NBCUniversal put its best game face on, hosting a nearly two-hour event for press to promote its coverage of the Tokyo Olympics, which begins in 30 days.
The event at 30 Rockefeller Center’s Studio 8-h, which was also livestreamed, featured panels of executives and talent but fairly limited talk of the coronavirus pandemic. Already postponed once from the planned 2020 summer dates, the Games have come under a new set of dark clouds. Japan has seen a significant rise in Covid-19 infections this year, and only 7% of its population has been vaccinated.
Due to safety concerns, medical experts and others both inside and outside Japan have issued strong calls for the Olympics to be pushed again. Protesters took to the streets of Tokyo earlier in the day, reflecting polls of public sentiment that have shown in recent weeks that a decisive majority of residents opposes the Games being held.
“I’m personally...
The event at 30 Rockefeller Center’s Studio 8-h, which was also livestreamed, featured panels of executives and talent but fairly limited talk of the coronavirus pandemic. Already postponed once from the planned 2020 summer dates, the Games have come under a new set of dark clouds. Japan has seen a significant rise in Covid-19 infections this year, and only 7% of its population has been vaccinated.
Due to safety concerns, medical experts and others both inside and outside Japan have issued strong calls for the Olympics to be pushed again. Protesters took to the streets of Tokyo earlier in the day, reflecting polls of public sentiment that have shown in recent weeks that a decisive majority of residents opposes the Games being held.
“I’m personally...
- 6/23/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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