Summer Olympics

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For those interested.


HDTV coverage will begin at 9PM ET, 9PM PT on Friday, August 13 with the Opening Ceremony.  This coverage is airing the same night as the Opening Ceremony on NBC.  HDTV coverage will be a special HDTV feed, and is therefore different than the NBC Network standard definition feed.  HDTV will also have different NBC announcers.  Prior to the Opening Ceremony, a Salt Lake HDTV highlights show will be fed at 8PM ET and 8PM PT.  The four-hour Opening Ceremony will be repeated all day Saturday, August 14, ending at 4AM ET and 1AM PT on August 15.  (Specific feed patterns for each time zone will be sent at a later date).

 
Competition coverage on HDTV will begin at 4AM ET, 1AM PT on Sunday, August 15.  As in 2002, the events will be the "major" sports in the Olympics - track & field, swimming, gymnastics, diving and basketball medal round.  Competition will be aired in "complete" form, i.e. complete sessions wherever possible.  The original show each day will last six or eight hours depending on the events that day, and will be repeated until 4AM ET the following day.  As with the Opening Ceremony, HDTV coverage will be a separate production, with separate NBC announcers.


HDTV Olympic coverage will end at 12N ET, 9AM PT on Monday, August 30 with the final airing of the Closing Ceremony.  The first airing of the Closing Ceremony will be 4AM ET, 1AM PT August 30.

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