Special programming and digital assets are now available to BBC affiliates in recognition of the Olympics. See below for details. Please contact your Station Representative with questions.
A new 5-minute module about the Olympics, “Today in Tokyo”
Broadcast window: Daily 11:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. ET
Available: Daily July 24 – August 8
The Tokyo Olympics will be a games like no other. They are the first-ever to be postponed and the first to take place amid a worldwide pandemic. But for the eleven thousand athletes taking part they remain the pinnacle of sporting achievement. Daily throughout the games the BBC will bring you the top stories in Today in Tokyo.
Available via email, the Media Partner Centre and RSS. Please contact your Station Representative if you are interested in learning more or signing up.
Digital assets: videos available for use across all social pages
Explore the BBC Media Partner Centre for additional videos to share across your social pages. Video topics range from special events like the Olympics to evergreen content centering climate change, arts, culture and history.
Global Citizen: The armless archer aiming for gold
- Description: Matt Stutzman was born without arms and always wanted to be a professional athlete. He practiced basketball for years but knew he wouldn’t make the NBA league. Then he found archery and his life changed forever. He won a silver medal at the 2012 London Paralympics and now he’s aiming for gold in Tokyo.
Post by July 23, 2021
- Suggested post: Meet the armless archer aiming for gold at the Paralympics
- Duration: 3 minutes 5 seconds
BBC Minute: ‘I wake up every day thinking, what’s next?’
- Description: After being postponed by coronavirus, the Tokyo Olympics are now weeks away. But what has it been like for the athletes during the pandemic – and how have they coped with the delay? Kash Jones has been talking to two athletes about what their last year has been like.
Post by July 23, 2021
- Suggested post: Two Olympic hopefuls tell the BBC about the mental health impact of the delay to the Tokyo games.
- Duration: 3 minutes 21 seconds
