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NBCUniversal Will Earn Over $1.25 Billion from Paris Olympics Ads

  • Prime-time Olympics ratings are up by 79% over the COVID-19-affected Tokyo games, leading to higher ad revenues.
  • The USA Women’s basketball team is part of that success, drawing 3 million viewers for its first game.
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NBCUniversal will surpass $1.25 billion in ad revenue for the Paris Olympics, a record for the network that has held the rights to the Summer Olympics since 1988, according to Variety reporter Brian Steinberg. This number is slightly higher than the $1.2 billion that was reported earlier this year. In 2014, NBCU renewed its rights deal for both the Summer and Winter Games through 2032 for $7.65 billion.

NBC faced headwinds due to declining viewership in the last Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which were marred by the COVID-19 pandemic and held several major events in the middle of the night in the U.S. But the Paris Olympics have started strong for NBC, as the opening weekend garnered a 79% increase in prime-time viewership, while Gold Zone, its whip-around product on Peacock, has received rave reviews.

Additionally, three million viewers watched the USA women’s basketball team win its first game against Japan on Monday, more than any non-gold-medal game during the Tokyo Olympics. The team is chasing its eighth straight gold medal and has won 56 games in a row in the Olympics, but faced scrutiny last month after leaving Caitlin Clark off the roster.

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