Platform ‘n’ Takes Select 2012 Olympic Games Broadcast Rights


WARSAW: The Polish DTH service Platform ‘n’ has acquired the rights to deliver more than 100 hours of Olympic Games coverage, in HD and 3D, from London this summer.

The Polish platform will kick off its coverage with the Opening Ceremony on July 27 and will offer up access to volleyball, handball, basketball, football, boxing, tennis, swimming and gymnastics events. All other events will be covered by pubcaster TVP and Eurosport.

"At Platform ‘n,’ we recognize that superior customer service and the offer of exclusive high definition, high quality content is what distinguishes our service from our competitors,” said Christian Anting, VP and COO. “No other platform in Poland, can offer consumers this level of Olympic Game coverage and we’re bringing it to them in high definition and 3-D. By adding more than 100 hours of unique events like volleyball, handball or basketball, Platform n becomes the platform of choice for all sports fans.”

The service, owned by TVN Group, had 966,000 subs at the end of Q1 2012.