Are you ready for the 2026 Olympics? Here's everything you need to know about watching the Opening Ceremony for the Winter Games.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway, and the best comprehensive event coverage is exclusive to Peacock, the premium streaming service from NBC. That means event-by-event dedicated streams for Olympic snowboarding, curling, hockey and more that you can’t get on cable TV.

The Opening Ceremony for the 2026 Winter Games began at 2 p.m. ET/ 11 a.m. PT on Friday, Feb. 6. It will re-air in primetime on NBC at 8 p.m. ET/PT. All of the 2026 Winter Olympics, including the Opening Ceremony, will air on NBC and stream live on Peacock.

Celebrate the arrival of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics with the rest of the world by watching the Winter Games Opening Ceremony at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy on Friday.

Setting the opening ceremony for the 2026 Winter Olympics both in Milan and Cortina posed a challenge but also a thematic opportunity. For totally logical reasons, this year’s Winter Olympics in Italy is bucking the trend of a single host city and splitting its sporting events between two main locations,