NBCUniversal Plans Record 2,400-Plus Hours of Winter Olympics Coverage

NBCUniversal is gearing up to present more than 2,400 hours of coverage for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games from PyeongChang, South Korea, across NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, USA Network, NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app.

NBC’s coverage of the PyeongChang Games begins in prime time on February 8 at 8 p.m., one night before Opening Ceremony coverage. It will continue until the Closing Ceremony on February 25. For the first time for a Winter Games, NBC will present Olympic prime-time coverage live across all time zones. The 2,400 hours are the most ever for a Winter Olympics.

Cable channels NBCSN, CNBC and USA Network will air more than 450 hours of coverage of the Winter Games. NBCSN will serve as the cable home of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, televising 369 hours of coverage, including ten days of 24-hour coverage. CNBC will present 46 hours of coverage.

Meanwhile, NBC Olympics will live stream 1,800 hours, a record for a Winter Olympics. PyeongChang will be the first Winter Games to offer live streaming of the NBC broadcast network, including prime-time and prime-time-plus programming.

The Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA—a partnership between the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee and NBCU—will complement the coverage with wall-to-wall programming featuring 20 hours of news and highlights provided daily by Olympic Broadcasting Services. It will also showcase live Olympic medal ceremony coverage from the PyeongChang Medal Plaza, and a daily studio show featuring Jimmy Roberts.

“There will be more live hours of Winter Olympics coverage in PyeongChang than ever before, and for the first time at a Winter Games, NBC will broadcast live across all time zones to the entire country, creating a unique national collective experience for this event—and we will be everywhere—from broadcast and cable television, to digital streaming and social media,” said Jim Bell, the president of NBC Olympics production and programming. “The Games will once again provide a positive example of the world coming together in spirited competition and offering a message of unity, peace and hope.”

“The Olympics command America’s attention for 18 days unlike anything else because of the athletes and their stories,” added Bell. “There will be familiar names—like Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin and Shaun White. There will be new faces—like Chloe Kim and Nathan Chen. And there will be unforgettable stories, like the Nigerian bobsled team and, we anticipate, the North Korean figure skating pairs team.”