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Typical
WBD has revealed plans for “wall-to-wall” coverage of the Olympics, which begin later this month in the French capital. Eurosport will show the games across 47 markets in 19 languages through Max and Discovery+ and on most of its television channels.
This will total 3,800 hours, with every moment of the events streamed — including all 329 medal ceremonies, and the opening and closing ceremonies offered in HDR.
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Will be interesting to see how they leverage both international team members in each market and the TNT team as well.
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Channel 4 has revealed details of its coverage of next month’s Paris Paralympics.
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NBC will also present Today from near where Nine’s namesake show will do so
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To add to that:
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TVB has a more artist-studded lineup, with former Chinese springboard athlete He Chong as their highest-profiled professional pundit.
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Meanwhile, ViuTV’s lineup also include current or ex-athletes, plus karateka Grace Lau, the bronze winner in Tokyo Olympics, as one of the hosts.
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Both TVB and ViuTV will have 17 extra online/OTT feeds, in addition to their FTA channels, for an immersive viewing experience. The former’s primetime schedule will be dedicated to the Olympics.
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RTHK will work closer with Chinese state broadcasters on their coverage. In addition, a new channel, RTHK TV36 started test broadcasting with local events, which would be dedicated to Olympics coverage per local forums. Specifics is yet to be announced, but judging by the broadcaster’s pattern of launching Chinese state stations in July (CGTN Documentary in 2022 and CGTN in 2023), it might be another collaboration with Chinese state/regional broadcasters.
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Article says they will present from a Studio B, doesn’t say where it is though.
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Given four networks will broadcast the Paris Olympics in Hong Kong, I hope there is a consensus that they will not show the same event (especially athletics and swimming finals) on their main channel at the same time, to give viewers more choice. For example, on a given night, TVB and RTHK can show the swimming finals, while HOY shows basketball and ViuTV shows hockey.
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Interestingly NBC is also branding its Today Olympic specials as Today in Paris as what they do for past Games
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Here is a summary of the coverage of the first day of Paris Olympics on Hong Kong TV.
TVB
The opening ceremony will be shown on both Jade (Cantonese channel) and TVB Plus from 1am to 5am on Saturday, July 27. The live telecast will have both Cantonese and English commentary (English from OBS I believe). A one-hour highlights of the event will air on Pearl (English channel) at 8am followed by the 2.5 hour highlights on Jade at 9am and on TVB Plus at 1.45pm.
Jade schedule
2.45pm Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Afternoon Live
6.00pm News Magazine
6.30pm News at 6.30 and Weather
7.00pm Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Primetime Live
11.15pm Late News and Weather
11.35pm Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Focus Live (until 5am)
TVB Plus schedule
1.45pm Paris 2024 Olympic Games - opening ceremony highlights
4.15pm Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Afternoon Live
6.00pm Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Evening Live
7.50pm Horse Racing: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes Day (Live)
12.40am Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Overnight Live (until 4am)
RTHK
Channel 32’s coverage starts on July 27 with the opening ceremony live from 1am to 5am. Daily live coverage starts at 2.25pm and runs until 5am the next day.
Viu TV
Channel 99’s live coverage begins with the opening ceremony at 12.30am on July 27 and runs to 5.30am. Daily coverage begins at 3pm and is divided into two sections: Ring of Fire (3pm-9.30pm) and Crown of Sparks (9.30pm-4.30am). Channel 96’s daily coverage is titled Golden Blaze and airs from 3pm to 4am the next day, with a 15-minute break for news at 7pm.
HOY TV
International Business Channel (Channel 76)
1.55am - 5.15am Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony
3.00pm Paris 2024 Olympics Live
9.00pm Main News
9.15pm Paris 2024 Olympics Live
11.00pm Late News
11.15pm Paris 2024 Olympics Live
HOY TV (Channel 77)
11.30pm Friday - 5.15am Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony
8.00am Olympics on HOY TV: Morning Highlights
12.00pm Olympics on HOY TV: Afternoon Selection
3.00pm Olympics on HOY TV: 3pm Live
6.30pm News at 6.30
7.00pm Olympics on HOY TV: Primetime Action
11.00pm Late News
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Presumably a consequence of TVB’s agreement with the Hong Kong Jockey Club, which mandated them to broadcast overseas and local racing events live. Also notably absent from the coverage is TVB Pearl, whereas ViuTV6 will have live games like their Cantonese sister.
… is also the most aggressive scheduling-wise, as the news is pushed forward to 2pm, leaving their usual 6/7pm timeslots for live games. Late news is pushed from 2.30 to 4.30am the following day.
[Update 26/7/2024] Hoy TV (Ch.77) is also ridding their primetime news, with bulletins at 12nn and 4am next morning.
And on the new Channel 36 as well, which will be a simulcast of the Olympic Channel.
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TVB Pearl will have daily highlights at 8am and 1pm during the Games.
On Sunday (July 28), Pearl will have live broadcast from 5.40pm to 12.15am, covering lunchtime and afternoon action from day 2. The main news will move forward from the normal time of 7.30pm to 5.15pm.
UPDATE 23/7/2024
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NBC’s Paris Olympics schedule on the networks of NBC
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Sky NZ coverage info
Sky Open will show the opening ceremony live from 5am NZT this Saturday (July 27), with a one-hour highlights at 6pm. Live action of day 1 begins at 7.30pm and continues until 7am Sunday morning.
CBC broadcast schedule (times in Canadian Eastern Daylight Time)
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Hoy TV Hong Kong recently debuted their studio, which looks more elaborate than last time:
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WBD’s studios
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