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[Steve Cook]

https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/nbcuniversal-enhances-accessibi
lity-2022-winter-olympic-paralympic-games


NBCUniversal Enhances Accessibility for 2022 Winter Olympic & Paralympic
Games


 
<https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/nbcuniversal-enhances-accessib
ility-2022-winter-olympic-paralympic-games> 

In addition to providing closed captioning for all Olympic and Paralympic
events airing across NBCU's broadcast and cable networks, NBC Olympics will
provide closed captioning for all digital livestreams - which was made
available in full for the first time ever during last summer's Tokyo
Olympics and Paralympics. Closed captioning provides text of the coverage
audio for viewers who are Deaf or hard of hearing.

Audio description services, in which broadcast audio is interspersed with
skilled voices describing Olympic and Paralympic scenes and context,
<https://www.nbcolympics.com/schedule/topic/audio-description> will be
available for viewers who are blind or visually impaired. For the Olympic
Winter Games, all competitions aired during primetime hours and Prime Plus,
along with the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, will include live audio
description on the Secondary Audio Program (SAP) channel, provided by
Descriptive Video Works. For the Paralympic Games, NBC Sports will provide
live audio description for all broadcast programming, including those aired
outside primetime hours, as well as on all simulstreams.

It is an honor to partner with our colleagues at NBC Olympics to deliver our
most inclusive Olympic and Paralympic viewing experience ever, and to share
those stories of resilience and sportsmanship with the widest possible
audience. 

Viewers can use #NBCOlympicsA11y and #NBCParalympicsA11y on social media to
share with others or provide feedback on closed captioning or audio
description to NBCUniversal.

Additionally, improved web content accessibility, including keyboard
navigation, color contrast and support for screen readers, will be available
on  <http://nbcolympics.com/> NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app.  

"Ensuring that the Olympic and Paralympic Games are available to be enjoyed
by the widest possible U.S. audience is core to our mission," said Gary
Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics. "For our coverage of the Beijing Games,
providing an unprecedented number of hours of accessibility for a Winter
Olympics is another important step in accomplishing that goal."

All of this audio description and closed captioning will be available to
Comcast Xfinity customers who experience the Games on the Xfinity X1
platform, including on the live Olympic Games coverage delivered in 4K, on
Xfinity Stream, and on Xfinity Flex.

"The Olympic and Paralympic Games are an opportunity for us all to be
inspired by the extraordinary achievements of the world's best athletes,"
said Tom Wlodkowski, Vice President of Accessibility at Comcast. "It is an
honor to partner with our colleagues at NBC Olympics to deliver our most
inclusive Olympic and Paralympic viewing experience ever, and to share those
stories of resilience and sportsmanship with the widest possible audience."

NBCUniversal will provide coverage of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games from
Feb. 2-20. The Opening Ceremony will be presented on Friday, Feb. 4, live in
the morning and again in primetime on NBC and Peacock. Similar to recent
Winter Games, NBC's primetime Olympic coverage begins the night before the
Opening Ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 3. Coverage begins on Wednesday, Feb. 2,
on USA Network and Peacock. NBCUniversal is presenting its 18th Olympic
Games, 12th consecutive overall, and sixth straight Winter Games, all the
most by any U.S. media company.


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