Unrivalled Football coverage in SA
As the Premier Soccer League continues to make great strides, SuperSport will match this with unrivalled coverage of the 2016/17 season, which begins on August 23.
Football fans won’t have long to wait with 10 live PSL games on the broadcast schedule in week one alone.
With top-class analysts as standard and a wealth of magazine programming, SuperSport’s commitment to the PSL is total. Regular matches will offer visuals from 16 separate camera positions, while derbies and finals will have up to 30 cameras at each fixture, guaranteeing optimal coverage – all in High Definition.
A select number of National First Division games will also be broadcast.
Tuesday,
August 23:
Bidvest Wits vs Kaizer Chiefs (SS4, 7.30pm); Chippa United vs Free State Stars
(SS Select, 7.30pm); Baroka FC vs Ajax Cape Town (SS9, 7.30pm).
Wednesday, August 24:
Orlando Pirates vs Golden Arrows (SS4, 7.30pm); Platinum Stars vs SuperSport
United (SS Select, 7.30pm); Bloemfontein Celtic vs Maritzburg United (SS9,
7.30pm).
THE PREMIER LEAGUE
If the hype and hysteria of the previous season is any indication, the looming
English Premier League kick-off is bound to be just as captivating with all 380
matches of the new season to be broadcast in High Definition on SuperSport.
At least 300 of the matches will be broadcast live, confirming SuperSport as the
destination of choice for viewers across South Africa. The breadth of the
coverage, which includes first-class Premier League TV buildups with respected
analysts, is unrivalled on the continent.
The season will bring an exciting new dimension with the Premier League
scheduling Friday fixtures for the first time. These, too, will be part of
SuperSport’s vast Premiership offering.
As ever, Saturdays will be firm football days: simultaneous 4pm kickoffs will
see SuperSport carry up to three extra games at a time via SuperSport 3, 5, 6
and 7.
There will be little respite for Premiership fans – there are also five weeks
in the season with mid-week games (Tuesdays and Wednesdays). Depending on
channel availability, all 10 matches could be broadcast live, as occurred last
season.
The season begins on Saturday and concludes on May 21, 2017.
Saturday,
August 13:
Hull City vs Leicester City (SS3/SS11/Max 1, 1.30pm); Everton vs Tottenham
Hotspur (SS3/SS11/Max 360, 4pm); Southampton vs Watford (Ch198/Max1, 4pm);
Middlesbrough vs Stoke City (SS9, 4pm); Crystal Palace vs West Bromwich Albion
(SS3, 5am Sunday, delayed); Burnley vs Swansea City (SS3, 7am Sunday, delayed);
Manchester City vs Sunderland (SS3/SS11/Max1, 6.30pm).
Sunday, August 14:
AFC Bournemouth vs Manchester United (SS3/SS11/Max1, 2pm); Arsenal vs Liverpool
(SS3/SS11/Max1, 5pm).
Monday, August 15: Chelsea
vs West Ham United (SS3/Max1, 9pm).
LA LIGA
In a major development for both SuperSport and fans of Spanish football,
SuperSport 12 will be a dedicated 24-hour La Liga channel, so fans of teams
like Real Madrid and Barcelona will have plenty to enthuse about.
This will go live after the Olympic Games.
Thanks to the Spanish league’s staggered kick-off times, up to 80 percent of
the 380 matches will be live. The balance of games will be on either SS5 or SS7
on a live or delayed basis.
SuperSport also broadcast this week’s UEFA Super Cup (Real Madrid v Sevilla).
Friday,
August 19:
Deportivo La Coruna vs Eibar (SS9/Max 3, 8.45PM).
Saturday, August 20:
Barcelona vs Real Betis (Ch 198/Max3, 6.15pm); Granada vs Villarreal (Ch
198/Max3, 8.15pm); Sevilla vs Espanyol (Ch 198/Max3, 10.15pm).
Sunday, August 21:
Sporting Gijin vs Athletic Bilbao (Ch 198/Max3, 6.15pm); Real Sociedad vs Real
Madrid (SS3/Max3, 8.15pm); Atletico Madrid vs Alaves (SS3/Max3, 10.15pm).
Monday, August 22:
Celta Vigo vs Leganes (SS3/SS12/Max3, 8pm); Valencia vs Las Palmas
(SS3/SS12/Max3, 10pm).
The ever-popular, ever-thrilling Champions League kicks off next month and 100
of the 125 matches will be broadcast live on SuperSport from September 13 until
the final next June.
The Europa League will also enjoy wall-to-wall coverage – 205 matches in all
with at least 120 live.
Other great football properties on SuperSport include the FA Cup, the Capital
ONE Cup, the Spanish Super Cup, Copa Del Rey final and the German Cup.