Paris 2024 Media updates

[Sir Rols]

13 minutes ago, FYI said:

Lol, which country/& Olympics was that/for?

Possibly Sydney - we switched to daylight saving a month or so early that year. But I don’t think NBC can take full credit for - it just made sense to have an hour extra daylight for the games. I think school holiday period was also switched to coincide with games time. It was a popular move.

20 minutes ago, FYI said:

Well, I'm obviously not the only one who's annoyed with them, judging by the links I provided earlier (& there's plenty more where those came from).

And yes, pharma sales reps. visited the doctors before to promote the pharma meds. But that's different, cause they're actually *doctors*, but consumers are NOT.  But now, since they're allowed to advertise on U.S. TV, they no longer have to really send in the reps. to the medical offices, cause it's way more effective for them how they do it now.

But even the doctors are getting fed now, cause some patients go in to their offices saying, "hey, I saw this drug on TV for whatever ailment. I think this is what I have, so just give me the prescription for it". Again, consumers are not doctors, so they shouldn't be going in there telling doctors what they "think" they need simply based on some drug ad they saw on TV. Don't use the doctors ad your drug pimp.

And I no longer have a mute bottom on my TV, cause it's been WORN out already by all the fricken drug ads. 

Is live TV still such a big thing in the States? I’m just asking because I never watch, or know anybody even, who watches the live free-to-air channels any more. All I watch is streaming - I switch between the likes of Netflix, Disney, Apple, Amazon Prime etc from month to month. Even if anything’s on the free-to-air networks I’ll watch it from their streaming sites at a time of my choosing. The main thing that holds up free-to-air here is tacky reality shows - the Bachelor, Love Island, Real Housewives etc - and sport. The Olympics is about the only time I have to lower myself into the free-to-air cesspit. 

Edited March 14, 2024 by Sir Rols

[Quaker2001]

4 minutes ago, Sir Rols said:

Possibly Sydney - we switched to daylight saving a month or so early that year. But I don’t think NBC can take full credit for - it just made sense to have an hour extra daylight for the games. I think school holiday period was also switched to coincide with games time. It was a popular move.

Definitely not the same scenario as it was for Seoul in 1988.  That was definitely for the benefit of American viewers.  And remember that none of the Sydney coverage was live back to the States.  Bob Costas has told the story that when he was in Sydney, many days he'd be on his win in to the broadcast center reading the morning paper about events he was about to cover for US primetime TV they hadn't seen yet.  The sad thing is that primetime in the US was 10am-3pm Sydney time.  So they easily could have had some live events there, even if they didn't get accommodations to the competition schedule (as if the Aussies would ever have let them flip the start times of the swimming events like in Beijing and Tokyo.. let's see if FINA tries to pull a stunt like that for Brisbane)

6 minutes ago, Sir Rols said:

Is live TV still such a big thin in the States? I’m just speaking because I never watch, or know anybody even, who watches the live free-to-air channels any more. All I watch is streaming - I switch between the likes of Netflix, Disney, Apple, Amazon Prime etc from month to month. Even if anything’s on the free-to-air networks I’ll watch it from their streaming sites at a time of my choosing. The main thing that holds up free-to-air here is tacky reality shows - the Bachelor, Love Island, Real Housewives etc - and sport. The Olympics is about the only time I have to lower myself into the free-to-air cesspit. 

For sports and some news programs, yes it is.  That's the only thing keeping linear TV alive and preventing more people from moving to streaming.  Broadcast TV's share of audience continues to shrink as streaming gains more viewing hours

[FYI]

6 minutes ago, Sir Rols said:

Is live TV still such a big thing in the States? I’m just asking because I never watch, or know anybody even, who watches the live free-to-air channels any more. All I watch is streaming - I switch between the likes of Netflix, Disney, Apple, Amazon Prime etc from month to month. Even if anything’s on the free-to-air networks I’ll watch it from their streaming sites at a time of my choosing. The main thing that holds up free-to-air here is tacky reality shows - the Bachelor, Love Island, Real Housewives etc - and sport. The Olympics is about the only time I have to lower myself into the free-to-air cesspit. 

