Cisco VXLAN Makes Olympic Debut for NBC Sports

NBC Sports will use Cisco to deliver AI networking technology for its all-IP production of the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, including the deployment of Cisco's IP Fabric for Media at the International Broadcast Center (IBC) in Milan. The latter will allow for the secure and efficient delivery of ultra-high-definition content to viewers back in the United States, as well as new mobility and wireless technologies to put viewers closer to the action than ever before.

For Milan, NBC Network Engineering has expanded our ASR-based MPLS Segment Routed WAN to support growing traffic needs. To ensure NBC Sports can meet on-prem and hybrid cloud workflows, we leverage Cisco CrossWorks Network Controller (CNC) and WAN Automation Engine (WAE), says Cliff Ryan, Vice President of Network Engineering, NBCUniversal. This tooling gives NBC network engineers the ability to analyze how traffic moves across our critical backbone and provides best in class' failure analysis and capacity planning insight.

Cisco has partnered with NBC Sports for more than a decade, assisting NBC Sports' production efforts at previous Olympics and other major international sports events in Europe, Asia and South America.

For the first time, NBC Sports will also leverage Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) technology to prioritize operational efficiency and flexibility, effectively dissolving the geographic barriers that restrict live production.

For the first time ever NBC Sports will use VXLAN technology from Cisco for the Olympic Games.Adds Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco: NBC Sports and Cisco continue to raise the bar for delivering exciting and immersive ways for viewers to enjoy the largest sporting event in the world, and with the help of Cisco's secure, agile and intelligent solutions, NBC Sports can effectively scale their all-IP production by integrating more AI into the workflow than ever before, said

The Opening Ceremony from San Siro Stadium in Milan will be presented on Friday, Feb. 6, live and in primetime on NBC and Peacock. NBCUniversal is presenting its 20th Olympic Games, 13th consecutive overall, and owns the U.S. media rights on all platforms to all Olympic Games through 2036, which are scheduled for Milan Cortina (2026), Los Angeles (2028), French Alps (2030), Brisbane (2032), Utah (2034), and the Olympic Games 2036 (host yet to be determined).

LINK:	https://www.sportsvideo.org/2026/02/03/299966/...
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