DALLAS—NBCUniversal has announced that service members and veterans worldwide will once again enjoy free access to NBCUniversal’s full coverage of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, courtesy of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service and NBCU.

As part of the initiative, military members will be able to stream all the action from Italy using their personal devices and computers through ShopMyExchange.com. The Winter Olympics take place Feb. 6 through Feb. 22.

“Few events unify the world like the Olympic Games,” said Exchange director/CEO Tom Shull. “It is a privilege for the Exchange to offer this Quality-of-Life multiplier so the Games can be viewed wherever service members and their families are called to serve.”

This longstanding venture will feature more than 2,500 hours of the Winter Olympics across NBCUniversal’s streaming platforms. Throughout the Games, fans can watch more than 2,900 athletes from 92 countries and territories compete across 116 medal events. Live streams of select practice and warm-up sessions and extensive video content including event recaps, highlights, viral moments, interviews and more are included.

“We believe moments like the Olympic Games have a unique power to connect people across the world,” said Gary Zenkel, president, NBC Olympics. “We’re proud to work with the Exchange to help ensure service members and military families can experience the Winter Games—wherever they are serving our country.”

Viewers can access NBCUniversal’s coverage from their computers or personal devices by visiting NBCOlympics.com (desktop or mobile device) and the NBC Sports App (U.S. only) and choosing the Exchange as their service provider. To verify eligibility, an active ShopMyExchange.com account will be required. Content rights restrictions will also apply to OCONUS locations where on-base residents must subscribe to internet service through an authorized provider.

Additional information is available on the Exchange’s Olympic Hub page.

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DALLAS—Comcast NBCUniversal has announced that once again, service members and honorably discharged Veterans worldwide will enjoy free access to NBCUniversal’s full coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. 

To provide the access Comcast has partnered with the Army & Air Force Exchange Service to provide the access to personal devices and computers through ShopMyExchange.com. The Paris Olympics take place July 26 to Aug. 11.

More than 5,000 hours of the Paris Olympics will be available to U.S. service members and honorably discharged Veterans. Throughout the Games, the comprehensive offering features live competition across all 39 sports and all 329 medal events, top stories and moments, as well as live streams of select practice and warm-up sessions and extensive video content including event recaps, highlights, viral moments, interviews and more.

“We value our relationship with Comcast NBCUniversal and are thrilled to once again be able to team with them to bring the Olympic Games to service members and their families, wherever they are called to serve,” said Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Rich Martinez, the Exchange’s senior enlisted advisor. “The Olympics are one of the biggest events in the world, and we’re excited to play a role in helping our military community cheer on Team USA.”

“We’re thrilled to once again partner with The Exchange for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. It’s our privilege to provide unprecedented access to this historic event to U.S. military service members and veterans, where the world's greatest athletes will compete against the backdrop of one of the most beautiful cities in the world.” – Mona Dexter, vice president of military and veteran affairs at Comcast NBCUniversal.

Service members can access NBCUniversal’s coverage from their computers or personal devices by visiting NBCOlympics.com (desktop) and the NBC Sports App (U.S. only) and choosing the Exchange as their service provider.

Because of content rights restrictions, an active ShopMyExchange.com account is required. OCONUS viewers must also be physically located on-installation at a military location with internet service through an authorized internet service provider to gain access. Authorized providers have partnered with the Exchange on technical solutions to allow streaming on U.S. military installations in OCONUS. They include: 101 GLOBAL, Allied Telesis, Americable, Babtel, Basefix, Boingo, DHI/TravelWiFi, DSN, LG Uplus, Mediatti Broadband, Solutions by STC, Telecom Italia, TKS and US Wicom. 

Additional information is available on the Exchange’s online community Hub at ShopMyExchange.com/community. 

PHILADELPHIA—To help recognize National Veterans and Military Families Month, Comcast has announced it would install free WiFi in up to 100 veteran-focused facilities as part of its expanding Lift Zones program. 

Lift Zones provide free WiFi access outside the home in neighborhood community centers and are designed to complement Comcast’s Internet Essentials program, which provides low-cost broadband to eligible consumers, including veterans, inside the home. 

Both efforts are part of Project UP, Comcast’s ten year, $1 billion commitment to advance digital equity. 

“The Internet is a fundamental tool to participate in today’s increasingly digital economy,” said Carol Eggert, senior vice president of military and veteran affairs at Comcast NBCUniversal. “Today’s announcement will provide even more Internet access for veterans and military families. Doing so will enable them to participate in workforce development programs, access their well-deserved healthcare benefits, and foster meaningful connections with friends, family, and their fellow veterans.”

Comcast has already installed nearly 25 Lift Zones inside veteran-serving organizations and it will continue over the next several months to work with members of the military community to identify additional locations. 

Examples of three organizations that will be installed with free WiFi include, the Veterans Leadership Program in Pittsburgh; Do Good Multnomah in Portland, Oregon and Alpha Omega Veterans Services, Inc., in Memphis, Tennessee. 

GRASS VALLEY, Calif.—The Dobbins family, through its Charis Fund, has made a donation of $7,500 to the nonprofit Veterans-TV Inc., which provides U.S. veterans of military and law enforcement with hands-on professional television production training courses. The donation from the Charis Fund will be used to complete a mobile training facility.

The mobile classroom will be outfitted from a Denali Gold remote production truck that was donated by NEP. The truck will be used to support training courses for veterans who have lost their employment due to injury or attrition.

According to VETV, more than $2 million has been raised in donations of TV production and post-production equipment from various companies, including NEP, Grass Valley AJA Video Systems, Blackmagic Design, Calrec Audio, Ensemble Designs, EVS, Kramer, Plura, Renegade Labs, Riedel, Ross Video and Telestream.

VETV plans to use the truck to host training courses in cities across the country for veterans, their spouses and dependents over 18. Volunteer industry professionals will lead the courses. VETV says that upon graduation, it will help certified trainees find employment.

For more information, visit www.veterans-tv.org/donate.html.

SAN JOSE, CALIF.—It’s not always easy for military veterans to find a job after coming back from deployment. That is why Harmonic created its veterans employment program, V.E.T.S., which is run by technology consulting firm Sharp Decisions.

V.E.T.S. workers are Sharp employees who are contracted out to companies. The program is designed to ease the transition for a veteran back into the civilian workforce by mimicking aspects of military environment. Employees go through four to six weeks of bootcamp to learn skills and are deployed to clients in squads with other veterans.

Since April, Harmonic has hired five V.E.T.S. workers. One project from Harmonic that these veterans worked on was the creation of the NASA TV UHD channel, which launched on Nov. 10. In an article with the Silicon Valley Business Journal, Harmonic Vice President of Global Software Quality Assurance Chris Pattinson says he intends for Harmonic to have a long relationship with the V.E.T.S. program.

V.E.T.S. has hired and contracted out more than 100 veterans since its founding in 2013 and has 12 clients for the program nationwide, according to Sharp Communications Strategist Jared Baiman.

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