SuperSport's Olympic plans
The Olympic Games, as much about entertainment as they are about sport, begin on 8 August 2008 and SuperSport on DStv will be there to bring subscribers all the action from Beijing 2008. SuperSport's multi-channeled coverage starts with the opening ceremony from the National Stadium in Beijing at 2pm (on SuperSport 5, 6 and 7/10) through to the closing ceremony on Sunday, August 24, again at 2pm on the same three channels.
SuperSport 6 is a 24-hour Olympic channel on which viewers will be able to catch live action of all the popular gold medal events. SuperSport 5 and SuperSport 7/10 will also feature live action when there is a clash of event times.
Two overflow channels
There are two overflow channels -- channel 198 on DStv, which will broadcast to the whole continent, and channel 199, which will be for South Africa only.
SuperSport will be represented in Beijing by Crystal Arnold, Ponga Liwewe and Gerald de Kock, with Robert Marawa and Leigh-Ann Paulick presenting from the Randburg studios.
There will be a daily magazine programme, with live links to SuperSport's representatives in Beijing, for the duration of the Games. The programme, on SuperSport 6, will begin at 19:30 and run for two hours and will include interviews with athletes and highlights of the day's events.
SuperSport Update (on channel 200 on DStv) will include a 20-minute package of highlights from Beijing which will be incorporated into the regular 20-minute highlights progarmmes on that channel. This package will run as part of as loop that currently features rugby, soccer, cricket and best of the rest.
Build-up programming
Programming that is part of SuperSport's build-up to the Games includes “Going For Gold”, “Africa To Beijing”, “Great Women Of The Olympics”, Golden Moments Of The Olympics”, “Beijing Are You Ready?”, The Olympic Spirit”, “Opening The Gates To The East” and “Olympic Century”.
On the New Media side, SuperSport will be ensuring that you are kept up to date with every detail from sport's greatest extravaganza.
SuperSport Active on DStv (press “ok” while watching any sports channel to access this service) will have news, the medals table and coverage of all the major sports, as well as selected results from Africa's athletes.
The SuperSport and SASCOC websites will have full coverage from the Games, including all schedules, results, tables, event explanations and video highlights, providing you with the most comprehensive coverage available.
