Summer Olympic Games 2020 Broadcasters

[Orangehair43 251]

2 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said:

I know this is meaningless to anyone not in the United States, but they just released their full TV schedule..

 

TOKYO OLYMPICS LISTINGS

 

I put together a big spreadsheet of all the event listings.  I'll share that here once I add all this info in.

It’s good to see the opening ceremony is at least shown live in the USA.

[Quaker2001 251]

1 minute ago, bmo said:

FINALLY!!!

My thoughts exactly.  Was worried this wouldn't come until after the weekend.

 

1 minute ago, Orangehair43 said:

It’s good to see the opening ceremony is at least shown live in the USA.

They had a press release about that a few months ago.  Yes, absolutely it's long past time to have that happen.  Of course, who knows what the Ceremonies will look like without spectators in attendance

[Orangehair43 251]

Just now, Quaker2001 said:

My thoughts exactly.  Was worried this wouldn't come until after the weekend.

 

They had a press release about that a few months ago.  Yes, absolutely it's long past time to have that happen.  Of course, who knows what the Ceremonies will look like without spectators in attendance

Through the closing ceremony is only live on Peacock which I believe is a streaming service?

[Quaker2001 251]

4 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

Through the closing ceremony is only live on Peacock which I believe is a streaming service?

Correct

[Orangehair43 251]

5 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said:

Correct

I wonder if that is because more people would watch the closing love as it’s a weekend morning compared to the weekday morning of the opening ceremony. 
 

 

Here in the UK the opening ceremony is only fully shown once live and in the evening they will be 60 minutes of highlights.

 

I can’t remember if in 2016 when the ceremonies were overnight were a full rerun shown in the morning. I stayed up and watched both fully live. 

[Cinnamon Bun 890]

13 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said:

My thoughts exactly.  Was worried this wouldn't come until after the weekend.

 

They had a press release about that a few months ago.  Yes, absolutely it's long past time to have that happen.  Of course, who knows what the Ceremonies will look like without spectators in attendance

There'll still be VIP's there I think so it won't be as bad as most expect.

[Quaker2001 251]

5 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

I wonder if that is because more people would watch the closing love as it’s a weekend morning compared to the weekday morning of the opening ceremony. 
 

 

Here in the UK the opening ceremony is only fully shown once live and in the evening they will be 60 minutes of highlights.

 

I can’t remember if in 2016 when the ceremonies were overnight were a full rerun shown in the morning. I stayed up and watched both fully live. 

NBC and some of their cable networks still have programming all throughout that Sunday, so they probably want to save TV coverage of the Closing Ceremony until that night.  And the streaming option is still there for those who want to watch it live

[NearPup 3,041]

48 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said:

I know this is meaningless to anyone not in the United States, but they just released their full TV schedule..

 

TOKYO OLYMPICS LISTINGS

 

I put together a big spreadsheet of all the event listings.  I'll share that here once I add all this info in.

Very little appears to be on Peacock. I guess a cable subscription will be required to watch on NBCOlympics?

[bmo 194]

1 minute ago, NearPup said:

Very little appears to be on Peacock. I guess a cable subscription will be required to watch on NBCOlympics?

Yes, I believe you need a cable subscription 

[Quaker2001 251]

Just now, NearPup said:

Very little appears to be on Peacock. I guess a cable subscription will be required to watch on NBCOlympics?

Correct, but note there are some big ticket events on Peacock, notably gymnastics and track and field.  And they are on the free version of Peacock rather than the premium service (with the exception of men's basketball, that's premium), so that's a big deal for them to be offering anything up for free rather than putting it behind a paywall