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NBC Sports & WCSN Partner to Launch Universal Sports

Posted June 17th, 2008 at 8:30 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Olympics

Press Release: NBC Sports, a division of NBC Universal, and World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) have joined forces to create Universal Sports. Universal Sports will combine NBCU’s programming and production expertise and promotional power with WCSN’s leading online destination for Olympic sports plus its growing television network to create the preeminent multiplatform destination for Olympic sports programming.

The announcement was made today by Dick Ebersol, Chairman, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics and Leo Hindery, Jr., Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners, the controlling shareholder of WCSN. Universal Sports will include both a television network and a robust online platform UniversalSports.com.
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NBC Announces 3,600 Hours of Olympic Coverage

Posted August 9th, 2007 at 10:40 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Olympics

NBC Universal Sports & Olympics chairman Dick Ebersol announced today that NBC plans on broadcasting more than 3,600 hours of coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games from Beijing, China. However, the majority of that coverage will be on the internet with live streaming video on NBCOlympics.com.

This is the first time the Olympic Games will be broadcast on the internet. According to the NBC website, the 2008 Olympic Games will feature “302 medal events across 34 sports.”

According to Yahoo! news: