NBCUniversal put its best game face on, hosting a nearly two-hour event for press to promote its upcoming coverage of the Tokyo Olympics, which begins in 30 days.The event at 30 Rockefeller Center’s Studio 8-H, which was also live-streamed, featured panels of executives and talent but fairly limited talk of the coronavirus pandemic.
Already postponed once from their 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 the population has been vaccinated.Due to safety concerns, medical experts and others both inside and outside Japan have issued strong calls for the Games to be pushed again.
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