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The Town with Matthew Belloni

The High Stakes of Broadcasting the Olympics

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3847 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Matt is joined by Mark Lazarus, NBCUniversal Media Group chairman, to discuss the business behind broadcasting the Olympics, how these Games will feel different than the 2020 Olympics, what they learned from streaming an NFL playoff game on Peacock, Al Michaels’s AI broadcasting debut, and NBA rights (2:56). Matt finishes the show with an opening weekend box office prediction for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ (28:22). For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! [email protected] Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Mark Lazarus Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:26.0

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0:28.9

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1:09.7

It's the Olympics.

1:11.4

I love the Olympics.

1:12.3

They are a huge business for Comcast as well, which owns NBC Universal,

1:16.7

the parent of NBC, the cable channels, the Universal Movie Studio, and Peacock, the streamer.

1:22.1

Starting Friday from Paris, they've got 7,000 hours of coverage over 17 days.

1:28.3

5,000 of those on Peacock in the U.S., all 329 medal events.

1:33.8

NBC will have package programming in prime time for the first time.

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