Peacock, the American over-the-top video streaming service has announced that all of NBC Universal‘s coverage of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be live-streamed on their network. The deal includes every minute of every live broadcast and cable TV event.
There will be 15 sports that will be streamed live for the regular viewers. The premium tier audience will have additional access to the opening and closing ceremonies, NBC’s nightly primetime show, medal ceremonies, exclusive daily studio programming, full replays of all competition, extensive highlight clips, and much more.
Kelly Campbell, President, Peacock, said, “As the streaming destination of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Peacock will offer the ultimate fan experience all in one place. From every live event and gold medal moment to exclusive daily shows, channels and original documentaries, viewers will be able to easily catch up and keep up on all the action throughout the Games with our comprehensive Olympics hub on Peacock.”
The opening ceremony will be held on February 4, with the competition coverage beginning two days earlier on February 2. The event will come to an end with the closing ceremony on February 20. Peacock will live stream every event mentioned.
Molly Solomon, Executive Producer, NBC Olympics & Paralympics, commented, “We are excited to offer NBC Olympics’ storytelling and complete streaming coverage of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games on Peacock. This approach provides the American audience with a dynamic, easy-to-use Olympic viewing hub where not a single moment, live or on-demand, will be missed.”
Peacock is currently available on the Roku platform, Amazon FireTV and Fire tablets, Apple devices such as the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV HD, and Apple TV 4K. It is also available on Google platforms and devices such as Android TV devices, Chromecast, and Chromecast built-in devices.