2002 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights

FIFA, through several companies, sold the rights for the broadcast of 2002 FIFA World Cup to the following broadcasters.

In some regions, this FIFA World Cup was the first to be broadcast in a 16:9 widescreen, high-definition format. ^[1]

Television

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Ref
Albania	TVSH
Argentina	Canal 7, TyC, América 2, DirecTV
Armenia	Armenia TV
Australia	SBS, Nine Network	[2] [3]
Austria	ORF, Sat.1, Premiere	[4] [5]
Bangladesh	BTV
Belgium	Dutch : VRT	[6]
	French : RTBF	[7]
Bolivia	Unitel, TVB, DirecTV
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BHRT
Brazil	TV Globo, SporTV, DirecTV
Brunei	RTB
Bulgaria	BNT
Canada	CBC	[8]
Chile	Canal 13, TVN, DirecTV
China PR	CCTV	[9]
Colombia	Caracol, RCN, DirecTV
Costa Rica	Repretel
Cuba	ICRT
Croatia	HRT	[10]
Cyprus	RIK
Czech Republic	Czech Television
Denmark	DR, TV 2, Canal Digital	[11]
Ecuador	Teleamazonas, RTS
Estonia	ETV
Finland	Yle	[12]
France	TF1	[13]
Georgia	GPB
Germany	ARD, ZDF, Sat.1, Premiere	[14] [15] [16]
Greece	ERT
Guatemala	Canal 3, Canal 7
Honduras	TVC
Hong Kong	ATV, TVB, Cable TV Hong Kong
Hungary	MTV
India	Doordarshan
Indonesia	RCTI	[17]
Iran	IRIB
Ireland	RTÉ	[18]
Israel	Sports Channel, IBA
Italy	RAI	[19]
Japan	NHK, TV Asahi, Nippon TV, SKY PerfecTV!	[17]
Kenya	KTN, KBC
South Korea	KBS, MBC, SBS	[17]
Latvia	LTV, Channel 1
Lithuania	BTV
Macau	TDM
Macedonia	MKTV
Malaysia	RTM, TV3, NTV7, Astro
Mexico	TV Azteca, Televisa, CNI Canal 40 and DirecTV	[20] [21] [22]
Middle East and North Africa	ART	[23]
Moldova	TRM
Netherlands	NOS	[24]
New Zealand	TVNZ, Sky	[25]
Norway	NRK, TV2, Canal Digital	[26]
Pakistan	PTV
Panama	Channel 4
Paraguay	Channel 50
Peru	ATV
Philippines	NBN, Net 25, SkyCable
Poland	TVP, Polsat	[27]
Portugal	RTP, SportTV	[28] [29]
Romania	TVR
Russia	Channel One, VGTRK
Singapore	Channel 5, StarHub Cable Vision	[17]
Slovakia	STV
Slovenia	RTV, Pro Plus
South Africa	e.tv, SuperSport	[30] [31]
Spain	Antena 3, Vía Digital	[32] [33]
Sub-Saharan Africa	TVAfrica	[34]
Sweden	SVT, TV4	[35]
Switzerland	Sat.1, SRG SSR	[36]
Taiwan	Era Television, CTS	[37]
Thailand	Channel 9, Channel 11, ITV	[17]
Turkey	TRT
Ukraine	Inter, ICTV
United Kingdom	BBC, ITV	[38]
United States and territories  American Samoa  Guam  Northern Mariana Islands  Puerto Rico   U.S. Virgin Islands	English: ABC, ESPN and ESPN 2
	Spanish: Univision
Uruguay	Channel 50
Venezuela	Venevisión, RCTV, Meridiano Televisión
Vietnam	DatVietVAC, VTV, HTV	[17] [39]
FR Yugoslavia	RTS, RTK

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