TV Schedule for Equestrian at the 2016 Olympics
You’ll be able to catch some of the equestrian events whether you have network TV or cable. Plus: how to watch online.
By Leslie Potter | August 1, 2016 | HorseChannel.com
There’s good news and less-good news for equestrian sports fans in the United States as the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro approach. The good news is that pretty much everyone, no matter how they consume television, will get to see at least some equestrian coverage. The bad news is that if you don’t have cable or satellite, you won’t get to see much, even (especially) online.
NBC is sticking with its frustrating model of streaming the entirety of every Olympic event—including equestrian—online, and then restricting access to that live stream to people who subscribe to participating cable and satellite plans. There is no other option to access the live stream*, even if you were, say, willing to pay for it separately.
UPDATE: cutcabletoday.com reports that you can get access to all of the Olympic coverage from the cable networks (see below) without a cable subscription. For U.S. viewers, a service called Sling will give you access to coverage on USA and MSNBC for $25/month, and there is a 7-day free trial available. Another option is PlayStation Vue. I can’t vouch for these services, but if you try them for this Olympics, let us know what you think. Read more on cutcabletoday.com.
Olympic Equestrian TV Schedule
NBC will be providing some coverage of all three equestrian sports through its cable partners, USA and MSNBC. There will even be some live coverage of the events, but nothing broadcast during primetime, so set your DVRs now (or start coming up with excuses for all the hooky you’re about to play.)
Olympic Equestrian Online Streaming
If you’re in the U.S., the best option for watching the equestrian events is by using the livestream on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app. You’ll be able to watch all of the equestrian events live and in their entirety, and you won’t have to worry about the coverage cutting away to men’s swimming or women’s beach volleyball just when the dressage is getting good.
As stated earlier, you do need to subscribe to a participating pay TV service in order to access the livestream. You’ll also need adequate internet speed to support streaming.
To find out when the equestrian events are available to watch on NBCOlympics.com, see the full Olympic schedule here.
HorseChannel.com
NBCOlmpics Live Stream.com Equestrian
CBC.ca – CBC will telecast Equestrian live on Canada.
The following links are resources.
USEF – United States Equestrian Federation – Olympics
USEF – U.S. Paralympic Equestrian Team
Eventing Nation – Olympics
HorseChannel.com – Olympics
Show your support of Equestrian Events and let NBC know we want see more of them. Click here to access the NBC Olympics Facebook page – Like the page and tell them how much you are looking forward to watching the Equestrian Events!
This schedule has been added to the NW Equine calendar and also displays on the homepage Events.
The Equestrian competitions are scheduled to start on August 5th, and televised on Aug 6th at 6:00 pm/pst.
