A view of the Eiffel Tower with the Olympic Rings from the Arc de Triomphe ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on 21 July 2024 in Paris, France. (David Ramos/Getty Images)
- South African viewers can enjoy the 2024 Summer Olympics via SuperSport channels on DStv, SABC, Showmax, and the official Olympics website, starting with the opening ceremony in Paris France.
- Extensive live coverage includes all gold medal events, with additional channels and streaming options providing comprehensive access across various platforms.
- Expert analysis from South African Olympic medallists and a special “SuperScreen” channel on DStv offer a unique viewing experience with multiple simultaneous broadcasts.
South African audiences can enjoy extensive coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics, starting with the opening ceremony on Friday evening in Paris, France. All subsequent competitive events will be broadcast across a variety of SuperSport channels available on MultiChoice’s DStv, SABC, Showmax, and the official Olympics website.
Comprehensive coverage of various events of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be available to South African viewers across nine dedicated SuperSport linear TV channels, on MultiChoice’s Showmax video streaming service, four of the SABC’s linear TV channels, and on thesame SABC channels carried on eMedia’s Openview satellite service.
The official Olympic Games website will also live stream events.
SuperSport
From 26 July to 11 August, SuperSport will broadcast all gold medal events live.
Analysts will include South African gold medallists Ryk Neethling, Lyndon Ferns and Sizwe Lawrence Ndlovu, silver medallist Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, and bronze medallist Bridgitte Hartley, as well as Olympians such as Geraldine Pillay and Alyssa Conley.
MultiChoice and SuperSport are adding what they call a “SuperScreen” Olympics channel on DStv channel 199 for DStv subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The channel will feature eight split screens, providing viewers with an overview of all the SuperSport Olympic channels.
Besides this, MultiChoice and SuperSport will run eight dedicated Olympic Games linear TV channels, five streaming channels and four overflow channels, with highlights on the SuperSport Grandstand (DStv 201) channel.
SuperSport will also run a 24-hour Olympic Update Channel (DStv 217) as a dedicated news and highlights channel available to DStv Access subscribers across the continent.
SuperSport will also broadcast content pieces profiling current Olympic stars such as Akani Simbine, Ferdinand Omanyala, Lythe Pillay, Miyanda Maseti, Patrick Chinyemba, Worknesh Mesele and Noah Lyles, with the segments which will also be available on DStv CatchUp.
In South Africa, MultiChoice’s Olympic Games channels will be
Olympics 1 (DStv 203)
Olympics 2 (DStv 204)
Olympics 3 (DStv 205)
Olympics 4 (DStv 206)
Olympics 5 (DStv 207)
Olympics 6 (DStv 208)
Olympics Africa (DStv 209)
Olympics News (DStv 217)
Olympics SuperScreen (DStv 199)
DStv package tiering-wise, Olympics 1 will be available down to DStv Compact, Olympics 2 will be available down to DStv Access, Olympics 3 will be available down to DStv Family, Olympics 4 will be available down to DStv Compact, Olympics 5 will be available down to DStv Compact, and Olympics 6 will be available down to DStv Compact.
The Olympics Africa channel and both the Olympics News and Olympics SuperScreen channels will be available on DStv Access.
Showmax
MultiChoice and SuperSport are also funnelling some 2024 summer Olympic Games coverage to its Showmax video streaming service.
Showmax subscribers on the Showmax Premier League Mobile plan will be able to stream Olympic events, including athletics, basketball, field hockey, football, gymnastics, Sevens rugby and swimming.
SABC
The public broadcaster will air coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games across its SABC1, SABC2, SABC3 and SABC Sport channels, as well as its SABC+ video streaming service, 19 radio stations, and website.
The SABC was asked for specific broadcast details of its Olympics coverage but had not responded at the time of publication.
Since the SABC acquired the 2024 Olympic Games rights directly from the Olympic organisers and not as sublicensed content from MultiChoice and SuperSport, the Olympic Games coverage will also be seen unhindered on the version of the SABC’s TV channels carried on eMedia’s Openview satellite TV service.
The SABC1, SABC2, SABC3 and SABC Sport channels are also live-streamed on the SABC+ streaming service, which means South African viewers can watch the Olympics coverage this way as well. However, it’s unclear whether the SABC will show every gold medal event live.
Olympic Games website
The official Olympic Games website at will also live-stream events free.
Some live streams of sporting events will be blocked in various territories, including South Africa. The website carried a “full calendar” per date. If an event is available to be live-streamed in South Africa and shows within the schedule/calendar, just tap on the image to access the live stream.
Additionally, if you have missed a sport live stream, sport replays and highlights will be available to watch on the “Event” page.
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