Tokyo GamesMedia Release

Smart brings the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to Filipinos via exclusive livestream

Until Aug. 8, mobile services provider Smart Communications Inc (Smart) brings the 2020 Tokyo Olympics through livestreams via gigafest.smart. The online streaming coverage will see 10 channels including the Olympics pay-per-view (PPV) channel, pop-up channel, news channel, and seven ready-to-air channels from the Olympic Broadcasting Service (OBS).

To avail of the service, subscribers simply have to turn on the Smart mobile data and go to gigafest.smart on their mobile browser to watch the live events, replays, highlights, athletes’ features, and daily news throughout the entire Olympics run.

Smart will also provide 5G technology and 5G roaming to the coverage teams of TV5, Cignal, and officials joining this much-anticipated event.

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A total of 19 Filipino athletes will be representing the country across a variety of sports. These include World Champion 2019 Carlos Yulo (Gymnastics), Gold Medalist EJ Obiena (Pole Vault), 2021 PGA Champion and Top 10 World Ranker Yuka Saso (Golf), No. 2 Virtually Ranked Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, Boxing World Champion 2019 Nesthy Petecio, and top boxers Carlo Paalam, Eumir Marcial, and Irish Magno.

Completing Team Philippines’ roster are Elreen Ando (Weightlifting), Kurt Barbosa (Taekwondo), Margielyn Didal (Skateboarding), Luke Gebbie (Swimming), Kristina Knott (Athletics), Cris Nievarez (Rowing), Bianca Pagdanganan (Golf), Juvic Pagunsan (Golf), Remedy Rule (Swimming), Jayson Valdez (Shooting), and Kiyomi Watanabe (Judo).