Image via WikipediaUSA — NBC TV Channel numbers with dates and times:

For 17-day sporting event, NBC is spending $894 million to get exclusive broadcasting rights to the Beijing 2008 Olympic games. The timngs are a big concern for US viewers as most games start at night and continue to the early mornings.

MSNBC (Soccer & Basketball) , CNBC (Boxing, Softball) , USA (Basketball, Soccer, Baseball Gold medal game) are the channels where these games can be watched if you live in US. Comcast, Direct TV and Dish Network channel line up is required for their respective channel numbers.

Here is the program guide ( the below one is for US central time — change it to your local zip code to get the times and the events dateails for your place)

Summer Olympics TV Listings | TVGuide.com via kwout

UK — BBC TV Channel numbers with dates and times:

In the UK, the BBC bought the TV rights to telecast 2008 Olympics.

BBC ONE and BBC TWO will bring you 300 hours of extensive coverage from the Games.

We will be broadcasting from approximately 0200 to 1800 BST each day (some events such as the equestrian start earlier than 0200) and we will screen live coverage of the day’s best sport.

BBC SPORT | Olympics via kwout

Canada — CBC and TSN Television Schedule:

CBC and TSN Television Schedule via kwout

Wiki’s list of all Summer Olympics 2008 international broadcasters:

Wiki article covered all international broadcasters list here though finding the schedule for each broadcaster is not made easy.

2008 Summer Olympics – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia via kwout

Here is the table form Wiki .. I’ll try to edit the channel link to point them to their individual channel schedule page.