Author: olympicchannel

Athletes Unlimited Signs Agreement with Olympic Channel to Stream All 30 Inaugural Softball League Games Live to Nearly 200 Countries Worldwide Starting Saturday, August 29

Posted: August 27, 2020

New York – Athletes Unlimited announced a distribution agreement with the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) global Olympic Channel to stream all 30 of its inaugural softball league games live to more than 180 territories outside of the United States, Canada and Spanish-speaking Latin America starting Saturday, August 29, and running through September 28. Fans can …

Olympic Channel Welcomes Teqball And Wheelchair Basketball Governing Bodies

Posted: July 30, 2020

MADRID – The Olympic Channel today announced that it has reached agreements with the international governing bodies for teqball and wheelchair basketball to collaborate on content for the International Olympic Committee’s global media platform. The two new cooperation agreements bring the number of the Olympic Channel’s federation partners to 95. The International Federation of Teqball …

CBC And Olympic Channel Partner To Bring 24-Hour Digital Livestream To CBC Gem In Canada

Posted: July 23, 2020

TORONTO and MADRID – CBC, Canada’s Olympic Network, and the Olympic Channel today announced that OLYMPIC CHANNEL TV has now launched in Canada on the free CBC Gem streaming service, one year out from next summer’s rescheduled Olympic Games and on the day Tokyo 2020 was set to begin. A 24-hour digital livestream showcasing the …

Olympic Channel Launches “Great Olympic Moments” Streaming Channel With One Year To Go To The Olympic Games

Posted: July 22, 2020

More than 40 Official Olympic Films, Full Replays from London 2012 and Rio 2016 and Athlete Stories Highlight Summer Programming on the Olympic Channel Global Digital Platform Live Coverage of One Year to Go Event from Tokyo Begins Countdown to the Olympic Games on 23 July at 11:00 UTC Available to Stream Worldwide at olympicchannel.com …

World-Class Athletes Inspire Viewers To Start Their Impossible In Olympic Channel’s What Moves Me Presented By Toyota

Posted: July 20, 2020

MADRID – 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 premieres worldwide on Monday, …

Olympic Channel Documentary “Rulon” About The Extraordinary Journey Of An Ordinary Man To Premiere 21 July

Posted: June 30, 2020

MADRID – 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 …

Refugees Aim for the Olympic Games in New Olympic Channel Original Series Taking Refuge

Posted: June 15, 2020

MADRID – 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 …

Olympic Channel’s “The Iron Hammer” to Premiere 7 June in the “We Are One” Film Festival Benefiting the World Health Organisation

Posted: May 26, 2020

MADRID – 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 …

Olympic Channel Releases Official Trailer for “Rulon Gardner Won’t Die”

Posted: May 13, 2020

MADRID – At the Olympic Games Sydney 2000, Greco-Roman wrestler Rulon Gardner beat the world’s most dominant wrestler and three-time reigning Olympic champion, Aleksandr Karelin of Russia, propelling him to stardom. But what came after the ‘miracle on the mat’ was even more unpredictable. Gardner’s incredible story is featured in the upcoming Olympic Channel feature-length documentary, Rulon Gardner Won’t …

New Season of Olympic Channel’s Anatomy of Breaks Down the Science of World Class Athletes with the Help off Olympian Lolo Jones

Posted: May 7, 2020

MADRID – The bodies of Olympic athletes are pushed to the max to find out what it takes to be an elite athlete in a new season of the Olympic Channel original series Anatomy of. With the help of fellow Team USA Olympian Lolo Jones, each episode examines the strengths and physical capabilities of an …