2020 Tokyo Olympics: How to stream the summer games

One year later than planned, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will finally take place! And yes, that’s still the official name. Officially, the games begin this Friday, July 23rd and end on August 8th. However, some Olympic events in Japan, such as softball and soccer games, have already started.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the organizers of the games have decided not to have any live viewers at the events for the first time in Olympic history. If you’re an Olympic junkie, the fact that you can’t physically participate doesn’t matter. NBC will be broadcasting and / or streaming thousands of hours of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics over the next few weeks so you don’t miss the action.

You can watch the games on your traditional TV, along with your smart TV, smartphone, tablet, or pretty much any device that allows you to watch sports. Here’s a quick look at how you can stream the games from anywhere.

NBC has been waiting for a year to show what its streaming service Peacock can offer Olympic fans. Now the summer games are finally here and Peacock is going all out. When you sign up for Peacock, you can live stream over 5,000 hours of Olympic competitions. This includes live broadcasts of major events such as men’s and women’s gymnastics, swimming, athletics and much more. If you miss something when it goes live, don’t worry. Peacock also has highlights and full event replays of the most important events for you to watch on demand.

The best part? Almost all of the live coverage of Peacock’s 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be available to stream for free. The only events that require a paid Peacock Premium subscription to watch and stream live are the Team USA men’s basketball games. If you absolutely can’t do without the USA men’s basketball games at all, Peacock Premium is $ 4.99 per month with ads or $ 9.99 per month without ads.

In addition to live coverage of the games, Peacock will also feature a number of exclusive daily shows and specials. Daily shows include Tokyo Gold, Tokyo Live, Tokyo Tonight, and On Her Turf, which are dedicated to women’s sports.

During the games, a number of live streaming channels will also be added to Peacock, devoted to different topics:

• Great Moments: A look back at the greatest moments from past Olympics
• Meet the Olympians: Profiles of great Olympic athletes
• Must-See Moments: Another look at some of the most memorable Olympic highlights
• Team USA: highlights of the best Olympic moments in the USA.
• Tokyo Flame: A livestream of Tokyo’s Olympic Flames

The service will also feature a number of specials on-demand before and after the games. they include

• The ’96 effect
• Michael Phelps: Medals Memories and More
• The greatest race
• In Deep with Ryan Lochte
• My Aspiration: Life, Legacy & Jordan Burroughs
• For ball and country
• Golden
• The sisters from ’96
• Olympic highlights with Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg

As you can see, Peacock will be the best game to see live coverage of the Tokyo Olympics and watch movies like The Boss Baby 2 and the recently released limited-edition crime series Dr. Death.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics on NBC and other cable channels

If you don’t want to use Peacock to keep up with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, there are other options available to you. If you have a cable or satellite TV subscription, you can watch the games on NBC along with many of its sister cable TV channels such as NBCSN, Golf Channel, USA, Telemundo, CNBC, Universo and the Olympic Channel. You can also log into the NBC Sports app on your smart TV, smartphone or tablet to see coverage of the games if you have a confirmed cable or satellite TV subscription.

You can also watch NBC’s coverage of the games via live internet streaming services such as YouTube TV, Hulu Plus Live TV, Fubo TV, Sling TV, and others.

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If you own a Roku streaming stick, set-top box or smart TV with the Roku operating system, you can quickly access and watch coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Once the games start, you can access free highlights of the events from the Roku home screen. Before the Games begin on July 23, you can click the Tokyo 2020 Olympics section on the home screen to see a countdown clock for the Opening Ceremonies. Once the games officially begin, that same section becomes a medal count chart for each country’s teams.

Peacock was added to Amazon Fire TV-based streaming sticks, set-top boxes, and smart TVs just a few weeks ago. This means that owners of these devices will also have quick and easy access to coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Starting July 22nd, Fire TV owners will see their own page on the home screen where they can log into Peacock, NBC Sports, or the live streaming service of their choice to watch the Olympics.