From providing content surrounding the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Lausanne 2020 and creating localised coverage ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 to launching worldwide digital campaigns that engage fans at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the fourth year of operation proved to be ground-breaking for the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel. In the four years since its launch on 21 August 2016, the Olympic Channel global media destination has produced more than 25,000 … [Read more...] about Olympic Channel celebrates four-year anniversary with record growth
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Olympic Channel launches ‘Great Olympic Moments’ streaming channel with one year to go to the Olympic Games
With the start of the countdown toward the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 scheduled for 2021, the Olympic Channel announced its summer programming lineup highlighted by a “Great Olympic Moments” streaming channel, official Olympic films, Olympic Games replays, and original series and films. To begin the countdown, the Olympic Channel presented the live coverage of the one year to go to Tokyo 2020 event from Japan’s National Stadium in Tokyo on 23 July. Immediately following on 24 July, the … [Read more...] about Olympic Channel launches ‘Great Olympic Moments’ streaming channel with one year to go to the Olympic Games
World-class athletes inspire viewers to start their impossible in Olympic Channel’s ‘What Moves Me’ presented by Toyota
With one year to go to next summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 hosted in 2021, Olympic and Paralympic elite athletes share personal stories from coping with uncertainty to building resilience in the new original series What Moves Me Presented by Toyota. The six-episode Olympic Channel web series premiered worldwide on Monday, 20 July at olympicchannel.com, and its apps for mobile, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, and the Roku platform. In addition, the series will air on NBCSN … [Read more...] about World-class athletes inspire viewers to start their impossible in Olympic Channel’s ‘What Moves Me’ presented by Toyota
Olympic Channel documentary ‘Rulon’ about the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man to premiere 21 July
American Greco-Roman wrestler Rulon Gardner’s inspirational story of beating the odds is featured in the upcoming Olympic Channel original documentary, Rulon, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Gardner’s victory over the world’s most dominant wrestler and three-time reigning Olympic champion, Aleksandr Karelin of Russia at the Olympic Games Sydney 2000. Rulon premieres worldwide on Tuesday, 21 July at 7 p.m. EDT at olympicchannel.com and on its apps for mobile and connected TV devices. … [Read more...] about Olympic Channel documentary ‘Rulon’ about the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man to premiere 21 July
Refugees aim for the Olympic Games in new Olympic Channel original series ‘Taking Refuge’
Inspired to make the world a better place through sport, Olympic champion Niccolo Campriani leads three refugees on a brave journey to qualify for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in his own event, 10 metre air rifle shooting, documented in the new series Taking Refuge. Using mental and physical skills honed over years as a professional athlete, Campriani coaches and mentors Mahdi, Khaoula, and Luna on a journey of learning, rediscovery, and finding inner peace through the unifying power of … [Read more...] about Refugees aim for the Olympic Games in new Olympic Channel original series ‘Taking Refuge’
Olympic Channel’s ‘The Iron Hammer’ to premiere on 7 June in the ‘We Are One’ Film Festival benefiting the World Health Organisation
Featuring the inspiring life and career of international volleyball icon Lang Ping, the Olympic Channel original film The Iron Hammer documents how Lang moved abroad after captaining the Chinese national team to a historic gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games to forge a trailblazing career as a national team coach for both the United States and China. Part of the award-winning Five Rings Films collection and directed by acclaimed actress and filmmaker Joan Chen, The Iron Hammer will … [Read more...] about Olympic Channel’s ‘The Iron Hammer’ to premiere on 7 June in the ‘We Are One’ Film Festival benefiting the World Health Organisation
