Free telecast on two sports channelsPublished: Thursday, 7 August, 2008, 01:29 AM Doha Time
SPORTS fans across the Middle East can watch a free telecast of the Olympic Games on Dubai Sports Channel and Abu Dhabi Sports Channel. The quadrennial sports extravaganza begins in Beijing tomorrow.
“We will have full coverage of the Olympics. Our channel is free and not encrypted,” the local media reported manager of Dubai Sports Channel Rashid Amiri as saying.
Amiri said the telecast will cover at least nine arenas daily. The two channels will broadcast tomorrow’s opening ceremony from 3pm Qatar time and from Saturday the coverage will be from 7am to 7pm with a midnight news cast.
The Dubai Sports Channel 2 on Nilesat will have an English commentary and channels 1 and 3 will have Arabic commentary.
Today at the Olympics (all times GMT)
SOCCER, Shanghai Stadium, Tianjin, Shenyang, Qinhuangdao
0900 Men’s preliminaries – Groups A, B, C, D
1145 Men’s preliminaries – Groups A, B, C, D
Free telecast on two sports channelsPublished: Thursday, 7 August, 2008, 01:29 AM Doha Time
SPORTS fans across the Middle East can watch a free telecast of the Olympic Games on Dubai Sports Channel and Abu Dhabi Sports Channel. The quadrennial sports extravaganza begins in Beijing tomorrow.
“We will have full coverage of the Olympics. Our channel is free and not encrypted,” the local media reported manager of Dubai Sports Channel Rashid Amiri as saying.
Amiri said the telecast will cover at least nine arenas daily. The two channels will broadcast tomorrow’s opening ceremony from 3pm Qatar time and from Saturday the coverage will be from 7am to 7pm with a midnight news cast.
The Dubai Sports Channel 2 on Nilesat will have an English commentary and channels 1 and 3 will have Arabic commentary.
Today at the Olympics (all times GMT)
SOCCER, Shanghai Stadium, Tianjin, Shenyang, Qinhuangdao
0900 Men’s preliminaries – Groups A, B, C, D
1145 Men’s preliminaries – Groups A, B, C, D