NBC Increases Cable Coverage Of Winter Olympics With 450 Hours For PyeongChang

NBCSN will have "368.5 hours of the 450 hours" of PyeongChang Games coverage that will be televised on cable TV, which is "up 60% from 230 hours" during the '14 Sochi Games, according to Jon Lafayette of BROADCASTING & CABLE. CNBC and USA Network also are "carrying Olympic programming." Similar to the '16 Rio Games, NBCSN will be "live in primetime nearly every night throughout" PyeongChang alongside the NBC broadcast network. NBCSN will be "all-Olympics all the time for 156 consecutive hours" from Feb. 18-25. CNBC will have "46 hours of Olympic programming, including extensive coverage of curling," which will air from 5:00-8:00pm ET "most days." USA Network will "air live curling and hockey as part of its 40.5 hours of live programming" (BROADCASTINGCABLE.com, 11/6).