NBC Wants Us to See Olympic Soccer. If We Have the Right Cable Providers

July 6th, 2008 | by: Laurie |

Good news for US fans of Olympic soccer who are worrying about not being able to see the games. NBC feels our pain and will be creating four special Olympic channels for the Olympics, including one devoting twelve hours a day to men’s and women’s Olympic soccer.

NBC Universal, which will broadcast the Beijing Games in the United States, will start four new dedicated cable channels in August that could be available to 80 million TV households, company officials said.

One channel will be devoted exclusively to carrying men’s and women’s soccer games 12 hours a day, while a second channel will carry men’s and women’s basketball games 14 hours a day. A third channel will be broadcast in Mandarin and the fourth in Korean.

So where will these games by showing? On “specialized channels.” Currently only Comcast and Cox have agreed to carry them.

The good news? I have Comcast.

Wait. Maybe that’s just good news for me. You, though? You may want to contact your cable provider.

Update: While searching for a broadcast schedule (which I’m not finding just yet), I discovered that NBC will be broadcasting the games online as well as on TV. I’m not sure at this point whether this will include their four new stations. Go to NBCOlympics.com for more info. I’m currently not seeing anything on the broadcast schedule, but gents, they do have some nice photos of Hope Solo and Heather Mitts, among others.

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Martin

Is there any where we can get the schedule for events that NBC will be broadcasting.. by just regular NBC?
http://france.worldcupblog.org Laurie

Martin, I’m not seeing anything right now. Either I’m looking in the wrong places or they’re waiting till the event gets closer.

We’ll keep an eye out and let you know when we find out anything definitive.

While I was searching, though I found this interesting little tidbit. NBC will also be broadcasting everything online at NBCOlympics.com. I’m going to go in and update the post with this info.
Ronald

booooooooooo, Direct tv will have your heads for this betrayal….nbc.
mele419

yesss! I have comcast!
this shitty phone and internet are offset by the wonderful cable!
elle

hell yes Cox!
http://www.forzafutbol.com Elisa

Telemundo will probably carry the futbol in Español. Yes!
Corey

For once, Comcast has something going for it. For once….
Mike

COOOOOOXXXXXX! Not always the most to offer when it comes to soccer, but it looks like I hit the jackpot this time!
Mathilde

I live in Philadelphia and Comcast has never heard of the soccer channel. Ditto Drect TV and Dish Network. NBC will not respond to enquiries.
http://france.worldcupblog.org Laurie

Mathilde, I’m having the same problem. My Comcast guy had also never heard of it, and so far I’ve sent six emails to NBC. I did get a response to the most recent saying the person at NBC has kicked my question upstairs for an answer.

If that doesn’t work, I have a nasty anti-NBC post waiting to be posted and forwarded to every US soccer site I can think of. :-)
miamigunners

it will be stupid if directv don’t have the soccer channel! but i need directv, they are the only one that have setanta extra…

moreover, i saw directv’s programming guide that they will have channels 750-756 open for olympics coverage. i HOPE 4 of the 7 channels include soccer, basketball, chinese, and korean…

desperated!
Chris Berry

Bright House Networks in Tampa is showing NBC Olympic Basketball HD on channel 636 with coverage of all 76 games (38 Men’s, 38 Women’s).

NBC Olympic Soccer HD is on channel 637 covering all 58 games (32 Men’s, 26 Women’s).