Is the winner of a game the first one to 15 or first to 21?
Papers were shuffled, gadget screens swiped.
I think I speak for everyone in the building when I say that it takes over your entire life.
Opened in 2013 under the NBC Sports banner, NBCUniversal’s remote production hub is a 300,000-square-foot facility in suburban Stamford, CT. The company’s Olympic Games control rooms, and most of its staff, work here instead of in Paris.Dade Hayes
That ratio could grow even more at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy.
The too-much-ness-as-an-asset view was advanced byThe Guardianin a piecedeclaringParis an overwhelming triumph.
The shift toward Stamford isnt about saving money, Rosenfeld insists.
In many ways, its about redeploying resources.
As a member of the production team in Sydney and Athens, I was sitting in a broom closet.
My pupils were the size of frisbees for three weeks, she recalled.
I never saw the light of day.
This time,Peacock is the anchor, streaming all 329 medal events.
That synergy, dashed by Covid, is reasserting itself.
The subway map has added dramatically more stops.
On one recent day, Peacock showed about 280 individual streams, 65 of them unique and concurrent ones.
Jefferson drew a direct link to the positive reception to the Games and the step-up in technology.
People are really responding, he said.
Its buzzing, she said.
Theres not a single parking spot available at that point.
About 30,000 hotel bookings have been handled during the Games.
Were not asking anybody to lie.
Were not trying to fool anybody.
People say, Are you upset youre not in Paris?
No, because this is the hub here.
This is where the actions happening.
