The announcement was made today by Dick Ebersol, Chairman,
NBC Universal Sports + Olympics and Executive Producer of NBC's Olympic
coverage. Costas has won the Emmy Award for each Olympics he has served
as primetime host.5 hours of coverage (121. ET on weekdays, with special expanded
coverage on Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. The show will utilize the unparalleled experience of NBC's
skating experts and the unique resources of NBC's production team to provide
viewers an inside look into the world of Olympic figure skating. 10 and airs
nightly through the Games' figure skating competition, 6-7 p.usps.com , attracts more than 21 million
visitors each month.

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20, and weekends, featuring live
coverage . ET, on USA
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All orders must be postmarked by February 11, 2006. Its website, usps.

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"Fortunately our company has continued to grow and create new platforms in
which we can bring the Olympics to the viewer, so we can tell as many of these
stories as possible. Postal Service issued a new
postage stamp today, inspired by the Olympic Winter Games, featuring an
illustration of a downhill skier on a slalom course. The 2006 Olympic Winter
Games stamp was dedicated at the U .

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The Torino coverage will include the most
live coverage ever of a Winter Games, despite the six -hour time difference
between the U.
"I am thrilled that we have expanded our Olympic coverage and have
assembled the best collection of winter sports broadcasters to tell the many
great stories that are expected to unfold in Torino," Ebersol said.
In addition to the extensive primetime coverage, NBC will also provide
daily daytime and late night programming, hosted by Lampley, from Torino.com for detailed listings and additional
programming information.

U.S. Postal Service Hits the Slopes With Postage Stamp Honoring the XXth Olympic Winter Games

The 1924 event attracted more than 250 athletes from
16 countries, spurring the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to agree to
stage Olympic Winter Games separately from summer competitions.

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S. East Coast and Italy, and will feature the most high
definition coverage in Olympic television history.
Prompted by a growing group of snow-sport enthusiasts, the first Olympic
Winter Games -- initially called International Sports Week -- were held at a
small Alpine resort in Chamonix, France, in 1924.
Current U.

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The one-hour
program, dedicated to an entertaining mix of breaking news, in-depth analysis
and exclusive athlete interviews, will provide the most comprehensive coverage
ever of the sport. Each item has an individual catalog number and is
offered in the quarterly USA Philatelic catalog.

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com, America's online home of the Torino Games, will provide
live results , up-to-the-minute TV listings, breaking news, feature stories and
a video intensive digital media experience never before offered by an American
television network
The NBC network schedule is divided into three dayparts: daytime,
primetime and late night, totaling 182.
Over 16 days of the Torino Games, the cable networks of NBC Universal will
average 14 hours of Olympic coverage per day. "Olympic
Ice" launches the day of the Opening Ceremony, Friday, Feb.S. Most recently, the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
were held in Salt Lake City, Utah.S.

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NEW YORK, NBC Universal's unprecedented coverage
of the Torino Olympic Winter Games features the most coverage - including the
most live coverage - across the most platforms of any Winter Olympics in
history when the XX Olympic Winter Games from Torino, Italy commence one month
from today, Feb.S. stamps have honored the Olympic Games
including the 2004 Olympic Games * Athens, Greece stamp issued to coincide
with the games of the XXVIII Olympiad, which were held in that city.
To see the 2006 Olympic Winter Games stamp and other images from the 2006
Commemorative Stamp Program, visit the Postal Store at
http://www.com/shop.

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NBCOlympics. Postal Service.
They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office, by telephone at
1-800-STAMP24, and at the Postal Store Web site at http://www .
They should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the
envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope
addressed to:

2006 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
POSTMASTER
201 East Pikes Peak Avenue
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80903 -9998

After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service will
return the envelopes through the mail.

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hours) over 17 days. Olympic Complex in Colorado Springs,
Colo . With annual revenues
of more than $69 billion, it is the world's leading provider of mailing and
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The NBC Olympic figure skating team alone
has won six (five gold and one bronze). All of the biggest
athletes will compete in primetime, including Salt Lake short track star Apolo
Anton Ohno, snowboarding champions Shaun White and Lindsay Jacobellis, 2005
alpine skiing world champions Daron Rahlves and Bode Miller and the stars of
the Winter Olympics' most popular sport - figure skating.m., Honoring the spirit of
athleticism and international unity, the U. 12. The Postal Service receives no
taxpayer dollars for routine operations, but derives its operating revenues
solely from the sale of postage, products and services.

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Seventeen-time Emmy Award winner Bob Costas returns as primetime host for
the Torino Winter Games, his seventh with NBC Sports and his sixth as
primetime host. The always-entertaining Olympic late night show will blend
additional competition, medal ceremonies, musical performances and, on
weekdays, special Olympic editions of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Some 2,500 world -class athletes -- a word derived from the Greek word for
"prize-seekers" -- will compete amid snow and ice in front of an estimated 1.
Stamps featuring Olympic themes have been popular with collectors since
the first modern Olympiad in 1896, when Greece issued 12 Olympic-themed
commemorative stamps . Customers may request a free
catalog by calling 1-800-STAMP-24 or writing to:

INFORMATION FULFILLMENT
DEPT 6270
US POSTAL SERVICE
PO BOX 219014
KANSAS CITY MO 64121-9014

Since 1775, the Postal Service and its predecessor, the Post Office
Department, has connected friends, families, neighbors and businesses by mail.

