With more than 6,700 hours of coverage planned for this year’s Rio Olympics — 1,200 more than what it produced for the London Games in 2012 — NBC’s coverage has grown into a marathon unto itself. Telemundo and NBC Universo will also offer nearly 275 hours of coverage from Rio in Spanish. The first city in South America to host the Olympics, Rio de Janeiro also offers a significant time zone advantage for airing live events, which stands in contrast with Sochi, Russia, in 2014 and Beijing in 2008. Some of the NBC networks will also target specific events, with tennis primarily being aired on Bravo and golf events moving to the Golf Channel. The U.S. will also look to continue its recent run of dominance in women’s soccer, men’s basketball and women’s beach volleyball.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 03, 2016 22:52 UTC