Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Broadcasting

[clemsonbeav 622]

Curiosities of watching the Olympics in the  on NBC: They'll superimpose images on top, like giving us speeds in MPH for the skiing (and how far behind in feet at the end of the run).  Also, we don't have the TM in many of the graphics.

[Federer91 3,386]

I know Discovery are trying to maximize HBO Max subscriptions, but why are they showing replays all night on Eurosport 2 

[Grassmarket 4,303]

Good news is that here in  coverage of the Games got excellent viewing figures, by modern standards.  Makes me wonder if the BBC will be kicking themselves for neglecting this years' other big event, at least with us, the Commonwealth Games.

 

BBC should spare us the tears in their Winter Olympics cheerleading

[Rafa Maciel 1,709]

3 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Good news is that here in  coverage of the Games got excellent viewing figures, by modern standards.  Makes me wonder if the BBC will be kicking themselves for neglecting this years' other big event, at least with us, the Commonwealth Games.

 

BBC should spare us the tears in their Winter Olympics cheerleading

There was a lot of good stuff with the BBC coverage - although some of the presenter did go a bit over the top, and the fillers that they used were pretty cringeworthy. 

 

If there's one thing they need to figure out is how to show events like this without having the constant switching - from the channel to IPlayer and back to channel.  

[Orangehair43 315]

3 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Good news is that here in  coverage of the Games got excellent viewing figures, by modern standards.  Makes me wonder if the BBC will be kicking themselves for neglecting this years' other big event, at least with us, the Commonwealth Games.

 

BBC should spare us the tears in their Winter Olympics cheerleading

Unlikely because the BBC doesn’t earn extra money if something gets good ratings and budget was a big issue. 
 

Also Birmingham 2022 didn’t do great in the ratings which I suspect influenced things as well.  

Edited February 23 by Orangehair43

[Grassmarket 4,303]

And time to start discussing the Paralympic Broadcast Coverage.

 

Here in  it is Channel 4 as ever.  The live shows in the morning tend to be rather more blethering and soap opera than actual action.

 

ParalympicsGB | How to watch the milano cortina 2026 winter paralympics

 

But the YouTube Channel has all the actual sport.  This is not usually geoblocked.

 

Channel 4 Sport - YouTube

 

And I suppose for countries which do not have their own channels covering it, you can watch on Eurovision Sport.

 

Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games | Eurovision Sport

[IUBryan 35]

The replays are already available on Olympics.com! This is possibly the quickest I've ever seen the replays made available to view (outside the media rights holders).

 

The replays are all available here: https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/videos/replays

[Orangehair43 315]

3 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

And time to start discussing the Paralympic Broadcast Coverage.

 

Here in  it is Channel 4 as ever.  The live shows in the morning tend to be rather more blethering and soap opera than actual action.

 

ParalympicsGB | How to watch the milano cortina 2026 winter paralympics

 

But the YouTube Channel has all the actual sport.  This is not usually geoblocked.

 

Channel 4 Sport - YouTube

 

And I suppose for countries which do not have their own channels covering it, you can watch on Eurovision Sport.

 

Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games | Eurovision Sport

I wonder how C4 will cover the Russia issue and the likely chaos it will cause. 

Edited February 24 by Orangehair43

[Grassmarket 4,303]

1 hour ago, IUBryan said:

The replays are already available on Olympics.com! This is possibly the quickest I've ever seen the replays made available to view (outside the media rights holders).

 

The replays are all available here: https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/videos/replays

Would you believe they have mixed in spoilers of the winning results along with the full replays?  

[Orangehair43 315]

BBC to use influencers across all its Sports coverage going forward 

https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/bbc-broadcasting-rights-live-sport-zdh5nrvtr#:~:text=The%20BBC's%20director%20of%20sport,to%20many%20live%20sports%20events.