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5 hours of coverage on NBC, CNBC and MSNBC from Salt Lake, the
previous record for a Winter Games.5 hours on USA, MSNBC and CNBC, more than 75 percent of which is live
coverage, an increase from the 207 hours on CNBC and MSNBC from Salt Lake.
"'Olympic Ice,' is a unique program with an incredible roster of talent , that
will give viewers and the legions of loyal figure skating fans an
unprecedented, all-access pass behind the scenes of skating's biggest stage."
"Olympic Ice" will be hosted by Mary Carillo , her eighth Olympic
assignment and fifth with NBC, with Button and Hamilton alternating as co-
hosts .com and NBCOlympics.
Beginning in 1932, numerous U.

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5 hours of Olympic
coverage per day. Network primetime coverage, hosted by Costas, begins on
Friday, Feb .com
during the Games.

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million spectators.postalartgallery.com.usps.

Sites about the Olympic Games in general, including the history of the Games.

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For the first time, legendary skating analyst Dick Button joins NBC
Universal's Winter Games coverage, co-hosting the newest addition to the NBC
Olympic schedule, "Olympic Ice," a unique show on USA Network providing a
daily all -access pass inside the Olympic Winter Games' most popular sport -
figure skating. The
daytime show will air from 4-5 p. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
Postal Service spokesperson, Vonzell Solomon , a former postal carrier and
"American Idol" finalist, was also part of today's ceremony. This year 's 2006 Olympic Winter Games stamp, created by
illustrator John Mattos of San Francisco, Calif., features a skier cutting
into a turn at full speed. stamps, as well as a free comprehensive catalog, are
available by toll-free phone order at 1-800-STAMP-24.

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In 2006, the Olympic Winter Games will include curling , bobsled, figure
skating, ice hockey, luge, skeleton, speedskating, skiing and snowboarding. A wide selection of
stamps and other philatelic items is also available at the Postal Store at
http: //www. The Postal Service delivers more than half of the world's mail volume
-- some 212 billion letters, advertisements, periodicals and packages a year -
- and serves seven and a half million customers each day at its 37,000 retail
locations nationwide.

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He will anchor NBC's daytime and late night Olympic
telecasts in his sixth Olympics with NBC."
The extended family of NBC Universal cable networks will present a total
of 233.
"Long after the Olympic flame is extinguished , this stamp will keep the
spirit of the Olympic Winter Games burning in our hearts," said Dean Granholm ,
Manager, Colorado/Wyoming District for the U."
Joining Granholm at the ceremony, from the United States Olympic
Committee, were Chip Gregson, Chief Operating Officer; John Register, Manager ,
Paralympic Academy and Military Programs; Jeff Howard, Director Media and
Public Relations. Three-time Olympian Caroline Hallisey also participated. This will be the second time Italy will host the Olympic
Winter Games, as it hosted the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo
in 1956 , and the third time overall, as Italy also staged the Games of the
XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960 .

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Listings updates will be available on NBCOlympics.S.S. There is no charge for the postmark.

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The Networks of NBC Universal, NBC, USA, MSNBC, CNBC,
NBC HD and Universal HD will provide 416 total hours of coverage, an increase
over the 375. 10 with the Opening Ceremony, and will feature the Winter Games '
marquee sports, including figure skating, alpine skiing, speed skating, short
track, snowboarding , ski jumping and freestyle skiing."
Check NBCUMV. "It's a
tribute to the unifying Olympic spirit and ideal of excellence. Figure skating, which first
debuted at the Olympic Games in 1908 in London, can be performed on an indoor
rink during summer, but other winter sports, such as bobsledding and skiing,
required outdoor venues.

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The newest addition to the NBC Olympic schedule is "Olympic Ice," a unique
programming concept on USA Network providing a daily all-access pass inside
the Olympic Winter Games' most popular sport - figure skating. Jamie Sale and David Pelletier will serve as analysts on "Olympic Ice., and coincides with the XXth Olympic Winter Games, which will be held
February 10-26, 2006 in Torino, Italy.usps.

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NBC Announces Unprecedented Coverage Of The 2006 Torino Olympic Winter Games

Over the 17 days of the
Torino Games the Networks of NBC Universal will average 24.
It is an independent federal agency that visits 144 million homes and
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10-26."
NBC's Olympic broadcast team has won a combined 19 Olympic medals (11
gold, three silver, five bronze).

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Jim Lampley will work his 13th Olympics, surpassing ABC's
legendary Jim McKay with the most-ever Olympic broadcast assignments for any
television commentator.

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"Figure skating is a sport with its own subculture filled with behind-the-
scenes intrigue, fashion, glamour and tremendous drama," said Ebersol. The 39-cent stamp, available only in
Colorado Springs today, will be available nationwide tomorrow, Jan.
"While the Olympic Winter Games happen every four years , ski and Olympic
enthusiasts alike can enjoy the 2006 Games on beautiful stamps and commemorate
the history of the competition," said Granholm.