The Sochi Winter Olympics starts later tonight and if you live in the Middle East then you have two ways of watching it.
OSN
If you’re an OSN subscriber you’ll be glad to know that OSN signed a last minute deal to get the rights to broadcast the games. They’ll be broadcasting them over 4 channels – OSN Sports 1 HD, OSN Sports 2 HD, OSN Sports 3 and OSN Sports 4. They will be in HD and have Dolby Digital sound. [Source]
Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU)
If you don’t have an OSN subscription you should still be able to watch the Winter Olympics although not as conveniently (OSN have a TV Guide). The ASBU also acquired the rights to broadcast the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the ASBU website, Kuwait Television is part of the ASBU group of channels so although I don’t have the KTV schedule I’m guessing they’ll be broadcasting some of the games on the sports channel. If not there are a host of other countries from the Middle East that are part of the ASBU and they all don’t require any subscription. Get the full list [Here]
I’m personally going to mostly be watching curling and luge but the whole schedule of games is available on the Sochi [Website]
Update: According to a reader you can also watch the games on Abu Dhabi Sports.
7 replies on “How to watch the Sochi Winter Olympics”
Abu Dhabi Sports Channel will be showing the opening ceremony for those who have AD Sports package.
https://satellite.adtvnetwork.com/ADMCB2C/TVGUIDE.aspx
Are they going to show the games?
Yup. Going through the guide shows the entire schedule of Channel 4 booked exclusively for the Games.
I just dusted off my AD receiver and found it was not working. A simple Refresh command from their website, and I am all set.
Thanks will add that to the list. Strangely it wasn’t mentioned anywhere online not even https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2014_Winter_Olympics_broadcasters
Confirmed 100%. Watched the opening ceremony last night, and the channel is broadcasting the games.
Nile Sport.
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