Yes, the three major networks & others (& cable channels) here still do that. When a popular NBC soap opera here, for example, was moved from the network over to Peacock a couple of years ago, there was a real uproar over that.

While streaming services have become very popular here as well, at the same time, people here are also starting to cut the cord with those too. Cause when you add up all of the ones like you just named, it then starts to get very expensive, which was the thing against cable a few years back, which is why streaming became popular as a "cheap" alternative. But that's no longer the case here. Especially when a lot of the streaming services have also increased their prices.

I for one, cut Netflix (& a couple of other streaming services) last year cause of their continued price increases & I hardly watched them anyway. And Hulu I haven't had for longer than that. I mainly just watch cable or regular TV these days. I have Peacock (only because of a Black Friday deal last year) & Amazon Prime Video, which comes with your paid Amazon membership anyway.

[Sir Rols]

5 minutes ago, FYI said:

I for one, cut Netflix (& a couple of other streaming services) last year cause of their continued price increases & I hardly watched them anyway. And Hulu I haven't had for longer than that. I mainly just watch cable or regular TV these days. I have Peacock (only because of a Black Friday deal last year) & Amazon Prime Video, which comes with your paid Amazon membership anyway.

I subscribe to one particular service for a month (maybe more if they have a special deal), catch up one what I like from there, then unsubscribe at the end of that month and move onto the next one. Start the cycle again when new shows have built up again and it’s worth going back. For example, this month I’m on Disney to watch Shogun and a few Marvel/Star Wars things. Next month probably Apple to catch Masters of the Air and For All Mankind.

Our two government run networks, the ABC and SBS (mainly multicultural) have great FREE streaming services - ABC iView and SBS on Demand. They’re both wonderful services with great, mixed content.

18 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said:

For sports and some news programs, yes it is.

For news, I basically just follow throughout the day on my trusty tablet. And, yes, I curate my feeds to suit my particular prejudices/preferences.

[FYI]

20 minutes ago, Sir Rols said:

I subscribe to one particular service for a month (maybe more if they have a special deal), catch up one what I like from there, then unsubscribe at the end of that month and move onto the next one. Start the cycle again when new shows have built up again and it’s worth going back.

That's what I basically did with Peacock. There's a couple of shows on there that I watch, but I wanted to wait to see if they were going to have another Black Friday deal like they had the year before. The regular ad verison was a deal (& the ad time on there isn't bad either. Most are like a minute long in five separate segments for an hour show. But even there, they're starting to sneak in those awful pharma ads). And when I went to sign-up, it gave me the option if I wanted to pay for the year upfront, which made it an even better deal! It wasn't the stellar deal like the year before but a deal nonetheless. They also had a BF deal for Hulu last year, which I was contemplating on also doing, but really, who has all that time! Between work, life, Peacock & GB's, etc. there ain't much time left for much else!  

[baron-pierreIV]

52 minutes ago, Sir Rols said:

this month I’m on Disney to watch Shogun

Any good?  I was going to sign up on Hulu just for that -- but then A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW is coming on Paramount and I'd rather watch that and catch up with Shogun later--wherever cheaper.  

[Sir Rols]

7 minutes ago, baron-pierreIV said:

Any good?  I was going to sign up on Hulu just for that -- but then A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW is coming on Paramount and I'd rather watch that and catch up with Shogun later--wherever cheaper.  

Loving it. Still quite a few episodes to drop though, so may be worth waiting.

[Durban Sandshark]

This is a long time coming for us Americans, compared to what Canadians had for Vancouver 2010 and Brazilians with Rio 2026 through Record TV and Cinepolis with London 2012. At least with the Opening Ceremonies in both cases. No doubt spurned on and inspired by the massive success Taylor Swift's and Beyonce's concert films worked on AMC with no studio middlemen. Where was this for NBC in the previous decade?

NBCUNIVERSAL TO OFFER A BLOCK OF THE NBC TELEVISION NETWORKS LIVE DAILY DAYTIME PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC COVERAGE AT AMC THEATERS NATIONWIDE FROM JULY 29-AUGUST 11

Will get to the Payton Manning, Mike Tirico, and Savannah Guthrie NBC Opening Ceremony participation in the coming week. Can't get to the Washington Post Seoul 1988 article for paywall reasons.

