TV2 introduces responsive Rio 2016 Olympic Games portal with deltatre

Norway’s largest commercial television broadcaster, TV 2, has entrusted its digital coverage of Rio 2016 Olympic Games to global sport media services firm deltatre. The responsive website has been designed and developed to bring fans real-time results and live editorial coverage from all 306 events unfolding in Rio.

“We aim to make sports engaging; we are delighted that, with the help of our partner deltatre – and their great tradition in sports innovation – we are in an excellent position to offer cutting-edge digital sport services to our audiences during the biggest multisport event in the world,” said Christine Espeland, head of Olympic operations at TV 2.

With the construction of TV 2’s Olympic website, deltatre is also providing the Norwegian broadcaster with its innovative, real-time sport storytelling tool LiveBlogging – delivering audiences additional instant, live sporting coverage rich in editorial features.

“Fans need a great digital coverage to fully experience the excitement of the Olympic Games more than for any other sport event. We’re very happy to work with TV 2 for the second time on their Olympic Games digital coverage. Using our sport-specific CMS included in our Forge website solution, we are able to bring fans closer to the action and keep them constantly up to date,” said Andrea Marini, commercial director (international markets) at deltatre.

Link to TV 2’s Olympic portal: https://tv2.no/rio2016.