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The event telecasts during the Olympics have aired primarily in the evening and on weekend afternoons on NBC, and varying times on its cable networks (such as after the close of the stock market day on CNBC, the early mornings on MSNBC, overnights on the USA Network, and formerly various hours on now defunct NBCSN).
The host broadcasting organization of the games was BOB ( Beijing Olympic Broadcasting ). The home nation broadcasters are CCTV, CETV. CNR and other broadcasting stations in China with other languages which are broadcasting all competitions, events, galas and ceremonies with the Paralympics.
Beijing 2008: U.S.' incredible victory in 4x100m free relay. Michael Phelps' hopes for eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympics were kept alive by Jason Lezak's incredible anchor leg during the 4x100m freestyle relay, in which the United States beat France by 0.08 seconds.
Broadcast information for the 2008 Summer Olympics on NBC and all of its partners: CNBC, MSNBC, Telemundo (in Spanish), USA Network, Oxygen, Universal HD and sport-specific channels for basketball and soccer. All times are Eastern Daylight Time and are subject to change.
The Olympics has been exclusively broadcast on NBC and NBCUniversal's TV networks in the United States since 1988 for the Summer Olympics and 2002 for the Winter Olympics. American television companies are one of the major sources of revenue for the IOC .
Overall, the 2008 Beijing Olympics were up 8% over the 2004 Athens Games, and were the highest rated Summer Olympics since 1992. The Games were the most viewed television event in history, as 214 million people watched at least six minutes of coverage on NBC’s family of networks.
8 lip 2008 · The seven NBC Universal networks: NBC, USA, MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen, Telemundo and Universal HD, as well as NBCOlympics.com, will offer the most in-depth Olympic coverage in history.