  

[sebastien1214]

6 minutes ago, Durban Sandshark said:

This is a long time coming for us Americans, compared to what Canadians had for Vancouver 2010 and Brazilians with Rio 2026 through Record TV and Cinepolis with London 2012. At least with the Opening Ceremonies in both cases. No doubt spurned on and inspired by the massive success Taylor Swift's and Beyonce's concert films worked on AMC with no studio middlemen. Where was this for NBC in the previous decade?

NBCUNIVERSAL TO OFFER A BLOCK OF THE NBC TELEVISION NETWORKS LIVE DAILY DAYTIME PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC COVERAGE AT AMC THEATERS NATIONWIDE FROM JULY 29-AUGUST 11

Will get to the Payton Manning, Mike Tirico, and Savannah Guthrie NBC Opening Ceremony participation in the coming week. Can't get to the Washington Post Seoul 1988 article for paywall reasons.

  

It's funny that NBC is partnering with AMC to broadcast the OOC in theaters, because Thomas Jolly and his team designed this ceremony in the same way as a movie. I had also read in an article that OBS used the technical rehearsals on the Seine to test new cameras which are close to what we are used to seeing on film sets. So in a way, it actually makes sense to broadcast it in cinemas. (in any case, it is more relevant than for previous OOCs)

[Bear]

https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/kelly-clarkson-will-host-the-2024-olympics-opening-ceremony-with-peyton-manning-and

the article also confirms that Jimmy Fallon will host the closing ceremony for NBC. Very fitting in my opinion considering the handover will be to LA.

[Quaker2001]

16 minutes ago, Bear said:

https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/kelly-clarkson-will-host-the-2024-olympics-opening-ceremony-with-peyton-manning-and

the article also confirms that Jimmy Fallon will host the closing ceremony for NBC. Very fitting in my opinion considering the handover will be to LA.

Good point, except for 1 thing.. Fallon does the Tonight Show out of New York.  He's not in LA like Leno was

[Bear]

1 minute ago, Quaker2001 said:

Good point, except for 1 thing.. Fallon does the Tonight Show out of New York.  He's not in LA like Leno was

Meh, close enough. The producer behind the LA presentation also produced late night shows (although for Corden and not Fallon), so there's still somewhat of a connection there.

[Durban Sandshark]

Does inevitably bring a highly foreshadowing celebrity aspect associated and coming with Los Angeles set to host in 2028--not to mention that LA producer connection regarding the late night shows. Guess it's a return of the time when Hollywood and sports colliding really took shape back in 1984.

Pertinent here and especially given that we're now in international women's month. A very important read. The OBS has built up and devoted itself to getting women worldwide inside the broadcasting realm greater roles in covering the Olympics and Paralympics like a massive increase in women staff doing behind the scenes starting in Paris through production work as much presenting a more balanced, fair, and diverse athletes' storytelling realm between the genders and build more into the pipeline for future generations building their skills. There's multiple training programs in cameras, commentary, and to get plenty of women, including former athletes, immersely prepared for such major events. Out of one the programs, the Olympic Commentary Programme, will 12 ex-athletes selected out of 16 prospective ones with many of them selected women. Although it's not exactly 50/50 overall, but rapidly becoming a level playing field:

https://olympics.com/ioc/news/olympic-broadcasting-more-women-in-key-broadcast-roles-at-paris-2024

Jala Washington from Austin's KXAN, an NBC affiliate, is heading to Paris too as its local reporter very likely focusing on the Texan US Olympic contingent. For now, on Saturday mornings, Jala and Meteorologist Rich Segal will chat about the upcoming summer games live on KXAN.com. They will talk about athletes, Texas ties to the games and more behind-the-scenes Olympics coverage:

https://www.kxan.com/sports-general/olympics/paris-2024-a-look-inside-kxans-olympics-coverage/

A group of students from Pierre Mendes-France and Sciences Po conducted a 5-part web radio podcast series on the upcoming 2024 Paris Summer Olympics focusing on "the economic and social aspect of the Paris Olympic Games", "the environmental aspect of the Paris Olympics", "geopolitical conflicts during the Olympics", "new disciplines at the Paris Olympics" and "taking into account disability and gender issues at the Olympics": 

https://www.ladepeche.fr/2024/03/19/jo-de-paris-2024-la-web-radio-etudiante-de-pierre-mendes-france-lance-une-serie-sur-les-jeux-olympiques-11835809.php

Some recent personnel changes for France Televisions when it comes to its planned massive coverage. First off, France 2 journalist Marie Portolano will not co-anchor Telematin with Thomas Sotto at the Musée de l'Homme at the Trocadéro during Paris 2024 due to maternity leave after welcoming her third child (Marie Portolano is also making news with the release of her book in France, I Am The Woman On The Set, that touches on the sexism and sexual violence she encountered as a journalist)

Doctor's orders will prevent Michel Drucker from co-hosting the France 2 daily nighttime show "What a Time!" with Lea Salame due to his heart condition and must be in bed by 11pm at the age of 81 with hopes of being there like in Tokyo 1964. He may turn up later and can watch it on Saturday nights. But he isn't slowing down at his age; Michel's got a couple of upcoming television projects beyond Paris 2024

https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/tv/enceinte-marie-portolano-forfait-pour-les-jeux-olympiques-sur-france-televisions-12-03-2024-QR3CIXSNZ5CCHLBQD2XYRL5II4.php

https://www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/television/4081068-20240313-jo-paris-2024-enceinte-marie-portolano-renonce-couvrir-jeux-france-televisions

https://www.ladepeche.fr/2024/03/17/jo-de-paris-2024-mes-medecins-me-linterdisent-pourquoi-michel-drucker-ne-presentera-pas-lemission-quotidienne-de-france-television-11831443.php

The latest Swedish Kanal 5/Eurosport Sverige/Max's Paris 2024 Summer Olympics analysts announced come from the team handball realm with Swedish team handball stars Matilda Boson and Kim Andersson. The Swedish men have already qualified for Paris, but the women will have to enter through a qualifying period after losing to France in the WWH semis on April 11-14 flying to Debrecen, Hungary to face hosts Hungary, Cameroon, and Japan with the top two in their group bound for Paris, which it should have no problems with. Already introducing and endearing herself with comments on Tunisia - Norway and Hungary - Portugal games starting at 18.30 and 21.00 respectively. All qualifying matches from Norway's group are broadcast on discovery+. Both are expected to team with play-by-play guy Niklas Jarelind:  

https://press-warnerbrosdiscovery-se.translate.goog/post/matilda-boson-och-kim-andersson-bildar-expertteam-i-olympiska-sp?_x_tr_sl=sv&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Staying with upcoming team handball Olympic coverage, next door neighbors Norway will have 4x Olympian, world and Euro champion, and national team captain Marit Malm Frafjord serving as Eurosport Norge/TVNorge/discovery+'s handball expert with Paris 2024 looming. She's also being involved in the men's Olympic handball qualification tournament that Norway was involved in Hungary, Portugal, and Tunisia--and qualified . Susanne Wergeland is expected to be involved in the Norwegian Eurosport/TVNorge/Discovery+ coverage too:

https://presse-warnerbrosdiscovery-no.translate.goog/post/marit-malm-frafjord-blir-handballekspert-for-warner-bros-discove?_x_tr_sl=no&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Details emerge on TV Azteca's and Claro Sports' innovative and monumental Paris 2024 Mexican TV broadcasting collaboration allowing Mexican viewers in customizing the experience, allowing them to be their own programmer and design their sports content agenda according to their interests. It will be, like it previously was for Claros Sports during the Summer Olympics, four channels. But all four channels will be different this time in having over 4000 hours of transmission of sports events and original content production from a Paris studio, each with 18 hours daily.

Channel 1: coverage of the most important events that distribute medals and in which the most important athletes and teams compete.

Channel 2: News Center channel that links live to the broadcasts of the competitions at their most important moment.

Channel 3: monitoring of the competitions of athletes and teams from Mexico and Central America.

Channel 4: monitoring the most important athletes and teams in South America.

This approach is postulated as an innovation in the way of consuming large-scale sporting events, adapting to the needs, media consumption, and tastes of the rapidly changing contemporary public. The broadcast offer for Paris 2024 stands out for an impressive production of up to 12 sporting events narrated simultaneously and the production of 18 hours of original content and production per day from a terrace in the host city of the Olympic Games.

