What are the Winter Olympics?
The Winter Olympics is the "brother" of the Summer Olympics, but takes place in cold weather conditions.
The Winter Olympics is held every four years and gathers the best athletes in the world to compete in snow and ice sports, from downhill skiing and snowboarding to figure skating and ice hockey.
First held in Chamonix in 1924, the Winter Olympics turned winter sports into a global event, with medals, national pride and a lot of drama, all taking place on frozen ice rinks and snow-covered slopes.
Where will the 2026 Olympics take place?
Co-host cities. Therefore, the events are spread between Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, along with a few ice stops scattered throughout northern Italy.
Milan is home to ice sports: figure skating and short track speed skating at the Unipol Forum di Assago, speed skating at the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition center, and ice hockey, both at the Rho Fiera and the new Santa Giulia Arena.
Cortina d'Ampezzo leads the mountain sports program, hosting prominent ski events along with ski sports such as ice hockey and luge. High-speed downhill racing takes place in Bormio, Livigno becomes a free sports center for skiboarding and freestyle skiing (both in Valtellina), Val di Fiemme in Trentino hosts Nordic sports events including ski jumping and cross-country skiing, and Anterselva in South Tyrol is dedicated to biathlon.
All of these locations are easily accessible from Bolzano or Milan.
Where do Vietnamese audiences watch the Winter Olympics?
In the atmosphere of welcoming the Binh Ngo Lunar New Year 2026, Vietnamese audiences will have another special entertainment - sports option when the 2026 Winter Olympics simultaneously enters the most exciting phase.
VTVcab is the unit that owns the broadcasting rights of the Winter Olympics, bringing the full atmosphere of the icy Olympics to audiences nationwide through sports channels and the VTVprime digital platform.
In addition, viewers can watch the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics through traditional television and streaming platforms of copyright holders in each country, including but not limited to:
Australia - Nine
Brazil - TV Globo, CazéTV
Canada - CBC, Bell Media, Rogers Media
Europe - Warner Bros Discovery (HBO Max, Eurosport) and EBU stations
France - Warner Bros Discovery, France TV
Germany - Warner Bros Discovery, ARD, ZDF
Italy - Warner Bros Discovery, RAI
Japan - Japan Joint Venture (NHK, JBA, Fuji TV, Nippon TV, TBS, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo)
Netherlands - Warner Bros Discovery, NOS
New Zealand - Sky
China - China Media Group (CCTV, Yangshipin)
South Korea - JTBC, Naver
Switzerland - Warner Bros Discovery, SRF, RTS, RSI
Anh - Warner Bros Discovery (Discovery+, TNT Sports), BBC Sport
USA - NBC Olympics, Peacock
In some areas, depending on copyright conditions, viewers can also watch content from Milano Cortina 2026 on Olympic Channel through Olympics.com.
