Don’t forget about the Olympics starting later this week!
The Paris Olympics opening ceremony will take place on July 25th at 10:30AM PDT (1:30PM EST / 12:30PM CST)and will be shown live on NBC and Peacock. NBC will re-air the ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The opening ceremony is scheduled to occur outside a stadium for the first time, with the “Parade of Nations” scheduled to take part on boats floating down the Seine River in front of the Eiffel Tower.
The daily window for events at the Paris Olympics runs from roughly midnight PDT until about 2 p.m. (Paris is nine hours ahead of Los Angeles). Linear networks USA, E!, CNBC, Golf Channel, Telemundo and Universo will have coverage every day of the Olympics, with all live coverage ending around 2 p.m. PDT. “Paris Primetime” will air each night on NBC, usually at 7 p.m. or 8 p.m., offering a recap of the day’s biggest events and moments.
Peacock will broadcast every event live and will have replays and highlights on demand. Cable and satellite subscribers can log into NBCOlympics.com at no additional charge to watch any event.
SportsEngine Play, NBC Sports Next’s leading youth technology brand, unveiled the new edition of its award-winning Kids Guide to the 2024 Paris Olympic & Paralympic Games, a fun and interactive resource for families with kids to create shared experiences watching television and streaming coverage of one of the most-anticipated and most-watched sporting events in the world. The guide is available to download here.
Chock full of fun facts, as well as eye-catching graphics and photography geared toward ages 7-12, the Kids Guide – free and downloadable – features all 39 Olympic sports and all 22 Paralympic sports captured in 110 pages. Each sport has its own page, which includes an introduction to the sport, facts and trivia, and athlete profiles. The guide also includes various activities, like games and puzzles, coloring, quizzes and more, as well as information about how to watch NBCUniversal’s coverage of the events.