This TV Azteca/Claro Sports coverage will include news, interviews, analysis and a great diversity of sports content that will be transmitted online, radio and through social networks, with products that are not limited to live monitoring and that include special content that will begin to be broadcast from 100 days before the start of the Olympic Games. Not clear this Paris 2024 multichannel broadcasting model will get replicated across Latin America excluding Brazil:

https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2024/03/08/cobertura-innovadora-sin-precedentes-para-los-juegos-olimpicos-paris-2024-la-promesa-de-tv-azteca-y-claro-sports/

We can expect Ines Sainz and Alberto Lati from TV Azteca and Claro Sports, respectively, to be involved in the unprecedented Mexican Paris 2024 coverage presentation. Like when they came together to help present this press conference in Mexico City. With this alliance, we can see social networks clippings, special productions, use of artificial intelligence, in addition to the amplification of some of its contents through allied media and commercial partners of Azteca Media, narration of up to 11 sporting events simultaneously, a multistage studio with the most advanced technology and a privileged view of the French capital, in addition to three documentary series available three months before the start of the Olympic Games, in addition to news, profiles, interviews, sports capsules (starting on April 17--100 days before the start of Paris 2024), analysis, and a complete overview from the experts at Azteca Media, among others:

https://mexico.as.com/masdeporte/azteca-media-y-claro-sports-transmitiran-4-mil-horas-en-vivo-de-los-juegos-olimpicos-paris-2024-n/

Some hope faded badly and sadly that Nine would try and temporarily acquire iconic Australian sportscaster Bruce McAvaney for its Paris 2024 presentation but to no avail. Seven denies digging their heals and blocking their attempts for his services, which would've been his 13th overall. Worth noting McAvaney has scaled back his broadcasting in recent years despite being in the Olympics and the FIFA Women's World Cup but no longer doing the AFL. Nine has since set its sights on Gerard Whateley, who is keen on doing this and resumed negotiations with Nine. Whateley may end up being the lead track and field/athletics caller with Dave Culbert and Tamsyn Manou, who previously worked with McAvaney on 7 during Tokyo 2020:

https://au.sports.yahoo.com/bruce-mcavaney-sad-development-role-paris-olympics-thrown-major-doubt-231433822.html

8 sponsors have been sealed with Ambev, Nivea, Piracanjuba, and Claro (funny seeing you here) will serve as massive sponsors of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games broadcasts on Brazil's Globo TV's 200 hour-coverage on its open side, a R$59 million package that will also be delivered on ge.com, Globoplay and ViU. XP Investimentos, KTO, and Netshoes acquired quotas for the Olympics on pay TV, which includes SporTV, ge.com. Globoplay and VIU at R$2-5 million for an overall R$67 million. Another guaranteed advertiser is also involved as the 8th one but Globo has not yet named it:

https://www.meioemensagem.com.br/midia/globo-ja-garante-sete-marcas-nos-jogos-olimpicos-de-2024

[Durban Sandshark]

RAI 2 will designate itself as the Italian Olympic Channel with 24 hours of continuous Olympic-themed programming with the opening and closing headlining as part of its 360 hours of live competitions and ceremonies, through 2 TV channels and 2 signals simultaneously, also including web streaming and VOD, as well as radio and web radio rights like RAI Sport and RAI Play: these are just some of the pluses of the Rai editorial offer for the next Olympic Games which, after 12 years, they return to Europe, to Paris. Also with live broadcasts and in-depth features at the opening and closing of the day. Rai Sport HD will also not miss the event, offering around 10 hours of live broadcasts and content dedicated to the Games.

https://www.touchpoint.news/2024/03/19/rai-pubblicita-offerta-total-video-a-cpm-per-le-olimpiadi-di-parigi-2024/

TVP Polska announces there won't be any Polish 4K production of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and EURO 2024 with no launching of TVP 4K:

https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/koniec-tvp-4k

CT 2 and CT Sport are showing the Czech Republic women's handball team's quest for Paris 2024 Olympic qualification with games versus Spain, Argentina, The Netherlands, and Portugal this April:

https://www.handball.cz/aktualita/handball-reprezentace-zeny-ceska-televize-odvysila-kvalifikaci-oh-brezen-2023

