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It is not clear to me that even paying for the online streaming option gives you the ability to watch any Olympic event at any time. I assume NBC does not want to give away everything online without a subscription to a cable/satellite TV provider, hence the obfuscation.

https://www.peacocktv.com/sports/olympics

> Can I watch the entire Tokyo Olympics on Peacock, including Opening and Closing Ceremonies?

>Peacock will show Tokyo Olympics highlights, including must-see moments from the Opening and Closing Ceremonies on NBC, as well as original documentaries, series, and specials. To watch more extensive coverage, such as the full Opening Ceremony, please tune in to the live broadcast on NBC.

> Live coverage, highlights, and commentary will also be available on the NBC App, NBCSN, the NBC Sports App, NBC's Tokyo 2020 Olympics App for TV, Olympics Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCOlympics.com, CNBC, GOLF Channel, and on the USA Network.

> *Only available for select providers. Call your cable company to see if you have access.

Ah yeah it could be clearer I suppose, fwiw just using NBCOlympics.com and signing in with youtube tv (which I share with the rest of my fam.) is what I've been doing; I've heard of others using a ~$10/mo promo on sling and using that as a cable provider

all in all it's still better than trying to fight nba/mlb blackouts, where no matter who and what you pay you end up having to watch pirate streams (which also exist for tokyo2020)

>> Can I watch the entire Tokyo Olympics on Peacock, including Opening and Closing Ceremonies?

No. Between Peacock and the NBC "family" of channels (NBC, USA, NBCSN), I can see a fair amount. That included the opening ceremony live and repeated in prime time.

Peacock does not have everything. It also has a screwed up schedule. (For example, looking for the replay of the women's cycling road race, it says it was earlier today, 26 July, when it was actually yesterday.)

Even worse, when watching a "replay" of an event, it will switch to something else. (I was watching a replay of the Japan-USA women's water polo match and it switched over to softball, twice.)

Peacock did have good Tour de France coverage; so, they know how to do some things right. I don't know why they dropped the ball on the Olympics.

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