FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, November 25th, 2015
NBC SPORTS GROUP PRESENTS MORE THAN 60 HOURS OF FIS WORLD CUP SKIING ACTION THE NEXT TWO WEEKENDS
Nature Valley Aspen Winternational Coverage Begins Friday, Nov. 27, at 2:30 p.m. ET on Universal HD; NBC Airs Live Coverage Sunday at 3 p.m. ET
Bode Miller, Most Decorated U.S. Olympic Skier in History, Joins NBC Sports as Analyst for Audi “Birds of Prey” – Dec. 4-6 on NBC and NBCSN
U.S. Olympians Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin, Ted Ligety, Steven Nyman and Travis Ganong Expected to Compete
Coverage Also Includes Cross-Country, Nordic Combined, and Ski Jumping
STAMFORD, Conn. – Nov. 25, 2015 – NBC Sports Group will present more than 60 hours of men’s and women’s FIS World Cup skiing coverage over the next two weekends, featuring Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn, Olympic slalom champion Mikaela Shiffrin, two-time Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety, and U.S. Olympians Travis Ganong and Steven Nyman.
Coverage is highlighted by the women’s Nature Valley Aspen Winternational event from Aspen, Colo., on Nov. 27-29, the men’s Audi Birds of Prey event from Beaver Creek, Colo., on Dec. 4-6, and men’s (Nov. 27-29) and women’s events (Dec. 4-6) at Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada. NBC, NBCSN, Universal HD, and NBC Sports Live Extra will combine to present the Aspen Winternational and Birds of Prey events, while Universal HD and Live Extra will handle exclusive coverage in Lake Louise.
NBC Sports Group’s FIS World Cup coverage during the next two weekends includes alpine events in the downhill, slalom, giant slalom and super-G disciplines, as well as cross-country, Nordic combined and ski jumping events.
Bode Miller, the most decorated U.S. Olympic skier in history, will make his debut as an analyst during NBC Sports’ coverage of the Audi Birds of Prey event on Dec. 4-6. Lead play-by-play commentator Dan Hicks will call the Aspen Winternational and Audi Birds of Prey, alongside analysts and former World Cup downhillers Steve Porino and Todd Brooker. Steve Schlanger will serve as a reporter in Aspen. This weekend’s coverage in Aspen begins Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET on Universal HD with the giant slalom, followed by Saturday’s slalom coverage on NBCSN at 3:30 p.m. ET, and NBC’s live slalom coverage on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.
NBC Sports’ coverage of the Audi Birds of Prey event begins Friday, Dec. 4, at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN with live coverage of the downhill, followed by NBCSN’s coverage of the super-G on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 1 p.m. ET. NBC will air live coverage of the giant slalom Sunday, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m. ET.
Coverage from the men’s event at Lake Louise on Live Extra begins with the downhill this Saturday, Nov. 28 at 1:30 p.m. ET, followed by the super-G on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. Universal HD will air same-day delayed coverage of both events at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday.
Live Extra’s coverage of the women’s event at Lake Louise begins Friday, Dec. 4, at 1:30 p.m. ET with the downhill, continues Saturday, Dec. 5, at 2:30 p.m. ET, and concludes on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. ET with the super-G. Universal HD’s same-day delayed coverage of each event will air at 8:30 p.m. ET.
In addition, Live Extra will provide exclusive streaming coverage of the FIS World Cup events in cross-country, Nordic combined, and ski jumping from Ruka, Finland, and Lillehammer, Norway, over the next two weekends.
NBC Sports Live Extra – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices and tablets – will provide streaming coverage of the Nature Valley Aspen Winternational and Audi Birds of Prey events.