Apparently according to a Digital TV reader in Denmark, Danish viewers will once again and expectedly see a split in the Paris 2024 shared live coverage between DR and TV2, according to a published list from Team Denmark and the Danish Sports Confederation both channels get while others are covered live exclusively on Flow TV either by DR or TV 2. But this time, a few sports will be shared--the popular ones like team handball, track and field, Danish tennis participation, and both ceremonies. Despite all not being yet officially announced:

https://digitalt.tv/ol-2024-paa-tv-og-streaming/

[Quaker2001]

“GOLD ZONE” WHIP-AROUND SHOW MAKES PEACOCK DEBUT DURING NBCUNIVERSAL’S COVERAGE OF OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024

Wonderful news for viewers in the United States.  NBC is bringing back Gold Zone for this summer.  And they'll have Scott Hanson AND Andrew Siciliano as hosts.

Will run 7am to 5pm from July 27th through August 10th.  

150 HOURS OF COMMERCIAL FREE OLYMPICS!!

 

[Durban Sandshark]

AND...that very article also notes that Telemundo's Spanish-language debut live coverage of the Opening Ceremony from Paris starts at 1pm US/Canada ET (12pm CT).

[Durban Sandshark]

HOW PEACOCK UNVEILS ITS PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES STREAMING AND VIEWING EXPERIENCE

[Quaker2001]

18 minutes ago, Durban Sandshark said:

HOW PEACOCK UNVEILS ITS PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES STREAMING AND VIEWING EXPERIENCE

Lots to get excited about there.  If the actual product is as advertised, it should be a great viewing experience for the Olympics!

[Cyriln]

Warner Bros. Discovery finally confirms the launch of its streaming platform, Max, in Europe. The launch is scheduled for 21 May in several European countries but for some of them (including France), the launch is only planned «before the Olympics». Three types of subscriptions are announced (Basic (with ads), Standard and Premium), as well as a Sports option, but there are no more details for now.

Eurosport, and its broadcast of 2024 Olympics, will be included on the platform.

[Durban Sandshark]

Even more big and related news regarding NBC's upcoming Paris 2024 presentation, coming out of the AMC Theaters news. And I do literally mean big. It'll be obviously such a huge experience seeing covering the entire projection sphere:

NBC TELEVISION NETWORKS' LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY TO MAKE IMAX DEBUT

https://awfulannouncing.com/olympics/nbc-paris-summer-imax-opening-ceremony.html

No word on whether there will actually be the Telemundo Spanish language version, which we know will finally happen, getting included in this. If so, I can see it just included only for American cities with significant Spanish communities (New York, Houston, Phoenix, San Antonio, Denver, Miami, Orlando, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Las Vegas, San Diego, San Juan, Dallas, Albaquerque, Austin, El Paso, Tucson, Tampa-St. Petersburg). Will there actually be an option for that?

Also, look for NBC to drop its trailer promoting its upcoming and massive Paris 2024 Summer Olympics coverage that will run at IMAX theaters nationwide later this week--March 29 (Good Friday) to be exact.

TVNorge/Eurosport N plans to assemble over 100 people as its staff for its Paris 2024 coverage, increasing from its current dozen employees--and has a Finn, Helsinki-based Annti Haajanen, fronting it as its Norwegian sports manager. Would like to read it more but there's a paywall on this  

https://kampanje.com/premium/februar-2024/innsikt/warner-bros-discovery-varsler-storinnrykk-vi-snakker-over-100-personer-som-vil-jobbe-med-ol/

Since we got into TV Azteca and Claro Sports' Paris 2024 sports broadcasting plans. Now we got at least some general info from its giant Mexican TV rival, Televisa. Two of its channels, Canal 5 (specializing in youth-oriented programming, American series, and films) and Canal 9 (telenovelas reruns, sports, news, and comedy shows) will handle the Summer Olympic programming as it goes live from 7am-3pm Mexico/US/Canada CT focusing on the best and live performances along with "carrying out a very detailed follow-up of the participation of the different athletes who will represent Mexico in the summer event, so you will be able to directly witness the medals that the Mexican delegation achieves and also including "special programs, analysis tables and full coverage of the biggest sporting event of the year." Surely there will be more details forthcoming:

https://www.tudn.com/juegos-olimpicos/paris-2024/quien-transmitira-juegos-olimpicos-paris-2024-por-television-mexico

