What is "supersport"

a. (context motorcycle racing English) Of or pertaining to a class of superbike having a four-stroke engine of between 400 and 600cc for four-cylinder machines, or between 600 and 750cc for twins

SuperSport is a South African group of television channels owned by Multichoice and carried on the DStv satellite platform. It provides sports content in South Africa and abroad. It also provides sports coverage in many other African countries.

The channel broadcasts most of the major sporting events and leagues of association football, rugby, cricket, tennis, golf, motorsport, cycling, boxing, wrestling, athletics. It is the former world's biggest broadcaster of live rugby and cricket been overtaken by Sky Sports, and also the world's second biggest Premier League broadcaster, broadcasting matches live and, where possible, in HD through the Premier League's Content Service Sr.

Apart from its satellite channels, SuperSport also feeds content to M-Net, CSN and occasionally to M-Net HD.

SuperSport was a Scandinavian and Benelux sports channel started by FilmNet which was owned by MultiChoice South Africa at the time. The channel showed Premier League, NHL, Formula 1 and many other sports. The channel closed on 1 July 1997. The SuperSport brand which started in South Africa is still prevalent in South Africa and across the African continent on the DStv satellite TV platform.

Category:Pan-Nordic television channels Category:Television channels and stations established in 1995