STAMFORD, Conn.—NBC Sports has selected SMT (SportsMEDIA Technology) to provide results and timing interfaces, data integration tools, and broadcast graphics support for its production of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, Feb. 6-22.

For the games, NBC Sports will utilize SMT to deliver real-time results and timing interfaces, scoring and graphics elements, and comprehensive production data support for its production of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

SMT will provide TVI (broadcast television interface) support services for figure skating and alpine skiing, speed skating, short track, bobsled, luge, skeleton, snowboard, and freestyle skiing (produced from Stamford). SMT will also supply its SportsCG timing and scoring system and CIS (Commentator Information Screen) for figure skating coverage.

Additional SMT services include data feed support for Peacock digital coverage and a media asset management tool that integrates with NBC Sports’ production environment. SMT will also deploy heart-rate monitor kits, for select family members, to illustrate the adrenaline spikes experienced as families watch their loved ones compete. These services will help NBC Sports route the excitement in Italy back to viewers watching coverage of the Games in the United States.

“Each Olympic Games expands the data landscape for storytelling. SMT’s flexibility with new technologies and diverse data sources enables us to integrate results and context for live and postproduction,” said Dan Robertson, vice president, Olympics Information Technology, NBC Sports. “That agility elevates NBC Sports’ data presentation—delivering richer graphics, smarter insights, and dynamic storytelling across linear and digital platforms.”

SMT has worked with NBC Sports since 2000, assisting production efforts at previous Olympics and other major international sports events across Europe and Asia.

“SMT is proud to bring our proven expertise, rigorous preparation, and trusted results technology to NBC Sports’ coverage of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, continuing a legacy of support that began in Sydney in 2000,” said Gerard J. Hall, founder and CEO, SMT.

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TV Tech’s overall coverage of NBC Sports' overall tech plans for the 2026 Winter Games can be found here, here and here.

NEW YORK—The puck has barely dropped on a new season for the NHL, but the league has announced that it and SportsMEDIA Technology will continue their teamwork to provide real-time scoring and additional data for NHL broadcasts and other platform experiences.

Having worked together for the last 20 years, this new agreement will see an expansion of the partnership with SMT to provide the capture, processing, distribution and visualization of game data, which will now include puck and player tracking, as well as implementation, data integration, distribution and virtual graphics generation.

Among the new services the SMT will provide are the creation of an update Hockey Information and Tracking System (HITS) for official scoring and now the integration of puck and player tracking data; the development of puck and player tracking systems to be installed in NHL arenas; utilizing the SMT OASIS platform and infrastructure to ingest, aggregate and distribute data from multiple sources, and filter and distribute data to NHL applications; and processing and distributing puck and player tracking data in the form of graphics and visualizations to NHL media partners.

“With the installation of SMT’s comprehensive OASIS platform in every NHL arena, broadcasters, fans and other hockey stakeholders will experience a firehose of data seamlessly integrated into easy-to-consume visualizations that showcase never-before-seen insights, predictions and content,” said Gerard J. Hall, SMT CEO and founder.

SMT will work with the NHL to get its technology installed in all NHL arenas by the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs.