Sports5 is now Phl Olympics broadcaster

MANILA, Philippines - TV5’s Sports5 will bring the best international sports action to Filipinos as it was awarded the rights as the Philippine broadcaster of Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

“This is wonderful news for Filipino sports fans. Sporting events have been the No. 1 program that unites all Filipinos. That’s why we are excited to bring to them the biggest sporting event with the best athletes from all over the world,” said TV5 CEO-president Noel Lorenzana.

The Olympics coverage begins on Feb. 8 at 12 midnight in Manila with Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games to be held at Sochi, Russia which has 98 medal events in seven sports. This is the first time that the Olympic Winter Games will be held in Russia and figure skater Michael Martinez from Muntinlupa City will be the first homegrown Filipino competing in The Winter Olympics.

Later in the year, the Youth Olympic Games will also be aired by Sports5 which happens in Nanjing, China. There are 222 medal events in 28 sports which will happen from Aug. 16 to 28.

The Olympics coverage reaches its peak in 2016 with Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games to be held from Aug. 5 to 21, 2016.

All this action will be delivered not just on TV (via TV5, AksyonTV, Hyper) but also online and mobile (via Sports5.PH and with the support of PLDT, SMART and CignalTV.)

Sports5 has presented the best sports action since it was launched in 2011.