People with visual impairments who view the Olympic Games cannot see what's happening on the field, in the pool, or on the balance beam, but they're getting help in visualizing it. NBCUniversal has partnered with a Canadian company, Descriptive Video Works that have announcers who specialize in describing the games to a visually impaired…
Universal Pictures’ Twisters continues to break box office records and is the latest film to host the Universal Below-the-Line Traineeship, a unique career opportunity which placed trainees across 8 departments including Costume, Art Department, Sustainability, Production Office, Production Accounting, VFX, Construction (Art Department) and Post-Production VFX. In conjunction with the…
NBCUniversal Olympic and Paralympic Advertising Revenue Makes History
For the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, NBCUniversal secured more advertisers than the 2016 Rio Games and 2020's Tokyo Games combined. More than 70% of advertisers for the 2024 Summer Games are new, with nearly half a billion dollars coming from first-time sponsors. Overall, digital ad…
Telemundo’s historic coverage through opening weekend of the 2024 Paris Olympics averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 318,000 viewers across Telemundo, Peacock and Telemundo streaming platforms, up +44% vs. Tokyo through the same point in the Games. On linear, more than 12 million viewers have watched Olympic coverage on Telemundo and Universo.
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No matter how you’re watching Paris 2024 Olympics coverage — NBC News, NBC Sports, “TODAY,” “NBC Nightly News,” Telemundo, Peacock, NBC News NOW or NBCNews.com — there is one team responsible for all the creative, editorial and logistical decisions behind these broadcasts.…