The opening ceremony will take place at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, which is also referred to as “The Bird’s Nest.” This location previously hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics, a track and field venue and the men’s 2008 gold medal soccer game. However, the stadium will not be hosting any competitions during these Olympics.
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The 2022 Beijing Winter Games will have seven new events: women’s monobob; men’s and women’s big air (freestyle skiing); mixed team snowboard cross; mixed team aerials; mixed team short track relay; and mixed team ski jumping. In total, there will be 109 medal events across 15 sports.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Olympic opening ceremony including time, date, TV channel and live stream options:
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What channel is the opening ceremony on?
TV channel: NBC
NBC and CBC will air the Olympic opening ceremony beginning at 6:30 a.m. ET (3:30 a.m. PT) and re-broadcast it at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on Friday before breaking up coverage of Olympic events across its family of networks. This marks the first time NBC and CBC will broadcast an Olympics opening ceremony live in the morning.
Olympic opening ceremony start time
Date: Friday, Feb. 4 LIVE: 6:30 a. m. ET | 3:30 a. m. PT Encore: 8 p. m. ET | 5 p. m. PT
Savannah Guthrie and Mike Tirico will host NBC’s live-morning broadcast of the Olympics Beijing, which operates in China Standard Time, is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Time, meaning the ceremony will begin 7:30 p.m. local time. Scott Russell, Adrienne Arsenault and Andrew Chang lead CBC’s coverage.
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Here is NBC’s full television broadcast schedule for Friday, Feb. 4.
Opening ceremony live stream:
Live stream: Peacock, NBC Sports app, NBC Olympics, fuboTV
Cordless options to watch the 2022 Beijing Olympics include NBC’s streaming service, Peacock, as well as NBCOlympics.com and fuboTV, which offers a seven-day free trial.
How to watch the Olympics in Canada
TV channels: CBC Hosts: Scott Russell, Adrienne Arsenault and Andrew Chang Live streams: CBC Gem, CBC’s Beijing 2022 website, CBC Olympics app, fuboTV
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Olympic schedule 2022
Here is the schedule for the 2022 Olympics this weekend.
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