Article: NBC enjoys strong ratings, ad sales for Athens Olympics.

Byline: Phyllis Furman

Aug. 26--The gold keeps flowing in for NBC.

Thanks to strong ratings for the Athens Olympics, NBC sold an additional $20 million to $30 million in ads in recent days, sources said.

That's on top of the $1 billion target the Peacock net hit before the Games began.

The Olympics are a big win for General Electric-owned NBC Universal, which took a risk in airing 1,210 hours of Olympics on NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, USA, Bravo and Telemundo.

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