Comcast Unveils Unparalleled Winter Olympics Viewing Experience for Xfinity TV Customers across Platforms
January 17 2018 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
Access All of NBC Olympics’ Coverage in One
Place on X1 and Xfinity Stream
X1 Customers Will Enjoy 50 New Olympics Virtual
Channels, New Voice Controls, Athlete Profiles, Real-time Stats,
Daily Summaries, and Medal Counts
Comcast today unveiled the most live, mobile and technologically
advanced Olympics experience that will be available to Xfinity TV
customers on the TV and across platforms for the Winter Olympics
PyeongChang 2018. Following the success of the Rio Olympics,
Comcast is rolling out a host of new features on Xfinity X1 and the
Xfinity Stream app and web portal so viewers can customize and
control their Olympics viewing experience across platforms, and
never miss a moment of the Winter Games.
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“Our goal is to raise the bar for the modern-day Olympics
viewing experience across platforms, and experiment with new
features and functionality that will surprise and delight our
customers in exciting new ways,” said Matt Strauss, Executive Vice
President, Xfinity Services. “With 50 new virtual channels
dedicated to the PyeongChang Games, enhanced voice control, medal
counts, real-time stats and daily summaries, we are excited for X1
customers to experience the Olympic Games like never before. And by
creating one go-to destination for all Olympics coverage across
devices on Xfinity Stream, all Xfinity TV customers can access
every moment of every event on their favorite devices, at home or
anywhere in the country.”
X1 customers will enjoy easy access to all 2,400+ hours of NBC
Olympics’ live, on demand and streaming coverage—the most ever for
a Winter Games—in one place. And for the first time, all Xfinity TV
customers will be able to access this comprehensive NBC Olympics
dashboard across devices with the Xfinity Stream app and web
portal.
The X1 experience will feature:
- 50 Virtual Channels, curated by the
Xfinity TV editorial team, that highlight the best moments of each
day in PyeongChang, trending athletes, spills and thrills and more.
Customers can watch all videos included in a playlist or browse and
select only the videos they would like to watch.
- Daily summaries offering real-time
snapshots of the Olympics with up-to-date information on the day’s
events, featured athletes and a medal tracker.
- On demand access to NBC programming in
4K HDR with Dolby Atmos three-dimensional sound, including the
opening ceremony, ski jumping, figure skating, and snowboard big
air. NBC Olympics’ 4K HDR coverage of the PyeongChang Games is
presented by Xfinity.
- An on-screen companion experience with
the X1 Sports App, providing viewers with the latest scores,
schedules, stats, and highlights for every sport and event.
With more than 500 million voice commands generated monthly, X1
customers are using their voice remotes more than ever to navigate
their entertainment experience. And to ensure users can access all
NBC Olympics programming, updates and information quickly and
easily, X1 customers will be able to control their experience with
1,500 Olympic-specific voice commands. For the PyeongChang Winter
Games, X1 customers can:
- Say “Winter Olympics” to navigate to
the NBC Olympics dashboard.
- Check the hockey score while watching
curling by saying, “USA Men’s Hockey.”
- Explore events, replays, and highlights
for any sport by saying, “Alpine Skiing.”
- Find out when athletes are competing by
saying, “Gus Kenworthy” or “Team USA.”
- Check out how any country is doing by
saying, “What is the medal count?”
- Plan out your day by saying, “What
Olympics events are on today?”
- Say, “What song is this?” to get song
and artist information for the music playing during figure skating
performances.
The NBC Primetime Show begins February 8th with coverage
available via NBCUniversal networks including NBC, NBC Sports
Network (NBCSN), USA Network, CNBC, and the Olympic Channel.
For more information about X1, visit www.xfinity.com/X1.
About Comcast
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and
NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation’s largest video,
high-speed internet, and phone providers to residential customers
under the XFINITY brand, and also provides these services to
businesses. It also provides wireless and security and automation
services to residential customers under the XFINITY brand.
NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable
networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television
production operations, television station groups, Universal
Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts.
Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more
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