MUMBAI: Pay TV service provider DirecTV and sports broadcaster ESPN have announced the first-ever 3D transmission of the Olympic Games in Latin America.

The broadcasts will be offered on the ESPN3D network exclusively to subscribers of DirectTV in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela who are signed up for DirecTV Plus HD and who have 3D compatible television sets and glasses.

The events that will be transmitted in 3D are the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games on 27 July; the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics on 2 August; the Track and Field Finals on 5 August; the Men’s Basketball Finals on 1 2 August and the closing ceremony on 12 August.

ESPN Latin America senior director of acquisitions and new media Federico Reyna said, “We are very pleased to be present for this historic three-dimensional coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games. ESPN continues to develop best practices for the use of technology in applications for broadcasting live sports."