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  2. The 2008 Olympics were watched by 3.5 billion people worldwide, and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay. The 2008 Games also set numerous world and Olympic records, and were the most expensive Summer Olympics of all time, and the second most expensive overall, after the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.

  3. Insights > Media. Beijing Games Most-Watched Olympics Ever. 1 minute read | August 2008. As athletes continued to break world records in the last days of the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Beijing Games’ set a record of its own — as the most-watched Olympics ever.

  4. of more than 4.3 billion people, Beijing 2008 was the most watched Olympic Games ever: • Record audiences in the US and China. • 94 per cent of households in China watched at least some of the Games. • Beijing Olympic Broadcasting (BOB) produced more than 5,000 hours of live high-definition coverage for

  5. Aug 24, 2008 · The Summer Games of 2008 were seen by a cumulative audience of 211 million Americans through Saturday, one day shy of Sunday’s closing ceremonies, according to Nielsen Media Research. That number...

  6. Overall, the 2008 Beijing Olympics were up 8% over the 2004 Athens Games, and were the highest rated Summer Olympics since 1992. The Games were the most viewed television event in history, as 214 million people watched at least six minutes of coverage on NBC’s family of networks.

  7. 1 minute read | August 2008. The New York Times reports that the Summer Olympics in Beijing was the most-viewed event in American television history, according to data provided by Nielsen Media Research. The Beijing Games surpassed the old record- 209 million viewers of the 1996 Games in Atlanta- on Saturday night.

  8. As 3.5 billion people around the world watched, the 2008 Olympics were the most expensive Summer Olympics of all time, and the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay was run. Hu Jintao's administration received a great deal of attention due to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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