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Following is NBC Sports Group’s FIS World Cup skiing coverage on NBC, NBCSN, Universal HD and NBC Sports Live Extra:
| Date | Coverage | Network | Time (ET) |
| Fri., November 27 | FIS Cross-Country – Ruka Men’s Sprint C | NBC Sports Live Extra | 6:15 a.m. |
| FIS Cross-Country – Ruka Ladies’ Sprint C | NBC Sports Live Extra | 6:15 a.m. | |
| FIS Ski Jumping – Ruka HS 142 | NBC Sports Live Extra | 11 a.m. | |
| Aspen Winternational – Women’s Giant Slalom | Universal HD | 2:30 p.m. | |
| Sat., November 28 | FIS Nordic Combined – Ruka HS 142 | NBC Sports Live Extra | 3 a.m. |
| FIS Cross-Country – Ruka Ladies’ 5 km F | NBC Sports Live Extra | 4:15 a.m. | |
| FIS Cross-Country – Ruka Men’s 10 km F | NBC Sports Live Extra | 6 a.m. | |
| FIS Nordic Combined – Ruka 10 km | NBC Sports Live Extra | 8 a.m. | |
| FIS Ski Jumping – Ruka HS 142 | NBC Sports Live Extra | 10 a.m. | |
| FIS World Cup Skiing Lake Louise – Men’s Downhill | NBC Sports Live Extra | 1:30 p.m. | |
| Aspen Winternational – Women’s Slalom | NBCSN | 3:30 p.m. | |
| FIS World Cup Skiing Lake Louise – Men’s Downhill* | Universal HD | 7 p.m. | |
| Sun., November 29 | FIS Nordic Combined – Ruka HS 142 | NBC Sports Live Extra | 3 p.m. |
| FIS Cross-Country – Ruka Ladies’ 10 km C HSt | NBC Sports Live Extra | 4:15 a.m. | |
| FIS Cross-Country – Ruka Men’s 15 km C HSt | NBC Sports Live Extra | 5:30 a.m. | |
| FIS Nordic Combined – Ruka Team Sprint | NBC Sports Live Extra | 7 a.m. | |
| FIS World Cup Skiing Lake Louise – Men’s Super G | NBC Sports Live Extra | 1 p.m. | |
| Aspen Winternational – Women’s Slalom | NBC | 3 p.m. | |
| FIS World Cup Skiing Lake Louise – Men’s Super G* | Universal HD | 7 p.m. | |
| Fri., December 4 | Audi Birds of Prey – Men’s Downhill | NBCSN | 12:30 p.m. |
| FIS World Cup Skiing Lake Louise – Women’s Downhill | NBC Sports Live Extra | 2:30 p.m. | |
| FIS World Cup Skiing Lake Louise – Women’s Downhill* | Universal HD | 8:30 p.m. | |
| Sat., December 5 | FIS Nordic Combined – Lillehammer HS 138 | NBC Sports Live Extra | 3 a.m. |
| FIS Cross-Country – Lillehammer Ladies’ Skiathlon | NBC Sports Live Extra | 4 a.m. | |
| FIS Cross-Country – Lillehammer Men’s Skiathlon | NBC Sports Live Extra | 5:20 a.m. | |
| FIS Nordic Combined – Lillehammer Team 4×5 km | NBC Sports Live Extra | 8 a.m. | |
| FIS Ski Jumping – Lillehammer HS 138 | NBC Sports Live Extra | 10:45 a.m. | |
| Audi Birds of Prey – Men’s Super-G | NBCSN | 1 p.m. | |
| FIS World Cup Skiing Lake Louise – Women’s Downhill | NBC Sports Live Extra | 2:30 p.m. | |
| FIS World Cup Skiing Lake Louise – Women’s Downhill* | Universal HD | 8:30 p.m. | |
| Sun., December 6 | FIS Nordic Combined – Lillehammer HS 138 | NBC Sports Live Extra | 3 a.m. |
| FIS Cross-Country – Lillehammer Ladies’ Relay | NBC Sports Live Extra | 4 a.m. | |
| FIS Cross-Country – Lillehammer Men’s Relay | NBC Sports Live Extra | 5:20 a.m. | |
| FIS Nordic Combined – Lillehammer 10 km | NBC Sports Live Extra | 8:15 a.m. | |
| FIS Ski Jumping – Lillehammer HS 138 | NBC Sports Live Extra | 8:45 a.m. | |
| FIS World Cup Skiing Lake Louise – Women’s Super-G | NBC Sports Live Extra | 1 p.m. | |
| Audi Birds of Prey – Men’s Giant Slalom | NBC | 5 p.m. | |
| FIS World Cup Skiing Lake Louise – Women’s Super-G* | Universal HD | 8:30 p.m. |
*denotes same-day delay coverage
NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA
NBC Sports Live Extra – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets and connected TVs – will stream FIS World Cup coverage on NBC Sports Live Extra via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The NBC Sports Live Extra app is available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play and Windows Store, Roku Channel Store and Apple TV.
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