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Charter Communications has reached a distribution agreement with NBC Universal (NBCU) on Aug 05, 2008 to broadcast 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. This agreement will allow Charter to broadcast more than 1,200 total hours of Olympics coverage on seven NBCU networks like NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen,
Telemundo, Universal HD and USA Network.

Charter Communications broadcast feature of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games :

High Definition Broadcast

Video On Demand

High-Speed Internet and

Foreign Language TV Coverage

High Definition Broadcast

Charter will deliver two high-definition sport specific channels for the Olympics :

NBC Olympic Soccer Channel and

NBC Olympic Basketball Channel

Charter will also deliver hundreds of hours of NBCU’s Beijing Olympic Games HD coverage on NBC HD and Universal HD for Charter HD customers.

Video On Demand

Charter to offer more than 60 programs on Charter VOD which will include “Beijing 411,” “Meet the Athletes” and “Team USA Preview.” Charter Digital customers will be offered with Charter Video On Demand (VOD) at no extra charge and will be delivered with Olympics programming and also ‘In-Games package’ will feature access to the best events each day.

High-Speed Internet

Charter to provide a fast and reliable Internet connection to view NBCU’s 2,200 hours of 25 events streamed live, plus full-event video replays, extensive highlights, including daily recaps of key events, best-of montages, commentator analysis and athlete-specific clips each day for High-Speed Internet customers.
Foreign Language TV Coverage

Charter also planning to offer its customers NBC’s foreign language coverage from Beijing with commentary in one of the host country’s native language, Korean as well as Mandarin for approximately six hours per day for each language during the Games.

Ted Schremp, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Charter said “Our customers will experience all the athletes’ emotion and accomplishment in stunning clarity with Charter’s high definition. And with the convenience of Charter’s On Demand and High-Speed offerings, our customers can watch all the highlights, drama and excitement anytime.”