2026 NextGen Olympics TV Coverage Plans

[danieljlevine]

The Winter 2026 Olympics are coming up and NBCUniversal has been saying for a while what their ATSC 3.0 plans are:

https://www.nbcolympics.com/video-audio ... %20(1080i).

NBC NextGen TV***

NBC coverage of the Olympics will be available in 1080p Dolby Vision and Atmos through NBC’s NextGen TV broadcasts in select cities.
***NextGen TV is the new free Over-the-Air broadcast TV standard that has been rolling out across the United States. More information available here.

This is the same as 2 years ago for the summer olympics, meaning no 4K yet. Sadly my ATSC 3.0 NBC stations in Baltimore and Washington (111.1 and 104.1 respectively) are currently DRM encrypted.

[lenlab]

Hilarious! Most people will be watching on ATSC 1.0! Why? Because of DRM!

[mbirk1951]

I have a TV that can play ATSC3.0 DRM, but in my area (Dallas) we don't have an ATSC3.0 NBC station. Oh well plenty of other options to watch in higher quality than ATSC1.0, just need to spend a little cash.