DStv brings you closer to your champions with spectacular Olympic Games Paris 2024 coverage
SuperSport on DStv is proud to announce its comprehensive Olympic Games Paris 2024 coverage themed “Closer to Your Champions” and is aimed at immersing viewers into the heart of the action.
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From July 26 to August 11, SuperSport will broadcast all gold medal events live, ensuring that sports enthusiasts across Africa experience every triumphant moment as it unfolds.
As part of giving enthusiasts the best coverage, SuperSport has put together an elite line-up of Africa’s finest athletes including former Nigeria women's national football team striker Ugochi Oparanozie; Kenya’s 2008 Beijing Olympics 800m gold medallist Wilfred Bungei; Nigerian football legend Victor Ikpeba, part of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics gold-medal men’s team; South Africa’s ‘Golden Girl’ Caster Semenya; gold medallists Ryk Neethling, Sizwe Lawrence Ndlovu, Natalie du Toit; silver medallist Khotso Mokoena, and bronze medallist Bridgitte Hartley, plus Olympians such as Geraldine Pillay.
From the riveting and historic opening ceremony, where a flotilla of boats will make their way down the Seine River that runs through the heart of the city, to non-stop action from 35 venues around Paris, SuperSport will show every nail-biting moment as the world’s best athletes go for gold. From athletics, swimming, football, rugby and boxing to gymnastics, diving, surfing and skateboarding, and much more – the Games promise something for everyone.
In keeping with the consistent storytelling throughout Paris 2024, SuperSport will feature weekly content pieces profiling our Olympic stars, including Akani Simbine, Ferdinand Omanyala, Lythe Pillay, Miyanda Maseti, Patrick Chinyemba, Worknesh Mesele and Noah Lyles. These segments aim to connect audiences with the personal journeys and achievements of their favourite athletes.
Equally exciting news is the announcement of a dedicated SuperScreen channel on DStv channel 199, available in Sub–Saharan Africa. This innovative channel features 10 split screens, providing viewers with an overview of all DStv Olympic channels, ensuring that viewers never miss a moment.
Sports fans can effortlessly navigate across SuperSport’s 8 dedicated Olympic linear channels, 5 streaming channels and 4 overflow channels, ensuring they never miss a moment of their favourite events. And if you just want to catch the highlights, the SS Grandstand channel will curate the best of Paris 2024 to bring the must-watch events and most memorable performances.
SuperSport's commitment extends beyond live events with the launch of the 24-hour Olympic News Channel (DStv channel 217), a dedicated news and highlights channel available to DStv Access subscribers across the continent.
SuperSport CEO, Rendani Ramovha said, “We’ve truly pulled out all the stops to ensure that SuperSport viewers are immersed in the action during this year’s Olympic Games Paris 2024. In what world can you get all the gold medal events live, one dedicated DStv channel with 10 screens showing the action as it unfolds plus big-name analysts that will unpack the drama for viewers at home?
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The more we ask the question, In What World? the more apparent it becomes that you get a whole galaxy of sporting entertainment on Your World of Champions. And this is especially true for the tournament that’s a celebration of the sporting and human spirit, the Olympic Games Paris 2024.”
Stay connected to DStv to experience SuperSport’s unparalleled 900 live events and over 2, 000 hours of live Paris 2024 Olympics action. DStv is the ultimate destination for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.