Dolby Laboratories and NBCUniversal will deliver all 104 Telemundo FIFA World Cup 2026 Spanish-language streams on Peacock in Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio using Dolby AC-4. Dolby AC-4 offers up to 50% greater efficiency than traditional codecs in this first commercial streaming deployment after a year of joint engineering.
Dolby Laboratories and NBCUniversal will stream all 104 Spanish-language FIFA World Cup 2026 matches on Peacock using Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio, marking the first time a major live sports event is delivered in these immersive formats on a streaming service.
Over a year of joint engineering refined the end-to-end live streaming workflow, combining Dolby’s latest streaming tools with NBCUniversal’s native HDR production to optimize signal processing from pitch to viewer screens.
This rollout represents the first commercial deployment of Dolby AC-4 by a video streamer, providing up to 50% greater audio coding efficiency than traditional codecs and ensuring high-fidelity Dolby Atmos sound at lower bandwidth.
Dolby Vision reveals lifelike colors and contrast on every play while Dolby Atmos delivers multi-dimensional stadium audio, with AC-4 enabling dialogue enhancement and audio personalization options for viewers.
