Among the 1204 hours of total coverage from Athens will be 399 hours in HD, which has the potential to reach nearly 90 percent of U.S. TV households.

NBC is using ScheduALL software to manage its production workflow during the network's coverage of the Winter Olympic Games in Torino. ScheduALL's ScheduLINK software tracks and manages feeds coming into the broadcast center from various Olympic events in Torino. It also allows each department at NBC to work in

NBC Universal's coverage of the Torino Olympic Winter Games next month will feature the most coverage (including the most live reporting) from more remote sites of any Winter Olympics in history, according to NBC. It will also include the most HD coverage in Olympics history. NBC Universal -- comprised of networks NBC

NBC Olympics will use digital video transmission equipment from Scopus Network Technologies to transport its 24-hour coverage of the 2004 Olympic Games from Athens this August. NBC will transmit signals from the International Broadcast Center (IBC) in Athens to various sites in the United States for broadcast via NBC n

"NBC is breaking new ground with its comprehensive HD coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the network's ability to provide high-quality sound will be key to the delivery of the Games in all their glory," said Tim Carroll, president of Linear Acoustic.

With the summer Beijing Olympics only a year away, NBC said it will increase the amount of material presented to its audience compared to what it broadcast three years ago from Athens.

As part of its all-HD coverage of the Olympics, NBC is including prerecorded and edited programs. In the event that the editing and recording equipment used doesn't have enough channels to support 5.1 surround sound, the UPMAX:neos will provide the upmixing capability needed to maintain sound quality throughout.