Airing the Olympics: Comcast’s Brian Roberts & Michael Cavanagh 07/31/24

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Paris 2024 is NBCUniversal’s 18th Olympics. Brian Roberts, Comcast Chairman and CEO, and Michael Cavanagh, Comcast President, discuss the company’s broadcasting rights to the Olympic Games, state of the media landscape, NBC’s NBA rights deal, and their outlook for media and sports. Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin then look ahead to the 2028 Summer Olympics in LA with Casey Wasserman, chairman of LA 2028, the company organizing the upcoming Los Angeles games. He shares what he’s learned from France’s organization and how he’ll allocate his nearly $7B budget. Plus, en garde! The Squawk team swaps mics for sabers, taking a swing at fencing with the help of Olympians Miles Chamley-Watson and Maia Chamberlain. Catch all the Olympics events on Peacock and NBC.
Brian Roberts & Michael Cavanagh - 22:51
Casey Wasserman - 14:02
In this episode:
Becky Quick,@BeckyQuick

Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk

Andrew Ross Sorkin,@andrewrsorkin

Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY