2024 PARIS OLYMPICS

NBC STUDIOS

 

In the summer of 2024, NBC produced the 2024 Olympics from Paris, France.   I had the pleasure of producing and editing for them out of their NBC Studios in Stamford, just north of New York City.

NBC Olympic Facility

The Stamford facility was featured on the NBC New York news in a comprehensive feature.

NBC Broadcast

NBCU’s lead Olympics host Mike Tirico anchored nearly 100 hours across two primetime presentations – live “Paris Prime” coverage from 2-5 p.m. ET and the traditional U.S. primetime at 8 p.m. ET/PT – as NBCU featured the best events live while adding context and special elements for the large evening audience.

From the most-watched Opening Ceremony since 2012 through the Closing Ceremony, NBCUniversal posted a Total Audience Delivery of 30.6 million viewers across the combined live Paris Prime (2-5 p.m. ET) and U.S. primetime (8-11 p.m. ET/PT) time periods – up 82% from Tokyo (16.9 million).

Over the full Games, Paris Prime (daytime) and U.S. primetime coverage posted a streaming TAD of 4.1 million viewers daily across Peacock and NBCU Digital platforms.

The Edit

The Closing Ceremony on NBC and Peacock concluded NBCUniversal’s innovative presentation of the 2024 Paris Olympics – highlighted by 7,000 hours of coverage, 329 events in and around the City of Light (and Tahiti!), and numerous breakout stars for Team USA, which won more medals (126) than any country and tied for the gold-medal lead (40).

The Facility

The 300,000 square-foot broadcast center sits on 32 acres and has numerous amenities including six on-air studios, six control rooms, more than 50 editing rooms, 50 graphics suites, among other features.

The new facility stays connected through more than 1,000 miles of broadcast wires and has an open design, with sports themes throughout its hallways.

Prior to building the new facility, NBC Sports had employees spread out between Philadelphia, Stamford and their main headquarters in New York City. The new headquarters allows NBC to consolidate all of the members of their sports division under one roof.