Tagged with: Olympics
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The Rio 2016 Olympic Games, live on the BBC
Kieran Clifton
Director, BBC Distribution & Business Development
Where to find coverage of the Olympic Games 2016 on BBC Red Button.
Get ready for the Rio Olympics
Jon Jacob
Editor, About the BBC Blog
A new advertising trail for the 2016 Rio Olympics is broadcast on Sunday 10 July during the men's final at Wimbledon. And we've got a sneak peek.
Olympics 2012: Viewing figures, online statistics & video catch-up
Jon Jacob
Editor, About the BBC Blog
Over on the BBC Internet Blog, Head of product for BBC Sport and London 2012 Cait O'Riordan has written about the 'BBC's digital Olympics', providing detail on how the Games was viewed online. . She writes: The BBC's promise was to deliver coverage of every sport from every venue, and we cer...
A thank-you to our staff and audiences
As a once-in-a-lifetime broadcasting moment draws to a close, I want to pay tribute to every single person in the BBC who has helped to bring London 2012 to our audiences. I am very proud of all our staff, from our on-air presenters, reporters and commentators, to all those who have worked tir...
Bruce Forsyth participates in the Olympic Torch Relay at BBC White City
Jon Jacob
Editor, About the BBC Blog
Strictly Come Dancing presenter Sir Bruce Forsyth carried the Olympic Torch through the BBC White City Media Village today receiving the torch from international banker Antoine de Navacelle (great nephew of Pierre de Coubertin who organised the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896) on the site...
Recording your favourite television programmes during the Olympics
Alix Pryde
Director, BBC Distribution
A collection of TV remote controls, photographed by Flickr user Odonata98 and used here under the terms of Creative Commons. With less than one week to go before the Opening Ceremony I wanted to take a few minutes to make sure you understood the details about recording your favourite shows ...
Delivering to you the BBC's Greatest Year of Broadcasting
Alix Pryde
Director, BBC Distribution
2012 is set to be the BBC's greatest year of broadcasting. In BBC Distribution, we are currently making preparations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee followed closely by the London 2012 Olympic Games, not to mention the Euros, Wimbledon, the European Championship Athletics, The Scottish Open ... a...
Launching the Shakespeare season on the BBC
Editor's note - The forthcoming Shakespeare Unlocked season on the BBC forms part of the London 2012 Festival and Cultural Olympiad. In this blog interview, Commissioning Editor, Arts, Mark Bell highlights some of the programmes that form part of the season and what he hopes viewers and listen...
Roger Mosey - Your thoughts on our 2012 coverage
"There's a common response when we talk about audience research: "nobody asked me!" But I thought it would be useful to give some headlines about what we're doing to try to find out what people want in 2012, and also give everyone on this blog a chance to comment on some of the early findings". ...
Sport Blog - Four thoughts on Two Years To Go to London 2012
"A day of traveling in East London courtesy of a garishly-pink London 2012 bus - part of a fleet taking the media and officials around the Olympic Park - is followed by a day in the office thinking about some of the lessons from the "Two Years To Go" celebrations". Roger Mosey, the Director of B...
