11th-hour deal struck for live Olympics broadcast in S'pore

Singapore

NATIONAL broadcaster Mediacorp has struck a deal with broadcast-rights holder Dentsu to beam the 2016 Olympic Games live, one day before the opening ceremony on Saturday morning Singapore time.

Sports fans can watch the Games live every day from Aug 6 to 22 on okto, Mediacorp's designated television channel for sports, and four Toggle channels. Toggle channels are free and no set-top box is needed.

The two sides had earlier failed to reach a deal because of Dentsu's reported asking price of US$6 million (S$8.05 million). The go…