IOCWKFOlympicsANOC Español Paris 2024TeqballParalympics
Articles

NBC Sports will shut down Olympic Channel

The company said it will cease production on September 30 of this year

Bradley Smith

Por Bradley Smith

Compartir
Compartir articulo
A person has their photo taken at an Olympic Rings installation at the Channel Gardens Rockefeller Center in New York City, U.S., July 24, 2021. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
A person has their photo taken at an Olympic Rings installation at the Channel Gardens Rockefeller Center in New York City, U.S., July 24, 2021. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado

The end of 2021 was also the end of the road for NBC Sports’ NBCSN sports network. Now comes the announcement the company’s Olympic Channel is also headed for the graveyard.

The company said Friday the Olympic Channel will shut down for good on September 30.

“In order to best reach our target audiences, we are reevaluating our programming distribution strategy regarding the content that currently airs on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA with our partners at the IOC and USOPC,” the spokesperson said. “We will be announcing our exciting new plans for Olympic content in the fall.”

NBCUniversal is the exclusive television home for the Winter and Summer Olympic Games in the United States, and has been for the past 22 years. They have a long-term rights deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) through the Brisbane 2032 Games.

The most recent Olympic Games in Beijing were not kind to NBCUniversal as TV ratings hit historic lows.

2022 Beijing Olympics - Alpine Skiing - Men's Downhill - National Alpine Ski Centre, Yanqing district, Beijing, China - February 6, 2022. General view of a TV screen in the media center as the start is delayed. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
2022 Beijing Olympics - Alpine Skiing - Men's Downhill - National Alpine Ski Centre, Yanqing district, Beijing, China - February 6, 2022. General view of a TV screen in the media center as the start is delayed. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage drew the smallest TV audience in Olympic history for Beijing 2022, and was a 40 percent decrease from the PyeongChang 2018 Games. The 2018 Games were the previously lowest-rated Olympics in TV history.

The Tokyo 2020 Games marked the first time the Olympic Channel carried live Olympic events, with coverage of tennis and wrestling. The Olympic Channel launched in 2017, with the USOPC serving as a minority owner. The channel previously aired live events which featured Olympic sports, but not during the actual Games.

A spokesperson for NBC Sports said the company will figure out where the Olympic Channel’s sports content will be shown after Sept. 30.

Temas Relacionados

Olympic ChannelNBC SportsNBCUniversalBeijing 2022PyeongChang 2018

Recent Articles

Runners of the suspected final of the Beijing Half Marathon were sanctioned

The Chinese He Jie, who won the race, and the Africans Dejene Hailu Bikila, Robert Keter and Willy Mnangat, who would have let him win, must return the medals and prizes obtained in the competition.
Runners of the suspected final of the Beijing Half Marathon were sanctioned

If not the Seine River, where? : the alternatives for the opening ceremony that Macron revealed

For the first time, the President of France mentioned the other plans that the organization has for Paris 2024 in the event that, finally, the parade of delegations across the Seine River cannot take place on July 26. “We prepared them in parallel,” he said.
If not the Seine River, where? : the alternatives for the opening ceremony that Macron revealed

Shock in the world of gymnastics due to the death of María Herranz

The athlete, who represented Spain in the last World Trampoline Gymnastics Championships held in Birmingham, lost her life “suddenly”.
Shock in the world of gymnastics due to the death of María Herranz

The United States confirmed a basketball team that matches the 1992 Dream Team

With LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, the North American national team will try to claim a 2023 World Cup in which they did not reach the podium. They will debut on July 28 against Serbia.
The United States confirmed a basketball team that matches the 1992 Dream Team

Handball drew the groups for Paris 2024: France will seek to defend its crowns

In both men and women, two groups of six were formed and the first four in each zone will go to the quarterfinals. The local teams will try to retain titles won in Tokyo.
Handball drew the groups for Paris 2024: France will seek to defend its crowns