When the residents of Sydney’s Olympic village snapped up all 70,000 condoms on offer, forcing organisers to hurriedly replenish supplies, much snickering ensued. But the real story is more nuanced. “The condoms ,” says Australian swimming gold medallist Giaan Rooney, when asked about the myths surrounding the Olympic village that houses the athletes, “but not always for the reasons that get reported.
Quite often, they’re taken by athletes who don’t have access to protected sex back home so they can share them with their communities.” This year, the Nine Network and subscription video service Stan have exclusive television broadcast and streaming rights to the Games. (Nine Entertainment is the owner of this masthead.
) Gone are the days of a single free-to-air channel trying to juggle multiple live events and replays. Rather, and will provide 24-hour coverage from state-of-the-art studios opposite the Eiffel Tower, while Stan will stream from various locations across Paris. The video platform will stream every minute of every event in high-definition across more than 40 dedicated channels.
Stan will carry these channels ad-free on its , showcasing the biggest moments in 4K Ultra HD, as well as a , four live feature channels, and eight international and multi-language channels that include coverage from the UK, Spain, France, India and New Zealand. Ash Barty, Grant Hackett and Steph Rice are all part of Stan’s commentary team and the streamer will also feature t.