With the 2010 Winter Olympic games just a few weeks off, the question you may want to ask yourself is whether your TV set is fully prepared to bring you all of the action. Many cable TV customers continue to be frustrated with the lack of HD content available. NBC and their family of networks will carry more than 800 hours of coverage from Vancouver starting February 12th.
If you are looking to make the switch to satellite TV before the 2010 Winter Games start, what can you expect from Dish Network as far as coverage? Which package do you need to get as much coverage as possible?
NBC will be carrying the bulk of the coverage, and your local NBC affiliate is carried to more than 95% of the country with Dish Network. Only in a few limited rural areas will you not find your local channels on Dish TV. Top events that you will find on your local NBC channel include Figure Skating, Skiing, and the Ice Hockey finals. With the games taking place in Vancouver, America will be able to enjoy many of the events live in 2010.
Dish Network will also provide extensive coverage on three additional channels that are also owned by Universal/NBC. These are the USA Network, CNBC, and MSNBC. Lets review what will be found on these networks.
MSNBC is on Dish Network channel 209 and is also available in HD. MSNBC will kick off coverage on February, 14th with Women’s Hockey. Men’s Hockey competition and Curling matches will also be found here. Note that MSNBC is not in the Americas’ Top 120 package, so you do have to have America’s Top 200 or higher if you want to catch the action found here.
CNBC is on Dish Network channel 208 and will feature similar action to that found on MSNBC. CNBC is on all Dish packages from America’s Top 120 through the America’s Everything package, and is also in HD for those who subscribe to hi def.
The USA Network is on Dish Network channel 105 and is also carried in HD by Dish. This will primarily be the home of Winter Games Curling action, and USA Network is available in all Dish Network packages.
Finally, Universal HD is the highlight channel for the 2010 Winter Games, so you won’t find any live action. Keep up on anything you may have missed, but you do need the Dish Network Platinum package to see Universal HD on channels 366. Dish Network is running a promotion offering the Platinum package for free right now for new customers who order high definition along with a regular programming package.
Overall, Dish Network will keep you in touch with everything going on during the 2010 Winter Games. If you are on the other side, here is where to find out the latest on DIRECTV’s Winter Olympics coverage.
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Dish channel 100 combines all the channels:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dish-network-partners-with-nbc-universal-to-deliver-immersive-interactive-tv-experiences-for-2010-vancouver-olympic-winter-games-2010-02-12?reflink=MW_news_stmp
I don’t have Universal HD on my tv. How do i subscribe?