NBC Olympic broadcast schedule; TV listings for every day of Rio Games

“Absolutely not”, NBC Olympics correspondent Mary Carillo said today when asked by Olympics primetime host Bob Costas if she meant to take a dip into the polluted waters where swimmers and sailing teams will be competing during the Rio Games. Tweeting with the three-letter country code hashtag will trigger flag emojis for every team, including the Refugee Olympic Team (#ROT).

According to Twitter, country hashtags work in French, Portuguese and Spanish, while the sport hashtags will also be available in Japanese, Korean and Arabic. The emoji will be available “in the coming days”, and you can view the full list here.

NBCUniversal’s $1.28 billion investment in the games also didn’t give the company any leverage when it came to trying to push for certain events to be scheduled so they could air live in prime time.

And the Brit, who made his Olympic debut in Beijing eight years ago aged just 14, is hoping it will be a case of third time lucky in his pursuit of Olympic glory. These countries, in addition to Germany, France, and Japan, will also get “country specific Moments” during the Rio Olympics this year.

Weren’t able to watch during the day? However, the country’s overall medal count goes up to 59 medals, leaving Russian Federation only one medal behind.

Alternately, you can see a video of the Lego model below.

Finally, there will be a new featured channel in Periscope with Olympics-related content, while the competition will be highlighted in Vine’s Explore section.

Lucky enough to be in Rio?

Beyond the multi-network and streaming coverage of the Olympics, which will total more than 6,000 hours, the network will again use the Games as a major promotional platform for its new programming, previewing shows scheduled for the fall.

This is Singapore’s joint-biggest contingent since the 2008 Beijing Games and the mood in the camp was one of quiet confidence even before the opening ceremony on Friday.