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The Olympics' TV Time-Delay Is Going Away, NBC Says

For next year's Winter Olympics, NBC will broadcast live programming across the U.S., ending the network's decades-old strategy of delaying coverage across American time zones.
For next year's Winter Olympics in South Korea, NBC will broadcast the action live to American TV audiences from the Gangneung Curling Centre and other venues.

When it broadcasts the Winter Olympics from South Korea next year, NBC will do so with live programming across the U.S., bringing an end to the network's decades-old strategy of delaying coverage according to U.S. time zones.

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