Editing 2002 Winter Olympics (section)

==Media coverage==
International Sports Broadcasting (ISB) served as the host broadcaster for the 2002 Winter Olympics; the [[Salt Palace]] convention center served as the [[International Broadcast Centre]] and press center for the Games.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Morgan|date=February 8, 2017|title=Deseret News readers remember the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics 15 years later|url=https://www.deseret.com/2017/2/8/20605887/deseret-news-readers-remember-the-2002-salt-lake-city-winter-olympics-15-years-later|access-date=August 20, 2021|website=Deseret News|language=en|archive-date=August 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820020510/https://www.deseret.com/2017/2/8/20605887/deseret-news-readers-remember-the-2002-salt-lake-city-winter-olympics-15-years-later|url-status=live}}</ref> The IOC estimated that the 2002 Winter Olympics were viewed by over two&nbsp;billion people worldwide, with 13&nbsp;billion viewer-hours watched.<ref name="Marketing_Matters_6_2002" />

In the United States, the 2002 Winter Olympics were broadcast by [[NBC Olympic broadcasts|NBC-owned networks]]. They were the first Winter Olympics under a multi-year rights agreement between NBC and the IOC, under which it would hold exclusive rights to all Olympic Games from [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] through [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]. The contract had excluded the 1998 Winter Olympics, as [[CBS Olympic broadcasts|CBS Sports]] had an existing deal to exclusively televise the Winter Olympics from [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] through 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC MAKES $2.3 BILLION BET ON OLYMPIC TV RIGHTS|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-12-13-9512130286-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=August 20, 2021|website=chicagotribune.com|date=December 13, 1995 |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018102339/http://www.chicagotribune.com:80/news/ct-xpm-1995-12-13-9512130286-story.html |archive-date=October 18, 2018 }}</ref>

NBC partnered with [[HDNet]] to produce an eight-hour block of daily coverage in [[High-definition television|high definition]], which was carried by HDNet and on the [[Digital television in the United States|digital]] signals of participating NBC [[Network affiliate|affiliates]].<ref>{{cite web|date=December 17, 2001|title=NBC, HDNet To Team For HDTV Broadcast of Winter Olympics|url=http://www.twice.com/news/tv/nbc-hdnet-team-hdtv-broadcast-winter-olympics/3952|access-date=February 7, 2015|website=Twice|archive-date=February 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209043956/http://www.twice.com/news/tv/nbc-hdnet-team-hdtv-broadcast-winter-olympics/3952|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kovacs|first=Bob|date=January 23, 2002|title=2002 Winter Olympics: Bigger, Faster, Better|url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/2002-winter-olympics-bigger-faster-better|url-status=live|access-date=August 20, 2021|website=TVTechnology|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820023855/https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/2002-winter-olympics-bigger-faster-better |archive-date=August 20, 2021 }}</ref> Despite being held in a [[Mountain Time Zone|time zone]] only one hour ahead of [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific Time]], NBC still [[Broadcast delay|tape delayed]] much of its coverage for the west coast, although Salt Lake City's local NBC affiliate [[KSL-TV]] was given permission to air the live, east coast broadcasts to ensure their availability in the Games' host city.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|date=February 12, 2002|title=OLYMPICS: TELEVISION; NBC's Olympic Coverage Is Shown 'Live' on Tape|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/sports/olympics-television-nbc-s-olympic-coverage-is-shown-live-on-tape.html|access-date=August 20, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=August 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820023854/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/sports/olympics-television-nbc-s-olympic-coverage-is-shown-live-on-tape.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Deseret News|date=April 6, 2001|title=TV briefs|url=https://www.deseret.com/2001/4/6/19579164/tv-briefs|access-date=August 20, 2021|website=Deseret News|language=en|archive-date=August 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820023854/https://www.deseret.com/2001/4/6/19579164/tv-briefs|url-status=live}}</ref>

Coverage of the Games by the [[Seven Network Olympic broadcasts|Seven Network]] in Australia featured ''[[The Ice Dream with Roy and HG|The Ice Dream]]'', a miniseries presented by comedy duo [[Roy and HG]] as a follow-up to ''[[The Dream with Roy and HG|The Dream]]''—their series for the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. The series featured a running gag of the duo proposing an Australian bid to hold the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Smiggin Holes, New South Wales]].<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Bower, Amanda|date=February 25, 2002|title=Olympics 2010: On to Smiggin Holes!|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=Time Inc|url=http://www.time.com/time/olympics2002/article/0,8599,212844,00.html|url-status=dead|access-date=May 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020226001045/http://www.time.com/time/olympics2002/article/0,8599,212844,00.html|archive-date=February 26, 2002}}</ref>