. Meanwhile, PLDT will offer multiple channels via IPTV exclusive to PLDT Home bundle subscribers.

https://www.onesports.ph/paris-2024/article/21888/mvp-group-of-companies-team-up-to-provide-multi-platform-broadcast-of-olympic-games-paris-2024

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"We've always believed in the ability of the Filipino athlete and we're reiterating that dedication as we put all hands-on deck for this monumental undertaking. We're excited for them to bring more glory to the country in Paris 2024," said MVP Group chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan.

"We promise to deliver the biggest coverage for Paris 2024, the best which only the Filipino athlete deserve as we witness them display their athletic prowess before the world," said Cignal & MediaQuest President & CEO Jane J. Basas.

AIS PLAY reinforces its position as the center of sports content broadcasting for Thais, preparing to broadcast live the major international sports events, Olympic Games Paris 2024 and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 as the Official Broadcaster, broadcasting the competition live from Paris, France, with an even more special deal for AIS and AIS 3BB Fibre3 customers only, who can watch the fun for free, fully immersive, including live, highlights, and reruns, fully 24 AIS PLAY channels specific for Thai sports fans, with 3 select channels popular sports including Thai athletes’ competitions and highlighted sports with Thai commentary from a team of professional sports commentators, coaches, and former national athletes, available 24 hours a day to enhance the viewing experience for Thai sports fans. The first day of the competition will be broadcast live on July 24 with men's soccer, and the grand opening ceremony on the Seine River will be on July 26. Thais can watch this historic sports event and cheer for the athletes via the AIS PLAY application and the AIS PLAYBOX.

From a team of professional sports commentators, coaches and former Thai national athletes, such as Mr. Wirasak Nilklad, a familiar commentator to sports fans, Mr. Suriya Kulthamrong or 'Pa Yao', a legendary football guru, Ms. Wilawan Apinyapong or 'Captain Gift', a legendary former Thai national women's volleyball player, 16 channels that broadcast live matches, direct from Paris, for fans to watch in real time, 1 special channel with news updates, interviews with athletes, 4 special channels that broadcast full-match sports for everyone to watch to their heart's content. 

Follow more details on the AIS PLAY Sports page. In addition, AIS also provides the experience of watching the live broadcast of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to 3BB Fibre3 customers. You can watch it via the GIGA TV box and GIGA TV App via the AIS PLAY signal. There are 3 channels with Thai commentary from a team of professional sports commentators, coaches, and former national athletes:

https://www.thaipost.net/sport-news/610630/

Though not to be omitted in Thailand, the Thai government the next day announced The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), as the official operator of the live broadcast of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 in Thailand, held a press conference on 'Cooperation in Live Broadcasting of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Paris 2024' to allow Thai people to send their support to the Thai national athletes through watching the live broadcast, which can be called a historic live broadcast with 21 channels receiving signals directly from Paris, which is more than the Tokyo Olympic Games, which had a total of 12 live broadcast channels.

By digital sports channel T Sports 7, the only one from that realm broadcasting live every day, joining hands with 9 MCOT HD, Channel 7HD, and PPTV HD 36, live broadcasting and past content of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games throughout the competition. In addition, this is a very special collaboration where AIS and True Vision join hands to broadcast live without blackouts so that Thai viewers can fully enjoy watching and cheering on their favorite Thai athletes without interruption, covering all 21 channels. They can also watch live broadcasts and past content on various channels via AIS PLAY, including the AIS PLAY application, AIS PLAYBOX, Smart TV, Apple TV and the AIS PLAY website. Including TrueVisions satellite and cable systems, TrueVisions NOW application, and TrueVisions NOW on the TrueID application, making it possible to watch the broadcast throughout the 33rd Olympic Games Paris 2024 from July 24 - August 11, 2024:

https://thestandard.co/sat-partners-broadcast-olympic-games-2024/

 

[Cyriln]

18 minutes ago, Durban Sandshark said:

So this must be what I just now talked about with the behind the scenes stuff on France 2. Ok, what about those pre-Olympic men's and women's soccer, team handball, men's rugby 7s, and even archery matches we would assume France 2 and France 3 expect to air? 

France 2 will be live from 13:45 on July 24 and 25 for the first events, broadcasting the two football matches on prime time (France's handball match is at 7pm so no clash with football, but it may be complicated for rugby, depending on the schedule). France 3 will only be used between 8pm and 9pm, when France 2 will have to broadcast its news report.

[Cyriln]

Looking at France 2's schedule for July 25: Olympic live coverage starts at 13:45 until 23:30, followed by reruns of documentaries about Paris 2024 and a rerun of the July 15's special prime time show celebrating the flame in Paris, ending at 5am. To start again at 6:30 am for the opening ceremony coverage.

[BigVic]

On 6/29/2024 at 2:29 AM, Ikarus360 said:

BBC trailer for Paris 2024.

 

Geo-blocked Down Under 

 

 

Nine's trailer for Australia. 

[DamC]

The most impressive part of France 2's schedule is that the channel is dedicating its primetime slot to the Olympics for the whole week before the opening ceremony, with new documentaries on Monday and Tuesday, and live football on Wednesday and Thursday.

This and the countless hours of daytime coverage following the torch around on July 15th and the day of the opening.

[Ikarus360]

Weird, the OBS ident is leaked usually one month before the games but i haven't found it so far. Any of you guys had more luck?

[FernandoLima]

1 hour ago, Ikarus360 said:

Weird, the OBS ident is leaked usually one month before the games but i haven't found it so far. Any of you guys had more luck?

The Brazilian TV channel CazeTV has posted the following video on their Instagram account on early May:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6wfhSSuHSe/?igsh=aW50djF6bmJld2M1
 

I don’t know if it’s official, but it looks a lot like an OBS opening sequence.

[Cyriln]

30 minutes ago, FernandoLima said:

The Brazilian TV channel CazeTV has posted the following video on their Instagram account on early May:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6wfhSSuHSe/?igsh=aW50djF6bmJld2M1
 

I don’t know if it’s official, but it looks a lot like an OBS opening sequence.

It's the same ending than that video from the Olympics Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/olympics/videos/just-50-days-left-until-paris2024-get-ready-for-unforgettable-moments-and-incred/302413422837949/

I think you got it!

[Ikarus360]

Thank you guys! Yeah, this one screams "official" everywhere but it doesn't has the OBS logo yet.

[Bear]

6 hours ago, Ikarus360 said:

Weird, the OBS ident is leaked usually one month before the games but i haven't found it so far. Any of you guys had more luck?

glad I wasn't the only one thinking about this haha

5 hours ago, FernandoLima said:

The Brazilian TV channel CazeTV has posted the following video on their Instagram account on early May:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6wfhSSuHSe/?igsh=aW50djF6bmJld2M1
 

I don’t know if it’s official, but it looks a lot like an OBS opening sequence.

yes, it looks like its using a similar art style used for the Tokyo 2020 opening sequence, plus both share many of the same elements - pictograms being displayed on billboards / screens, and the look of the games being visible throughout the sequence. Both also depict athletes doing sports in the city, and both end with a shot of the ceremony venue (National Stadium for Tokyo, the Seine for Paris) with city landmarks (Tokyo Tower for Tokyo, the Eiffel Tower + Louvre + Arc for Paris) in the background.