SVG Summit 2024: NBC Olympics Leaders Reflect on Magical Summer Games in Paris
NBC Sports' Joe Gesue, Darryl Jefferson, Amy Rosenfeld, and Molly Solomon spoke at the 2024 SVG Summit
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The Paris Olympics were a big hit with viewers in the U.S. and around the globe.
In this exclusive conversation from the stage of the 2024 SVG Summit, NBC Olympics executives share how they pulled off a massive production effort, what they learned about the American public’s viewing habits in the process, and what technologies aided their ability to bring thousands of staffers together.
This conversation included:
- Joe Gesue, NBC Sports, SVP, Olympics & Paralympics Programming and Executive Editor
- Darryl Jefferson, NBC Sports and Olympics, SVP, Engineering and Technology
- Amy Rosenfeld, NBC Sports, SVP, Olympics & Paralympics Production
- Molly Solomon, NBC Sports, Executive Producer & President, NBC Olympics Production
This session was hosted at the 2024 SVG Summit on December 17 and was moderated by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG, Co-Executive Director, Editorial Services.
The Summer Olympics in Paris were a sight to behold. The unique nature of the host city and its venues inspired NBC Sports to take a different approach to how it captured the city. Molly Solomon, Executive Producer & President of NBC Olympics Production explains why the team went “street level” to capture the event:
The NBC Olympics executive team is relatively small for the scale and scope of the event. The challenge, however, is when it comes to the Games themselves, thousands of people positioned around the globe make the event possible for American viewers to consume. Amy Rosenfeld, SVP, Olympics & Paralympics Production for NBC Sports and Darryl Jefferson, SVP, Engineering and Technology for NBC Sports and Olympics share how culturally and technologically so many people are pulled together to make television magic:
The Paris Olympics were a broadcast technology triumph but even at an event as massive as this, some experimentation was going on inside the NBC Sports team. Darryl Jefferson, SVP, Engineering and Technology for NBC Sports and Olympics offered a peek at some work his did behind-the-scenes in cloud production and how it could impact future Games:
As viewer’s habits change, primetime on NBC remains a cornerstone of NBC Olympics coverage. That fact was still true at the successful 2024 Summer Games in Paris. Joe Gesue, SVP, Olympics & Paralympics Programming and Executive Editor for NBC Sports and Molly Solomon, Executive Producer & President and NBC Olympics Production explained their strategy behind Primetime and what they learned this time around:
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The session featured an introduction from Josh Miller, 3Play Media, Co-Founder and Co-CEO.
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