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NBC Enlists BuzzFeed To Produce Their Rio 2016 Snapchat Coverage

NBC and BuzzFeed will be working closely together to help bring coverage of Rio 2016 to a younger audience via Snapchat. Their partnership was announced in late April, but with the Olympics just over two weeks away NBC’s BuzzFeed-curated coverage is almost here. NBC invested $200 million in BuzzFeed last year, and since then the New […]

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Nike Continues Their Tech-Based Product Push As Rio 2016 Approaches

Nike has slowly unveiled their Olympic gear over the last couple of months. With Rio 2016 less than 40 days away they released some of their newest innovations just in the last week. The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team as well as USA track and field athletes will wear some of the latest tech-infused gear Nike has to […]

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NBC’s Coverage Of Rio 2016 Will Be Bigger And More Digital Than Ever

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are just over a month away. NBCUniversal’s coverage of the 31st Olympiad will be bigger and more digitally ubiquitous than ever. NBCUniversal will have roughly 6,755 hours of coverage across 19 days, bookended by the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Women’s soccer officially kicks off their coverage on August 3rd. Rio is […]

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