SuperSport makes Spanish La Liga football available to more South African viewers on DStv Compact by placing it on SuperSport 7.

SuperSport has decided to make the Spanish league football known as La Liga available to DStv Compact subscribers on SuperSport 7 (DStv 207) since Wednesday 24 October.

"The DStv Compact customer has generally over the last few years evolved from being a local football purist into one that also shows appreciation for international football," says Gideon Khobane, SuperSport CEO.

"It's this appreciation and their loyalty that we're rewarding by making La Liga football available to them."

"La Liga’s South African office has been doing some tremendous work in growing the league on the continent and we as their broadcast partners are always looking for ways and means to support their efforts," says Gideon Khobane.

Making La Liga content available to lower-tiered DStv subscribers and a wider South African audience comes before the El Clasico, the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona that will be broadcast on Sunday from kickoff at 17:15 on SuperSport 7.

DStv Compact subscribers now get access to PSL football and Premier League content, as well as Italian Serie A and continental football.

MultiChoice adding a high definition version of its SuperSport 7 channel to DStv from 22 April.

MultiChoice is adding a high definition (HD) version of its SuperSport 7 (DStv 207) TV channel on DStv to the satellite pay-TV platform's channel line-up from 22 April at 10:00.

SuperSport 7 HD (SSHD7) will be added to DStv's channel 217 for DStv Premium subscribers on which subscribers will be able to see all Barclays Premiership and Champions League soccer, boxing and golf in HD.

SuperSport 7 HD will also show other European soccer leagues, tennis, Sevens rugby,road running, cycling, ice hockey, basketball, swimming and motorsport, as well as some cricket.