NBC Sports to Present 100 Hours of XXIII Olympic Winter Games Test-Event Coverage

NBC Sports Group will present an unprecedented 100 hours of coverage of test events for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, across NBC, NBCSN, Universal HD, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app from November through March 2017. NBC Sports Group's test-event coverage spans 12 sports - alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsled, cross country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, nordic combined, short track, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding, and speed skating - and is its most-ever for Olympic Winter Games test events.

Coverage begins this Saturday, November 26, with live streaming at 11 p.m. ET of the big air event at the FIS Snowboard World Cup on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. The FIS Snowboard World Cup will be held at Alpensia Ski Resort, home of the 2018 Olympic ski jumping events and snowboard big air. Coverage of the event continues this Sunday, November 27, at 8 p.m. ET on Universal HD.

"We're proud to continue our commitment to the Olympic Games, Olympic sports and Olympic athletes, many of whom will gather to compete in PyeongChang next winter," said Jim Bell, Executive Producer, NBC Olympics. "Our unprecedented coverage of these events will provide fans with more quality Olympic-sport programming than ever before."

NBC Sports Group's coverage features 11 different events from November through March, 2017, including:

FIS Snowboard World Cup
ISU Short Track World Cup
FIS Cross Country World Cup
FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships
FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
ISU Four Continents FIGURE SKATING Championships
IBU Biathlon World Cup
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup
IBSF Bobsled and Skeleton World Cup

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app - NBC Sports Group's live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs - will stream coverage. The NBC Sports app will stream coverage via "TV Everywhere," giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high-quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. Powered by Playmaker Media, the NBC Sports app is available on Apple iOS, Android and select Samsung devices, as well as on Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Win10, and Xbox.

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