NBC continues to make daily announcements about its Olympic programming. Coming in February, NBCOlympics.com will debut several new online features for its site and the NBC Sports Live Extra App.
One particular feature that returns from London is Gold Zone which will take viewers to wherever the action is in Sochi. Unlike London, there will be hosts and one of them is DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket Red Zone Channel host Andrew Siciliano while the other will be former ESPN’er Ryan Burr. Gold Zone will stream live between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. ET.
Olympic Ice will be a daily studio show that will be hosted by MLS anchor Russ Thaler with 2002 figure skating gold medalist Sarah Hughes as the analyst. This will review the day’s events from the Iceberg Skating Palace where the competition will take place.
And an Olympic News Desk will be streamed throughout the day on NBCOlympics.com providing updates on the latest news. This will be free and no authentication will be needed unlike the other two features which will require cable and satellite subscriptions.
Here’s the NBCOlympics press release.
NBCOLYMPICS.COM TO OFFER ORIGINAL, DIGITAL-ONLY PROGRAMMING FOR SOCHI GAMES
Gold Zone to Offer More Than 100 Hours of Whip-Around Coverage of Most Compelling Live Events for Verified Cable, Satellite & Telco Customers
Sarah Hughes to Serve as Analyst for Olympic Ice, Daily Figure Skating News & Highlight Studio Show
Julie Donaldson to Host Olympic News Desk Updates Throughout the DaySTAMFORD, Conn. – January 8, 2014 – In addition to delivering more than 1,000 hours of live streaming coverage of the upcoming Sochi Games, NBCOlympics.com, America’s preeminent digital destination for Olympic content and exclusive online home of Olympic video coverage, will deliver unprecedented digital-only original programming, the vast majority for verified cable, satellite & telco customers.
The video offering, new to Winter Games coverage, will include whip-around competition coverage from Gold Zone; a daily figure skating news and highlights show, Olympic Ice; and regular news updates throughout each day of competition via NBCOlympics.com’s Olympic News Desk updates.
GOLD ZONE
Beginning on February 8, Gold Zone, an exclusive video channel on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports Live Extra app, will offer more than 100 hours of whip-around coverage of the most popular live action from the Sochi Games. The channel, which will stream 7 a.m. -3 p.m. ET on most days, will allow verified viewers to experience multiple events, as they happen.
Gold Zone may take viewers from a freestyle skiing final to the conclusion of an exciting ice hockey game, in real time, enabling them to catch the most exciting Olympic action whenever and wherever it’s happening.
Gold Zone hosts Andrew Siciliano and Ryan Burr will provide context to what’s being streamed and will keep fans up-to-date as the action switches from event to event.
To get up-to-the-minute updates on what is being featured on Gold Zone, fans can follow the dedicated twitter handle @NBC_GoldZone.
OLYMPIC ICE
Olympic Ice, a studio show available on NBCOlympics.com and NBC Sports Live Extra, will offer verified viewers a comprehensive review of all the figure skating news and highlights taking place each day during the Sochi Games. It will air at 5:30 p.m. ET on most days, from February 7-21.
Russ Thaler will host the 30-minute show, and will be joined by analyst and 2002 Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater Sarah Hughes.
OLYMPIC NEWS DESK UPDATES
Hosted by Julie Donaldson, Olympic News Desk updates will stream periodically throughout the day and unauthenticated on NBCOlympics.com. They will feature the most up-to-date news, competition and highlights, from the day’s events in Sochi.
There you have it.
