Every event at London 2012 to be broadcast on the BBC

Paul Dancey on 11/04/2012

The BBC are to broadcast every event at every venue during the London Olympics via 24 high definition streams. All 24 streams will be available on cable and satellite through out the games via Sky or the BBC's red button service.

The BBC expect live coverage of selected events on BBC1, BBC 3, and Radio 5 live, combined with the BBC's red button service, and it's output on other platforms to result in around 2,500 hours of live coverage of this year's London games.

The BBC's director of London 2012, Roger Mosey, said: "These are the first truly digital Olympics, where we'll offer more choice than ever before.

"You'll be able to watch sport from every venue from first thing in the morning to last thing at night. Hockey fans can watch live uninterrupted hockey, and table tennis fans can stick all day with their sport too. This represents four times more channels than in Beijing."

Sky will add the 24 channels free of charge for its 10m subscribers, while the five million subscribers with Sky+HD boxes will be able to watch the high-definition footage.

The BBC has confirmed that the full service will be available through the free-to-air platform Freesat, and Sky have have said that it will provide the 24 channels free of charge to its subscribers. Virgin Media customers who have a TiVo set-top box, will also be able to enjoy the full service.

Source: The Guardian

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