Producing the Paris Olympics for NBC
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Episode 414 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jack Felling, a vice president and coordinating producer of original content for NBC Sports who has oversight for the features that you will see during the Paris Olympics, and Rob Hyland, the producer of NBC’s primetime Olympics coverage, an assignment he began with the Tokyo Olympics and continued with the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Hyland is also the producer of Sunday Night Football. In this podcast, Felling and Hyland discuss the kinds of Olympic features the U.S. audience will see in Paris; NBC’s primetime presentation this year and how the primetime show will be different for viewers because of the time difference from Paris; the philosophical approach to covering these Games; why Paris will be a co-star for the NBC production; the most unique opening ceremony production in Olympics history and how it can right or wrong; why Norway is such a fascinating country for profiles; what you will likely see at the start of each night for NBC’s primetime coverage; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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