BBC Offering 24 HD Live Olympic Streams

LONDON: The BBC is planning to make its 24 HD live Olympic streams available for cable and satellite providers, complementing the coverage of the games on its flagship channels.

Viewers can access the same content that will be streamed live on the BBC Sport website on their TVs as well as via mobile, tablets, connected televisions and computers. This gives millions of viewers across the U.K. the ability to watch every Olympic sport, live from every venue. Along with the coverage planned for BBC One and Three as well as platforms such as Radio 5 live, the BBC will deliver around 2,500 hours of live sport action during the games.

Roger Mosey, the director for BBC London 2012, said: “We’re delighted to be able to offer this opportunity to cable and satellite providers to extend our online service to millions of TV viewers across the U.K. BBC One and BBC Three will remain the flagship channels for the Olympics. But, as the London 2012 Olympic Games will be the first truly ‘Digital Games’, we wanted to offer an unprecedented amount of live sporting action to the widest possible audience through these 24 live streams, giving vastly more choice than ever before.”