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Country | South Africa |
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Broadcast area | Africa |
Network | DStv |
Affiliates | |
Headquarters | Johannesburg |
Programming | |
Language(s) | |
Picture format | 4K, 1080i 16:9, 4:3 (HDTV) Downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed |
Ownership | |
Owner | MultiChoice |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 1988M-Net) 1995 (as a single complete channel) | (as Sports segment on
Former names | M-Net SuperSport (1988–1994) |
Links | |
Website | supersport |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
M-Net | M-Net (as a sports feed during important events) |
GOtv | 60–69 (Bantu Africa) 160–169 (Ghana) 360–369 (Uganda) |
CSN | |
Streaming media | |
SuperSport.com | Live SuperSport Streaming online |
DStv Stream App | Available to Subscribers |
Showmax | Live SuperSport Streaming |
SuperSport is a South African-based group of television channels carried on the DStv & Canal+ satellite platforms alongside the GOtv terrestrial platform and Showmax for live sports programming. It provides sports content in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and many other African countries.[1]
SuperSport previously also had operations in Europe in the Scandinavian, Benelux, Italy, Eastern Europe, Greek & Cypriot regions and had sports channels started by FilmNet, being owned by MultiChoice at the time which have since been replaced. They also had operations in Thailand, under the current name True Sport & Egypt and Middle East via Cable Network of Egypt (CNE) & Arab Radio and Television Network respectively.
The channel broadcasts most of the major sporting events and leagues of association football, rugby, cricket, tennis, golf, motorsport, cycling, boxing, wrestling, hockey, athletics. It was formerly the world's largest broadcaster of live rugby and cricket (having been overtaken by Sky Sports), and also the world's second largest Premier League broadcaster, broadcasting matches live and, where possible, in HD through the Premier League's Content Service Sr.[2]
Apart from its satellite channels, SuperSport also feeds content to M-Net, CSN and occasionally to M-Net HD. As of September 2020, much the same way Sky Sports has done, SuperSport started to run thematic channels with most major sports getting their own channels.