Now Claro Sports also hooks up with YouTube to provide the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics with all of its hours, including 2000 on-demand videos with highlights, clips, medals, analysis and more, all on Claro Sports’ YouTube channel that's totally free through 16 Latin American countries. Claro Sports' Paris 2024 coverage is 24 hours a day, seven days a week; with 50 live competitions daily, up to 10 simultaneously. Seriously focusing on Gen Z and their sports viewing habits:

https://todotvnews.com/en/what-the-agreement-between-claro-sports-and-youtube-tells-us-about-the-new-sports-tv-and-the-paris-2024-olympic-games/

[Durban Sandshark]

Globo TV will have, as a reminder, will air 200 hours. Another thousand hours will be broadcast on the four SporTV channels, apart from the Globoplay apparatus, which will bring together 45 extra official live signals from the games. More than 100 commentators participate overall in the coverage. With the Brazilian men shockingly not appearing in men's soccer this time, the women's soccer and volleyball teams will hopefully take up the slack for Globo (the men's basketball team can still qualify but it'll be a challenge). KTO, BTW, is a betting service that joins as one of Globo's Paris 2024 Olympics sponsors:  

https://www.gamesbras.com/english-version/2024/3/13/kto-signs-with-globo-and-will-be-sponsor-of-olympic-games-paris-2024-broadcasts-43417.html

Globo/SporTV will have a team of 400 people overall. Out of that, only 60 of them will actually be on location in Paris and Tahiti. Here's some of what we now know: Leticia Bufoni just joined to provide skateboarding commentary after participating in Tokyo. Basketball hall of famer Hortencia Macari will do basketball analysis. Bruno Schmidt comes to Globo/SporTV for the first time getting involved in beach volleyball as his nephew Tadeu will co-host a daily program with Fernanda Garay. The great Galvao Bueno will have his own daily nighttime show as well as commentating once again on the opening ceremony.

https://oglobo.globo.com/play/noticia/2024/03/15/globo-escala-equipe-numerosa-para-os-jogos-olimpicos-mas-so-uma-pequena-parte-saira-do-pais.ghtml

https://oglobo.globo.com/play/noticia/2024/03/14/globo-anuncia-leticia-bufoni-como-comentarista-dos-jogos-olimpicos-de-paris.ghtml

https://www.terra.com.br/esportes/jogos-olimpicos/leticia-bufoni-vai-integrar-o-grupo-globo-nas-olimpiadas-de-paris-2024,17a17d9345c61420dc0582852706eff27zrkdfmt.html

[Durban Sandshark]

The NBC Paris 2024 live IMAX opening ceremony trailer is now up

 

[Sir Rols]

 

1 hour ago, Durban Sandshark said:

The NBC Paris 2024 live IMAX opening ceremony trailer is now up

 

It’d probably be incredibly spectacular and immersive to watch the OC on IMAX. Probably even better than viewing from the stands.

Edited March 29, 2024 by Sir Rols

[sebastien1214]

2 minutes ago, Sir Rols said:

Probably even better than viewing from the stands.

I think that in any case, even in front of the television it will be better because we will see everything. Having the ceremony 6km from the Seine is a brilliant idea, but the disadvantage for those who will be there is that they will not see everything live, unlike in a stadium. (but hey, it will probably still be a great experience to see it on site)

[Sir Rols]

5 minutes ago, sebastien1214 said:

I think that in any case, even in front of the television it will be better because we will see everything. Having the ceremony 6km from the Seine is a brilliant idea, but the disadvantage for those who will be there is that they will not see everything live, unlike in a stadium. (but hey, it will probably still be a great experience to see it on site)

Yeah, in terms of following everything and getting the best views, both of the OCs and the sports, television’s always better. But you don’t get to experience the atmosphere or join in with the crowd spirit in front of a TV.

Edited March 29, 2024 by Sir Rols