Dish to Beam NBC Coverage of Rio Olympics in 4K on Delayed Basis

Dish Network subscribers with Hopper 3 and 4K Joey boxes will be able to watch NBC’s coverage of the Rio Olympics in 4K on a new “dedicated linear channel” and via Dish’s “on-demand catalog,” albeit on a somewhat limited and delayed basis, Dish said in a Thursday announcement. The 4K coverage will be available on one-day delay and will include content from the swimming, track and field, basketball and judo competitions, it said. The men’s soccer final also will be available, as will the Aug. 21 closing ceremony and Rio “scenics,” it said. One event from the previous day’s competition will be shown daily and looped on channel 146 in three-hour intervals beginning Aug. 7, Dish said.