{"id":64661,"date":"2024-07-12T18:22:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=64661"},"modified":"2024-07-12T18:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:23:00","slug":"smart-to-stream-most-comprehensive-olympic-games-paris-2024-coverage-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2024\/07\/12\/smart-to-stream-most-comprehensive-olympic-games-paris-2024-coverage-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart to stream most comprehensive Olympic Games Paris 2024 coverage for free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a broadcast partner of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in the Philippines, PLDT wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc (Smart) has announced that it will offer FREE streaming of the world\u2019s biggest sporting event from July 26 to August 11 to subscribers of all networks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smart and non-Smart customers may watch in real-time the much-anticipated events and rally behind the Philippine National Team \u2014 from the start of the Opening Ceremony until the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 \u2014 via the Smart LiveStream App, which is downloadable on the Google Play Store and App Store. For those who cannot watch the events live, video on-demand will also be available on the app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smart\u2019s coverage of Paris 2024 is the most comprehensive in the country as Smart LiveStream is scheduled to broadcast the games 24\/7, while select events will also be streamed live on the Smart Sports and Puso Pilipinas social media pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through Smart’s coverage, Filipinos can watch and support Filipino Olympians as they fight for flag and gold. These include  EJ Obiena (Athletics-Polevault); Carlos Yulo (Artistic Gymnastics); Nesthy Petecio, Aira Villegas, and Hergie Bacyadan (Women\u2019s Boxing); Eumir Marcial and Carlo Paalam (Men\u2019s Boxing); and John Ceniza, Elreen Ando, and Vanessa Sarno (Weightlifting); John Cabeng Tolentino (Athletics-Men\u2019s 110m Hurdles), Lauren Hoffman (Athletics-Women\u2019s 400m Hurdles), Aleah Finnegan (Gymnastics), Levi Jung-Ruivivar (Gymnastics), Emma Malabuyo (Gymnastics), Joanie Delgaco (Rowing), Samantha Catantan (Fencing), Bianca Pagdanganan (Golf), Dottie Ardina (Golf), and Kayla Sanchez (Swimming).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aside from rooting for Filipino Olympians, fans may follow the journey of their favorite basketball superstars with NBA\u2019s 2024 version of the redeem team in Team USA bannered by LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Steph Curry possibly battling other NBA stars including Victor Wembanyama and Rudy Gobert (France), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greece), and reigning MVP Nikola Jokic (Serbia).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Men\u2019s Volleyball, two-time French Olympian Earvin N\u2019Gapeth alongside Kevin Tillie and Stephen Boyer will try to lead the home crowd. France won the men\u2019s volleyball gold medal at Tokyo 2020. USA will be sending an experienced lineup as well to be led by Micha Christenson, Matt Anderson, Aaron Russell, Max Holt, and Erik Shoji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to bring the world\u2019s biggest sporting event to every Filipino wherever they are, enabling them to watch, support, and share the exciting journey of our national team as they give their best and go for gold,\u201d said Alex O. Caeg, Head of Consumer Wireless Business at Smart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe encourage everyone to follow, support, and be inspired by our national athletes in the biggest competition of their life, powered by Smart\u2019s superior mobile network,\u201d said Jude Turcuato, Head of Sports at PLDT and Smart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the best streaming experience, subscribers can switch to a Smart Prepaid eSIM, which provides an easy way to experience Smart\u2019s superior 5G network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To provide the most comprehensive Paris 2024 coverage to Filipinos, Smart draws from its years of experience bringing the biggest, world-class events to the millions of fans, including the last Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and the more recent FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To further hype the national athletes and fans, Smart LiveStream App, Smart Sports and Puso Pilipinas will also stream a special documentary series entitled PUSO IN PARIS 2024, covering the pre-Paris journey of Filipino Olympians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smart\u2019s comprehensive streaming coverage of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 is powered by Smart\u2019s award-winning mobile network, which was recently recognized for delivering the Philippines\u2019 Best 5G Coverage Experience by independent network analytics from Opensignal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Smart and non-Smart customers may watch in real-time the much-anticipated events and rally behind the Philippine National Team \u2014 from the start of the Opening Ceremony until the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 \u2014 via the Smart LiveStream App, which is downloadable on the Google Play Store and App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":64663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[343,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-64661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-smart-communications","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}