The 2026 Winter Olympics are currently underway in Italy. On day seven of the action, a range of medal and preliminary-round events are lined up for today, and we’ll tell you how you can watch them all online.
Getting a streaming subscription is the easiest and most reliable way to watch the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games. However, if you’re against the idea of paying for a full month just to catch a few events, a VPN can help. We will explain both options below, starting with streaming.
How to Watch the 2026 Winter Olympics With a Streaming Service
In the US, the Winter Games are streaming live on Peacock. The Games will run through Feb. 22, and the platform will stream 116 medal events across 16 sports.
Peacock’s ad-supported plans start at $7.99 per month, while the ad-free Premium Plus costs $16.99 per month. One of the biggest perks of subscribing to Peacock is multi-view, which lets you watch up to four events on a single screen at once. It’s also the cheapest streaming option.
YouTube TV and Hulu offer live TV streaming services with many of the same channels you would get with cable, but over the internet instead of a cable box. With either service, you can watch events on channels like NBC, CNBC, NBCSN, Olympics Channel, and USA.
YouTube TV’s Base Plan usually costs $82.99 per month, but the platform is currently running a promo that allows first-time subscribers to get the first two months at $59.99 per month. If you find the $23-per-month discount attractive for over 100 live channels, you have until March 17 to sign up for it. Hulu, on the other hand, costs $89.99 per month.
Getting one of these subscriptions is the simplest and most hassle-free way to watch the Milano Cortina 2026 Games. If you want to watch it for free, you may have to try a VPN workaround.
How to Stream the 2026 Winter Olympics for Free
In the US, NBC signed a $3 billion deal to air the Olympics through 2036, so it’s not going to make it easy to watch online for free. They mostly throw you a bone on NBCOlympics.com with highlights from the 16 disciplines and the opening, closing, and medal ceremonies.
If you have an active VPN subscription, however, you can access some sites streaming the Games for free in other countries. That includes Australia’s 9Now, Canada’s CBC Gem, Ireland’s RTE Player, New Zealand’s Sky Go, and the UK’s BBC iPlayer for English speakers and France TV, Germany’s ZDF, Japan’s NHK One, and Mexico’s Claro Sports for non-English speakers.
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2026 Winter Olympics Schedule for Feb. 13: Must-Watch Events
Here’s some of what’s going on today. We have categorized them by discipline below.
Ice Hockey:
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10:40 a.m. EST: Czechia vs. Sweden (Women’s quarterfinal)
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10:40 a.m. EST: France vs. Czechia (Men’s preliminaries)
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3:10 p.m. EST: US vs. Italy (Women’s quarterfinal)
Snowboarding:
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1:30 p.m. EST: Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe Final, Run 1
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1:59 p.m. EST: Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe Final, Run 2
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2:28 p.m. EST: Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe Final, Run 3
Skeleton
Ski Jumping
Figure Skating
Curling
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1:05 p.m. EST: Switzerland vs. China, Men’s Round Robin Session 4 – Sheet A
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1:05 p.m. EST: Czechia vs. Norway, Men’s Round Robin Session 4 – Sheet B
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1:05 p.m. EST: Germany vs. Italy, Men’s Round Robin Session 4 – Sheet C
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1:05 p.m. EST: Canada vs. Sweden, Men’s Round Robin Session 4 – Sheet D
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