This 2018 image provided by Comcast Corp. shows Xfinity Stream mobile app with Olympics coverage for Comcast customers. NBC owner Comcast will include online coverage on its TV set-top boxes and TV coverage on its mobile apps to offer viewers one-stop shop to the Olympics. Comcast and other cable providers will also offer the opening ceremony and other events in sharper, “4K” resolution, though with a day’s delay. (Comcast Corp. via AP)NEW YORK – The days of watching whatever Olympics coverage the network sends to your TV antenna are long gone. There are almost as many ways to watch as there are events.
Cable subscribers will have multiple channel choices in addition to streaming apps and access to live and on-demand stats, results and daily summaries, say local providers.
Xfinity, for example, is offering coverage in one place on X1 and Xfinity Stream, including 50 new Olympics channels, new voice controls, athlete profiles and medal counts. You’ll be able to use voice command if available to find things like hockey scores by saying “USA Men’s Hockey” or an athlete profile by saying “Team USA” or the athlete’s name.
EPB is again offering the Oympics in 4K ultra-high-definition viewing to customers in the local market with its Fi TV Select as it did in 2016, according to spokesman John Pless.
It also will be offering enhanced coverage options via its app.