2026 Winter Olympics

[naptime]

Does anybody know if Dish plans any Winter Olympics events in 4k? Also, I seem to recall a channel guide station with an aggregate list of scheduled Olympic events?

 

[Bobby]

Historically Dish has had the Olympics in 4K. I think we will see a separate Olympic 4K channel in the next few days. We shall see.

 

[zippyfrog]

Today Dish uplinked channel 115 and 191, which has the channels that the Olympics will be on. What I am surprised at is that there are no additional Olympic channels this time around. Last time, channel 297 and 298 were used as 24/7 content channels. Maybe with the emphasis on Peacock, NBC/Comcast isn't doing the additional channels this time around.

 

[telstar_1]

Right, make them buy streaming...

 

[zippyfrog]

Yeah, I think there is the emphasis on Peacock this time.

The only other thing I can think of is that this isn't the Summer Olympics. With the Summer Olympics, there is a lot of interest in Track, Basketball, Soccer, Gymnastics and Swimming, and between the normal channels that cover the Olympics plus the overflow channels that were added, someone could watch every one of those matches, races, or performances. There isn't the same level of team sports or as many higher profile events in the Winter Olympics. (I know that last sentence is highly subjective, but that is a trend I have seen)

We will see if anything shows up after the uplink this afternoon or early tomorrow morning, but in the end, if no additional channels are added, I am thinking it is more wanting people to go to Peacock than making events accessible without it.