Television Broadcast
In the United States, NBC broadcast the Closing Ceremony on tape delay, starting at 7:00 pm EST and PST/6:00 pm CST and MST, and did not edit out the intruder interrupting the speeches.
In Canada, CBC and CBC Newsworld broadcast the ceremonies live, starting at 1:00 pm EST, with several replays on both networks throughout the day.
In the UK, the BBC broadcast the Closing Ceremony live, starting at 7:00 pm GMT.
In Australia, The Seven Network broadcast the Closing Ceremony live, starting at 5.30 am AEST.
In Spain, TVE2 broadcast the ceremony.
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