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I have to believe that a lot of the action is covered with Olympic provided cameras. There are a lot of cameras on track systems, which there can only be one of. There are also a lot of cameras in venues that only hold a single set of cameras; e.g. curling and hockey rinks.

Other than 'backstage' interviews, I suspect most footage is shot by IOC crews.

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For the opening ceremonies, I watched both the CTV coverage (first) and then later in the evening the NBC coverage. I was pretty shocked at the differences -- the NBC coverage was terrible: Horrible camera angles, bad panning and zooming, almost no close-ups on single performers and way too much on group performances, terrible lighting, the audio cut out twice during a major performance -- you name it, it was poorly done. Watching it on NBC, you'd think the entire opening ceremonies was 2-bit production. I was actually surprised that there simply wasn't one set of cameras for everyone involved.

When you (as NBC) have payed $800 million to get coverage, I imagine you can gut and rewire/install anything you like in the facilities, and even give your employees jackets that say IOC on them.

Or you don't want to spend another dime on a proposition that is going to cost you $200 million. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/sports/olympics/20sandomir...

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