ArkSports Databox: NBCOlympics.com 'By-The-Numbers' - August 2004  

This month's Databox has been supplied by NBCOlympics.com, the official Olympics website of free-to-air network NBC, the US domestic host broadcaster for Athens 2004.

750m - Expected page views of the site in August 2004
20m - Expected unique visitors to the site in August 2004 (more than 330% increase over 2000)
8,000 - Approximate number of pages on the site during the Games
3,000 - Approximate number of results pages on the site during the Games
1,210 - Hours of Olympic broadcasts (televised on the seven NBC Universal networks) that can be sorted and searched in the NBCOlympics.com TV viewing guide (available in August 2004)
1,200 - Athlete bios, including a bio on every US athlete, by the start of the Games
250 - Approximate number of exclusive video highlights of 2004 Games competition footage on the site
215 - Number of NBC affiliate stations posting local Olympic content in their O-Zone sections on the site
202 - Country profiles, including a profile (Quick Facts, Olympic Tradition, Olympic Legends, Athens Outlook) on every nation participating in the 2004 Athens Games
190 - Approximate number of slideshows produced during the Games
50 - Reasons highlighted in NBCOlympics.com's '50 Reasons to Watch the Olympics on the NBC Networks' slideshow; one reason is unveiled daily leading up to the Games
40 - Approximate number of exclusive pre-Games video interviews of US Olympic athletes
38 - NBCOlympics.com staff on site in Athens
34 - All Sport microsites (from Archery to Wrestling) within the site
34 - All Inside the Sport multimedia sections featuring audio, video and text
25 - Approximate number of NBC commentators providing expert analysis on the site
20 - Athlete's Voice audio slideshows featuring Olympic athletes in their own words
8 - Multimedia producers in Athens editing video highlights and photo images
5 - Approximate number of updates per second at any given time during competition to the results pages on the site
4 - Versions of NBCOlympics.com (1996-Atlanta, 2000-Sydney, 2002-Salt Lake City, 2004-Athens)
3 - Types of e-mail news alerts available from NBCOlympics.com: E-news (daily), Breaking News (as events warrant), and Prime-time Schedule Update (daily)
2 - Daily video clips featuring Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell and Billy Bush as part of Access Athens content on the site during the Games
0 - US-based web sites besides NBCOlympics.com featuring video highlights of Games competition, realtime results, and realtime medal counts

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