NBCUNIVERSAL TO OFFER A BLOCK OF THE NBC TELEVISION NETWORK'S LIVE DAYTIME COVERAGE OF 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS IN AMC THEATRES NATIONWIDE JULY 27-AUGUST 11
Select Hours of NBC's Daytime Coverage to be Presented Live as a Ticketed Event in Approximately 160 AMC Locations Throughout United States
NBCU's Olympic Games Paris 2024 Promotional Trailer to Begin Running in AMC Theatres on March 29
STAMFORD, Conn. - March 13, 2024 - The NBC television network will extend its daily live daytime coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics to AMC Theatres (NYSE:AMC) as a ticketed event throughout the United States from July 27-August 11, it was announced today.
Beginning the day after the Opening Ceremony, select daytime hours of NBCUniversal's live coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC will be shown in approximately 160 AMC locations nationwide, allowing fans to gather and experience the competitions, moments, stories, and emotion of the Olympics on the big screen as they unfold live in Paris. Tickets will be available for purchase through AMC and Fandango this summer.
On March 29, an NBCUniversal promotional trailer for its coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics will begin to run in AMC theatres nationwide.
"The Olympic Games always provide a wonderful, shared experience, and this summer communities across the country will have the opportunity to cheer for Team USA or their own hometown hero in local AMC Theatres," said Gary Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics. "The afternoon broadcasts on NBC will offer many of the most compelling live moments from Paris, and we believe these gatherings will fuel overall enthusiasm for the Games."
"We are excited to extend NBC's daily live coverage of the Paris Olympic Games to AMC Theatres across the country, allowing fans to gather and watch the drama, intrigue, and spectacle of the Summer Games this July," said Adam Aron, Chairman and CEO, AMC Theatres.
In Paris this summer, the world's greatest athletes will compete against the backdrop of one of the most beautiful cities in the world where the modern Olympic Games were conceived 130 years ago. This will be the third time Paris has hosted the Olympics (1900 and 1924), tying London for the most as a Summer Games host. Los Angeles (1932, 1984) will tie those two cities when it hosts the first Summer Games in the U.S. in 32 years in 2028.
NBCUniversal previously announced that the NBC broadcast network and streaming service Peacock will be the company's primary platforms for its coverage of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, scheduled for July 26-Aug. 11, 2024.
NBCUniversal owns the U.S. media rights to the Olympic Games through 2032, which are scheduled for Paris (2024), Milan Cortina (2026), Los Angeles (2028) and Brisbane (2032). The host city for the 2030 Olympic Winter Games has not yet been chosen.
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