Tag: Winter Olympics
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Peacock and NBC’s Sports Strategy & Takeover Made Sundays Must-See TV Again
If you watched TV on a recent Sunday night, there’s a good chance you were watching something on Peacock or NBC. From September 7, 2025, through February 22, 2026, the NBC finished No. 1 in primetime on 23 of 25 Sundays. The data set from the aforementioned dates comes from Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel. The mixed-use…
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USA-Canada Men’s Hockey Gold Medal Finish Fueled Peacock’s Biggest Non-NFL Streaming Moment Ever Recorded
Peacock’s live Winter Olympic run turned into a headline-making streaming surge. NBCUniversal’s Milan-Cortina coverage drew a combined TV + streaming audience in the tens of millions, and Peacock led the way on digital, setting a new high for non-NFL streamed viewership during the Games. That gold-medal men’s hockey thriller between Team USA and Canada produced…
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Peacock Streams 6.3 Billion Minutes as NBCUniversal Reaches 200M in “Legendary February”
This month has been a historic one for NBC Sports, with Peacock‘s live sports streaming reaching a massive audience. Citing Nielsen Big Data + Panel reach data and digital analytics, NBCU says 200 million viewers have watched the company’s “Legendary February” presentation, underscoring the streamer’s ability to handle live sports at scale. A few of…
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7 Essential Flicks to Warm Up for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games
The biggest international event in winter sports has arrived with the start of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Every event from the Opening Ceremony to the Victory Ceremony and the replays in between will be available to stream on Peacock. For many, the Winter Olympics don’t just deliver medals and national pride; they produce…
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Winter Olympics: Schedule, How to Watch & What to Know About Milan Cortina 2026
The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are almost here, and for cord cutters this is the kind of live-event TV that proves streaming has replaced traditional pay-TV. NBC and Peacock (additional live coverage on USA Network and CNBC) are the U.S. home for the Games, and they’ve built a streaming-first plan that makes watching the fallout on your…
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Peacock Will Premiere Three New Olympic Documentaries This Month Ahead of Beijing 2022
As the world prepares for The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Peacock is giving viewers a new slate of documentaries to pregame for this year’s Winter Games. The streamer will debut three new documentaries focusing on specific storylines from the past, including the infamous 2002 Olympic figure skating scandal between Russia and Canada, and more.…
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How to Watch the 2018 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, & More
The 2018 Winter Olympics come to an end today with the closing ceremonies on NBC. The good news is you do not need cable TV and the two-year contract to watch the Olympics. You can even stream the events on devices like Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and more. Here is how you can watch the…