NBC Sports To Show Over 40 Hours Of AC

May 22, 2017

NBC Sports Group will present more than 40 hours of coverage of the 2017 America’s Cup from Bermuda across NBC, NBCSN and the NBC Sports app, beginning this Friday, May 26, with coverage of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers on NBCSN.

NBCSN and the NBC Sports app will provide comprehensive coverage of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers and Challenger Playoffs through Monday, June 12. The first races of the final stage of competition in the 35th America’s Cup, the America’s Cup Match, presented by Louis Vuitton will take place on Saturday, June 17, at 1 p.m. ET on NBC.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs – will provide comprehensive streaming coverage of the 2017 America’s Cup.

NBC Americas Cup Bermuda May 22 2017

Alastair Eykyn [play-by-play] and former America’s Cup Helmsman and Volvo Ocean Race skipper Ken Read [analyst] will provide race commentary throughout the 2017 America’s Cup.

Veteran announcer Todd Harris will anchor NBC Sports Group’s pre-race and post-race studio coverage on-site from Bermuda’s Great Sound during the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoffs and the America’s Cup Match, presented by Louis Vuitton.

For the second consecutive time, NBC Sports Group will employ the Emmy Award-winning AC LiveLine graphics package to provide viewers real-time on-course information throughout the event.

Created by the same Emmy award-winning team that developed the yellow first-down line widely used in the broadcast of American football, this revolutionary graphics system enables embedded technical aids for viewers, such as ahead-behind lines so audiences can clearly see who is leading the race.

AC LiveLine won an Emmy Award for technical achievement in 2012. In addition, the live broadcasts of America’s Cup racing were nominated for the 2013 Emmy Awards and 2012 Royal Television Society Awards.

NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2017 America’s Cup, subject to change:

  • May 26 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers: Round Robin 1* NBCSN 6 p.m.
  • May 27 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers: Round Robin 1 NBCSN 1 p.m.
  • May 28 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers: Round Robin 1 NBCSN 1 p.m.
  • May 29 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers: Round Robin 1** NBCSN 12 a.m.
  • May 29 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers: Round Robin 1** NBCSN 9 a.m.
  • May 29 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers: Round Robin 1** NBCSN 11 a.m.
  • May 29 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers: Round Robin 1 NBCSN 1 p.m.
  • May 30 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers: Round Robin 2 NBCSN 1 p.m.
  • May 31 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers: Round Robin 2 NBCSN 1 p.m.
  • June 2 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers: Round Robin 2 NBCSN 1 p.m.
  • June 3 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers: Round Robin 2 NBCSN 1 p.m.
  • June 6 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoff Semifinals: NBC Sports App 1 p.m.
  • June 7 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoff Semifinals: NBC Sports App 1 p.m.
  • June 8 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoff Semifinals: NBC Sports App 1 p.m.
  • June 10 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoff Finals: NBCSN 1 p.m.
  • June 11 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoff Finals: NBCSN 1 p.m.
  • June 12 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoff Finals [if needed]: NBCSN 1 p.m.
  • June 17 America’s Cup Match, presented by Louis Vuitton: NBC 1 p.m.
  • June 18 America’s Cup Match, presented by Louis Vuitton: NBC 1 p.m.
  • June 24 America’s Cup Match, presented by Louis Vuitton: NBC 1 p.m.
  • June 25 America’s Cup Match, presented by Louis Vuitton: NBC 1 p.m.
  • June 26 America’s Cup Match, presented by Louis Vuitton [if needed]: NBCSN 1 p.m.
  • June 27 America’s Cup Match, presented by Louis Vuitton [if needed]: NBCSN 1 p.m.

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  1. Proud Bermuda Onion says:

    Looking forward to watching some of the NBC coverage, while in the US on family business! Thank you.