Sky Goes for Rio Gold

Sky will dedicate 10 pop-up channels to its “unprecedented” coverage of the Rio Olympics but only four will be in HD.

However, there will also be HD coverage on Sky Sport 3 and 4 as well as on Prime (from 11pm-3pm daily plus highlights packages and streaming on www.primetv.co.nz).

Closed captions for deaf and hard of hearing viewers will be available on much of Prime’s coverage, including the opening and closing ceremonies.

Here’s the list of Rio channels, which will be grouped together:

050 Mosaic Channel (SD) Thumbnail view of all Rio channels to allow for quick navigation.

053 Sky Sport 3 (HD) Comprehensive coverage of Rio 2016 plus  our regular schedule fixtures.

054 Sky Sport 4 (HD) Comprehensive coverage of Rio 2016 plus  our regular schedule fixtures.

255 Rio Pop-up 1 (HD)  Live events, highlights and Black & Gold (Stephen McIvor hosts the best of the day’s Kiwi action).

256 Rio Pop-up 2 (HD)  Live events and highlights.

257 Rio Pop-up 3 (HD)  Live events and highlights.

258 Rio Pop-up 4 (HD)  Live events and highlights.

259 Rio Pop-up 5 (SD)* Dedicated ad-free coverage of live events from the host broadcaster.

260 Rio Pop-up 6 (SD)* Ad-free coverage of live events from the host broadcaster.

261 Rio Pop-up 7 (SD)* Ad-free coverage of live events from the host broadcaster.

262 Rio Pop-up 8 (SD)* Ad-free coverage of live events from the host broadcaster.

263 Rio Pop-up 9 (SD)* Ad-free coverage of live events from the host broadcaster.

264 Rio Pop-up 10 (SD)* Ad-free coverage of live events from the host broadcaster.

265 Prime (HD) An additional feed of Prime will be available as part of the sports bouquet.

266 Mosaic Channel (SD) Thumbnail view of all Rio channels to allow for quick navigation.

* Channels will be live during Rio competition hours.