Comcast’s NBC Universal will launch two spillover channels that will offer extra coverage of certain events from the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris.
The two pop-up channels — called Paris Extra 1 and Paris Extra 2 — will be made available through Comcast’s own Xfinity TV as well as partner pay TV distributors like Dish Network, Sling TV, Fubo, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, DirecTV via Satellite, DirecTV via Internet, DirecTV Stream and some regional cable operators who are members of the National Content & Technology Cooperative (NCTC).
Paris Extra 1 will offer team sports, including basketball, handball, water polo and field sports, while Paris Extra 2 will unlock access to combat and racket-based sports like judo, taekwondo, badminton, table tennis and more.
The channels are unlikely to offer events from Team USA, which will be heavily promoted across NBC’s broadcast channel and linear cable outlets like CNBC, USA Network, E! and Golf Channel.
Some Team USA events will be offered in ultra high-definition (UHD/4K) through a special USA Network feed that will be offered on Xfinity TV and some cable, satellite and streaming partners, Comcast affirmed earlier this month. The feed will originate from the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), with NBC overlaying its own 4K HDR graphics.
All Olympic competitions will stream live on Comcast’s direct-to-consumer Peacock, which will raise its base subscription price to $8 per month this week, or $14 per month if customers want streaming access to their local NBC station. The Peacock feeds will be offered only in high definition (HD).
The Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be broadcast by NBC. Coverage of the Opening Ceremony will air on Friday, July 26 at 12 p.m. Eastern Time on NBC and 1 p.m. Eastern Time on Telemundo. Specific broadcast plans for the Closing Ceremony will be released at a later date.
