It will popularise Olympics in Indian Masses: Kiren Rijiju welcomes launch of Olympic Channel Hindi platform

New Delhi, November 18: “I am very happy that Hindi has been recognized as an authorized language of the Olympic Channel. Now, Indians can get to know about India’s progress in Olympics in Hindi. It will popularize Olympics in Indian Masses,” said Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju in a tweet today. 

 

the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel is now available to Hindi-speaking fans around the world in their native language. Fans and users have the option to experience the Olympic Channel in Hindi as one of the 12 languages offered on the global digital platform at olympicchannel.com and its mobile apps.

“The availability of the Hindi language on the global digital platform is a significant step in the Olympic Channel’s evolution as we look to create more personalised experiences for Olympic fans around the world. This is a great way to engage with more fans in growing markets and to tell the great Olympic stories in a way that connects directly to them as we build excitement on the road to Tokyo 2020,” said the IOC’s global Olympic Channel GM Mark Parkman.

 

To experience the Olympic Channel in a language other than English, users can select the option through the language button in the upper right-hand corner of olympicchannel.com. On the Olympic Channel app, the experience will coincide with the language of the mobile device operating system. To select a different language, users should change their operating system language preference on their mobile devices.