STAMFORD, CONN.—NBC Sports has released some stats related to its coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro beginning on Friday:
1.1 billion+ Dollars generated in national ad sales.

120,000 Tons of equipment sent to Rio.

75,000 Square feet of space inside the NBC Olympics compound in the International Broadcast Center in Rio.

40,000 Meters of fiber-optic cable in the NBC Olympics compound in Rio.

10,500 Approximate number of athletes competing in the Rio Games.

6,755 Hours of coverage across 11 NBCUniversal platforms.

4,500+ Hours of live streaming coverage.

2,000+ Employees on-site in Rio.

2750 Color broadcast monitors in Rio.

1,800 Terabytes of video disk storage.

1,000+ Employees working in NBC Sports Group’s International Broadcast
Center in Stamford, Conn.

450 Total cameras used for the OBS host feed.

250 Total cameras used for NBC Olympics coverage (including OBS, venue and studio).

132 HD feeds coming in from Rio.

52 Years since NBC‘s first broadcast of the Olympic Games (1964 Tokyo Games).

51 Edit suites located in the NBC Olympics compound in the International Broadcast Center in Rio.

28 Sports featured, comprising 306 medal events.

18 Studios and control rooms (two studios and two control rooms in Rio; six studios and eight control rooms in Stamford).

8 Number of tiers in the NBC Olympics marketing campaign, which generates billions of impressions and reaches every American dozens of times.

2 Apps available for fans following the games (NBC Sports and NBC Olympics Highlights and Results).

2 Each of the previous two Summer Olympics have set the record for the most-watched event in U.S. television history (London 217 million; Beijing 215 million).

1 Number of hours Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is ahead of the East coast. Making the 2016 Rio Games the most live Olympics ever.

1 Addendum: “Number of ATSC 3.0 stations in the United States broadcasting the Olympics over-the-air in 4k UHD.” ~ on behalf of the staff of WRAL-TV in Raleigh, N.C.

0 Number of times Brazil has hosted the Olympics.

STAMFORD, CONN.—NBC Olympics and Google are partnering on an in-depth Olympic search platform for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, starting with the Aug. 5 opening ceremony.

The collaboration centers on the Google Search results for Olympic-related searches in the United States. When people Google information about the Olympics, they will see an originally-designed Google search result featuring NBC Olympics video highlights; tune-in information for NBC Olympics’ 6,755 hours of TV and digital coverage; links to relevant information and authenticated live video streams on NBCOlympics.com; and a running medal count.

Short-form NBC Olympics highlights will come up at the top of search results in a YouTube player. The content will also be available at NBC Olympics’ YouTube channel in the United States.

Just below the highlights, and when appropriate, there will be a tune-in button that says “Watch Live on NBCOlympics.com.” This will provide a direct link to watch events related to the search or that are otherwise being streamed live on NBCOlympics.com or on the NBC Sports app for mobile searches.

During competition hours, there will be tune-in information in the Google Search results regarding the next events that are coming up across NBC Olympics’ TV and digital platforms. A “Full Schedule & Results” button will link to NBCOlympics.com’s robust schedule page to help fans stay up-to-date and tuned-in to the Games.

Search results will also link to additional information on NBCOlympics.com—such as bios, medal counts, and individual sport pages—that is related to the original search.

NBC Olympics’ coverage of the Opening Ceremony for the 2016 Rio Olympics begins Friday, August 5, at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

STAMFORD, CONN.—NBC Olympics announced today that it will provide virtual reality coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games exclusively to authenticated users of compatible Samsung Galaxy smartphones together with Samsung Gear VR via the NBC Sports app, marking the first time Olympics programming will be available in VR.

The 85 hours of VR programming, which will be captured by Olympic Broadcasting Services and supplied to NBC Olympics, will include the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, men’s basketball—including the semifinals and final—gymnastics, track and field, beach volleyball, diving, boxing, and fencing, as well as highlight packages of those sports.

All VR programming will be presented on delay, from Aug. 6, the day after the Opening Ceremony, through Aug. 22, the day after the Games conclude. Only Samsung Galaxy smartphones compatible with Gear VR will be able to access the VR content section of the NBC Sports app. Samsung customers can view the VR content via TV Everywhere on the NBC Sports app after authenticating through their pay TV provider.

“Olympic fans can be transported to iconic venues such as Maracana Stadium for an unprecedented view of the Opening Ceremony, and Copacabana Beach for an immersive beach volleyball experience in the sport’s ultimate setting,” said Gary Zenkel, president of NBC Olympics.

Marc Mathieu, chief marketing officer at Samsung Electronics America, said, “We are thrilled to work with NBC and OBS on this first-of-its-kind endeavor, connecting fans right to the action in Rio, powered by 360-degree storytelling, virtual reality and our Galaxy phones.”

OBS CEO Yiannis Exarchos said, “Our first test in Lillehammer, together with Samsung, for the Winter Youth Olympic Games was highly successful and we look forward to further exploring this exciting technology with NBC in Rio.”

Samsung said its Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note5 phones, when paired with the Samsung Gear VR headset, provide an untethered, immersive experience with 360-degree content for a mobile VR experience.

Samsung is the Official Smartphone Partner of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics is Friday, Aug. 5, on NBC.