FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, November 5th, 2019
NBC SPORTS GROUP AND U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD RENEW MEDIA RIGHTS AGREEMENT THROUGH 2021-22 SEASON
40+ Hours of Coverage Across NBC, NBCSN, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports App and NBC Sports Gold
Agreement Includes Coverage of Alpine, Ski & Snowboard Halfpipe, Moguls, Aerials, Big Air and Cross Country
2019-20 Schedule Includes Events at Killington, Beaver Creek, Copper Mountain, Mammoth, Deer Valley and Two New Events: Visa City Big Air Atlanta and FIS Cross Country World Cup Minneapolis
STAMFORD, Conn. – Nov. 5, 2019 – NBC Sports Group and U.S. Ski & Snowboard have renewed their media rights agreement through the 2021-22 season, both parties announced today. Under the agreement, NBC Sports will present 40+ hours of coverage of U.S. Ski & Snowboard events across NBC, NBCSN, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, and its subscription service NBC Sports Gold. NBC Sports and U.S. Ski and Snowboard have been partners since 1998.
Coverage will include seven U.S.-based events for the next three seasons: including the FIS Alpine World Cup events at Killington, Vt, for the women, and Beaver Creek, Colo., for the men; FIS Freestyle World Cup events at Copper Mountain, Colo., Mammoth Mountain, Calif., and Deer Valley, Utah; and two new events – the Visa Big Air presented by Land Rover in Atlanta, and the FIS Cross Country World Cup in Minneapolis.
“We are proud to continue our long-standing partnership with U.S. Ski and Snowboard, featuring some of the world’s fastest, most creative, and gravity-defying athletes,” said Gary Quinn, Vice President, Programming, NBC Sports Group. “And anytime these exciting competitions are happening across some of America’s greatest resort destinations, fans will be able to watch whenever, and wherever, they want.”
“We are thrilled to extend our agreement with longstanding partner NBC Sports through the 2021-22 season,” said Tiger Shaw, U.S. Ski & Snowboard President and CEO. “Our relationship with NBC Sports is a valuable platform to be able to share our sports and athletes with fans across the nation as they prepare for Beijing 2022. We have an amazing season ahead and between the HomeLight Killington Cup – which has drawn record numbers on the World Cup circuit in both attendance and viewership – as well as new events on the calendar like the Visa Big Air presented by Land Rover, and the FIS Coop Cross Country World Cup in Minneapolis, we have a big opportunity to share the excitement with the world through the eyes of NBC Sports.”
2019-20 SEASON
For the 2019-20 season, 12 hours of coverage will be presented on NBC, 21.5 on NBCSN, and 10 on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.
Coverage begins on Saturday, Nov. 30, at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, with a live presentation of the first run of the women’s slalom at the HomeLight Killington Cup in Killington, Vt.. Coverage on NBC begins shortly thereafter with the second women’s slalom run at 3:30 p.m. ET. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA begins its U.S. Ski & Snowboard coverage on Saturday, Dec. 7, with the Xfinity Birds of Prey men’s downhill from Beaver Creek, Colo., at 1 pm ET.
Following is the 2019-20 U.S. Ski & Snowboard schedule across NBC Sports:
| Date | Time (ET) | Event | Network |
| 11/30/19 | 12:30 p.m. | FIS Alpine World Cup: HomeLight Killington Cup – Women’s Giant Slalom | NBCSN |
| 3:30 p.m. | FIS Alpine World Cup: HomeLight Killington Cup – Women’s Giant Slalom* | NBC | |
| 12/1/19 | 12:30 p.m. | FIS Alpine World Cup: HomeLight Killington Cup – Women’s Slalom | NBC |
| 12/6/19 | 12:30 p.m. | FIS Alpine World Cup: Xfinity Birds of Prey – Men’s Super-G | NBCSN |
| 12/7/19 | 1 p.m. | FIS Alpine World Cup: Xfinity Birds of Prey – Men’s Downhill | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 11 p.m. | FIS Alpine World Cup: Xfinity Birds of Prey – Men’s Downhill* | NBCSN | |
| 12/8/19 | 2:30 p.m. | FIS Alpine World Cup: Xfinity Birds of Prey – Men’s Giant Slalom | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 5 p.m. | FIS Alpine World Cup: Xfinity Birds of Prey – Men’s Giant Slalom* | NBC | |
| 12/13/19 | 1 p.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix – Copper – Freestyle-Halfpipe | NBCSN |
| 12/14/19 | 2 p.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix – Copper – Snowboard-Halfpipe | NBCSN |
| 12/20/19 | 7 p.m. | Visa City Big Air: Presented by Land Rover – Atlanta – Snowboard-Big Air | NBCSN |
| 12/21/19 | 3 p.m. | Visa City Big Air: Presented by Land Rover – Atlanta – Snowboard-Big Air** | NBC |
| 4 p.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix – Copper – Snowboard/Ski-Halfpipe** | NBC | |
| 7 p.m. | Visa City Big Air: Atlanta – Freestyle-Big Air | NBCSN | |
| 12/22/19 | 3 p.m. | Visa City Big Air: Atlanta – Freestyle-Big Air** | NBC |
| 1/31/20 | 1 p.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix – Mammoth – Snowboard-Slopestyle | NBCSN |
| 4:30 p.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix – Mammoth – Freestyle-Halfpipe | NBCSN | |
| 2/1/20 | 1 p.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix – Mammoth – Freestyle-Slopestyle | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 4 p.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix – Mammoth – Snowboard-Halfpipe | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| 5 p.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix – Mammoth – Snowboard-Halfpipe | NBC | |
| 11:30 p.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix – Mammoth – Snowboard-Halfpipe* | NBCSN | |
| 2/2/20 | 3 p.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix – Mammoth – Freestyle-Slopestyle** | NBC |
| 2/6/20 | 12:30 a.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International – Deer Valley – Moguls ** | NBCSN |
| 2/7/20 | 9:30 p.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International – Deer Valley – Aerials | NBCSN |
| 2/8/20 | 3 p.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International – Deer Valley – Moguls/Aerials** | NBC |
| 9:30 p.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International – Deer Valley – Dual Moguls | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| 2/9/20 | 3 p.m. | FIS Freestyle World Cup: Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International – Deer Valley – Dual Moguls** | NBC |
| 3/17/20 | 5:30 p.m. | FIS XC World Cup: Minneapolis – Men’s Sprint & Women’s Sprint | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 10:30 p.m. | FIS XC World Cup: Minneapolis – Men’s Sprint & Women’s Sprint* | NBCSN | |
| 3/21/20 | 12 p.m. | FIS XC World Cup: Minneapolis – Men’s Sprint & Women’s Sprint** | NBC |
*Same-day delay
**Taped
All coverage on NBC and NBCSN will live stream via authentication on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Coverage airing on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will live stream on NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, OlympicChannel.com, and the Olympic Channel app.
NBC Sports Gold – NBC Sports’ direct-to-consumer product – will also stream all U.S. Ski & Snowboard events via “Snow Pass,” which provides fans access to live and on-demand domestic and international competitions of seven Olympic winter sports. Click here for more information.
NOTE: NBC Sports’ entire alpine schedule for the 2019-20 season, including international FIS events, will be released soon. Click here for NBC Sports’ coverage the 2019-20 FIS Snowboarding World Cup schedule.
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