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Charter Communications has entered an agreement with NBC Universal to offer multiplatform content of NBC Universal’s 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

Charter will present the NBC’s Opening Ceremony of 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games on Friday, Feb. 12.

Charter subscribers will be presented with Vancouver Winter Olympic Games with extensive coverage on NBC Universal including:

• CNBC
• MSNBC
• NBC
• NBCOlympics.com
• Universal HD
• USA Network

Charter will deliver more than 835 hours of unprecedented Winter Olympic programming, representing the most total hours ever for a Winter Olympics, and the most live hours ever for a Winter Games.

Charter will showcase advanced technology as well as cable’s broad digital offerings and deep and rich content across multiple digital platforms, including HD, VOD and high-speed Internet. The world’s premier winter event will be the first Winter Olympics available entirely in high definition.

Charter will present entire 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games on HD. NBC Universal is making gravity-defying highlights and full event rewinds available On Demand.

Charter subscribers can access more than 20 5-7 minute clips available in SD and HD. NBCU will offer more than 100 highlight clips, approximately 10 per day, in addition to up to five full-length daily event replays. Additionally, NBCU will offer more than 30% of In-Games VOD in HD.

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