NBC, HDNet Release Winter Olympics HDTV Schedule

NBC and HDNet plan to broadcast a variety of events from the Winter Olympics in HDTV, and have released a schedule of the events to be screened.

The HDTV sports will be broadcast on NBC's DTV affiliates and HDNet (channel 199 on DirecTV) from Sat, Feb. 9 to Monday, Feb. 25. Events will include hockey, speed skating, figure skating and speed skating. All programming will be delayed one day.

HDNet will replay the original program block to give 24-hour coverage on its HD national network. Fans can check www.hd.net/olympics.html for HDNet schedule updates and NBCOlympics.com for NBC HDTV schedule updates. Check local listings for replays by NBC DTV affiliates.