Every Olympic Games has its own set of new and unique challenges, but the onsite operation for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games has faced the unprecedented hurdle of operating in a closed loop. Designed to prevent the spread of COVID, this bubble has made NBC Olympics’ onsite operations even more complex than usual. More
NBC Olympics has been relying on its Sports Production Operations Center (SPOC) in Stamford, CT, more and more with each Games it covers, but the Peacock will take that to a new level for the Beijing 2022 Olympics next month. More than 1,000 crew members and nearly all the on-air talent will be located in […] More
The NBC Olympics efforts around HDR are taking augmented reality to a new level. NBC’s graphics design team and Ross Video’s Rocket Surgery Virtual Productions team have worked closely to bring new realism to AR elements integrated into the primetime set on the terrace of the Hilton Tokyo Odaiba. More
NBC Olympics venue operations are always challenged by everything from the weather to venue changes and even little things like travelling from the IBC to venues and from venue to venue. This year, those challenges expanded a bit with the arrival of UHD, HDR and immersive audio. But, fortunately, some changes on the OBS front […] More
Every NBC Olympic effort sees massive changes and advances with respect to file-based workflows, editing and more. Toss in UHD, HDR and immersive audio and those advances are even more challenging and, ultimately, impressive. Darryl Jefferson, NBC Olympics VP, broadcast operations and technology, and Jim Miles, NBC Olympics, director, digital workflow systems, discussed the multi-continent, timezone and […] More
On the podcast Transformed by Tech: How The Olympics Stay Cutting Edge, produced by The Podium for NBC Olympics, Karl Malone, director of sound design at NBC Universal, discussed how the Games’ sound is collected, produced and processed, transported and ultimately consumed by the broadcast audience for the XXXII Summer Olympics (23 July-8 August 2021 […] More
Grass Valley is to provide its IP media audio and video routing solutions alongside control and monitoring systems for NBC Olympics’ production of the Tokyo Games, which are due to take place this summer. The company has been supplying infrastructure solutions to NBC Olympics since the 2006 Torino Games and has delivered a range of […] More
NBC Olympics has selected RTS to provide broadcast intercom systems and support for its production of the Tokyo Olympic Games. “RTS has been NBC Olympics’ broadcast intercom partner of choice for over 25 years,” said Denis Castanet, director global product management, RTS. “We’re proud to continue playing a key role in their coverage of the […] More
TAG Video Systems is set to provide over the top (OTT) monitoring and multiviewing for NBC Olympics’ production of the Olympic Games, which take place in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August. TAG Video Systems will provide NBC Olympics with an integrated software-based IP probing, monitoring and multiviewer solution to monitor MPEG transport […] More
Avid has been chosen by NBC Olympics to provide the content production and media management platform tools and solutions for its production of the Tokyo Olympic Games this summer. Over the past two decades, Avid has supported NBC Olympics in its ongoing technical innovation to present the American audience with state-of-the-art coverage of the Olympic […] More
