2014 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights

The broadcasting rights for the 2014 FIFA World Cup were sold directly by FIFA, or through licensed companies or organizations such as the European Broadcasting Union, Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana, African Union of Broadcasting, International Media Content, Inter-Sports Marketing, M-League, Dentsu, RS International Broadcasting & Sports Management ^[1] and MP & Silva. ^[2] Airlines companies such as Etihad Airways had in-flight live telecasts of all 64 matches. ^[3]

Several territories and countries (for example, India, Italy, Algeria, Korea Republic) are grouped as they share common broadcasters, and sometimes, common geographic space.

For the first time in FIFA World Cup history, matches were filmed and broadcast in ultra-high-definition (UHD) and high-dynamic range (HDR) with 5.1 surround sound. ^[4]

Television

Nation/Territory	Broadcaster	Ref
Abkhazia	GPB, Channel One Russia, VGTRK	[1]
Afghanistan	Ariana TV	[1]
Albania	RTSH	[1]
Algeria	EPTV (Télévision Algérienne) beIN Sports	[1]
Andorra	TF1, Mediaset España, beIN Sports France, beIN Sports Spain, Gol Televisión	[1]
Angola	TPA	[1]
Aruba	TeleAruba	[1]
Armenia	ARMTV	[1]
Argentina	TyC Sports, TV Pública Digital, DirecTV Sports	[1]
Australia	SBS	[5]
Austria	ORF	[1]
Azerbaijan	İTV	[1]
Belarus	BTRC	[1]
Bangladesh	BTV, Maasranga Television, Gazi Television	[1]
Belgium	VRT, RTBF	[1]
Benin	ORTB	[1]
Bolivia	Unitel, Red Uno, Bolivia TV	[1] [6]
Botswana	BRTS	[1]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BHRT	[1]
Brazil	Globo, Band, SporTV, ESPN Brasil, Fox Sports, BandSports	[1]
Brunei	Astro	[1]
Bulgaria	BNT	[1]
Burkina Faso	RTB	[1]
Burundi	RTNB	[1]
Cameroon	CRTV	[1]
Cambodia	CTN	[7]
Canada	CBC, Sportsnet, TVA Sports, TLN, Univision Canada, Fairchild TV, Talentvision	[1] [8] [9] [10]
Canary Islands	Mediaset España, BeIN Sports, Gol Televisión	[1]
Cape Verde	RTC	[1]
Caribbean List of countries/colonies  Anguilla  Antigua and Barbuda  Aruba 1  Bahamas  Barbados  Belize  Bermuda  Bonaire  British Virgin Islands  Cayman Islands  Curaçao  Dominica  Dominican Republic  Grenada  Guyana  Haiti  Jamaica 2  Montserrat  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Suriname 3  Trinidad and Tobago 4  Turks and Caicos Islands  U.S. Virgin Islands 5	SportsMax	[11]
Central African Republic	RTC	[1]
Ceuta	Mediaset España, beIN Sports, Gol Televisión	[1]
Chad	RTNT	[1]
Chile	TVN, Canal 13, DirecTV Sports, Movistar	[1] [12]
China PR	CCTV	[13]
Colombia	Caracol TV, RCN TV, DirecTV Sports	[1]
Congo	TNC	[1]
Corsica	TF1, RAI, beIN Sports, Sky Sport	[1]
Costa Rica	Repretel, Teletica, Millicom	[1]
Crimea	Channel One Russia, VGTRK, NTKU, Ukrayina	[1]
Croatia	HRT	[1]
Cuba	Tele Rebelde	[1]
Cyprus	CyBC	[1]
Czech Republic	Czech Television	[1]
Denmark	DR, TV 2	[1]
Democratic Republic of Congo	RTNC	[1]
Ecuador	Gama, TC Mi Canal, Oromar, DirecTV Sports	[1]
El Salvador	TCS	[1]
Equatorial Guinea	RDEG	[1]
Eritrea	EBC	[1]
Estonia	ERR	[1]
Ethiopia	ETV	[1]
Falkland Islands	KTV Ltd.	[1]
Faroe Islands	DR, KVF	[1]
Fiji	Mai TV	[14]
Finland	Yle	[1]
France and territories  Guadeloupe  Martinique  French Guiana  Réunion  Mayotte  French Polynesia  Saint Pierre and Miquelon  Wallis and Futuna  Collectivity of Saint Martin  Saint Barthélemy  New Caledonia  French Southern and Antarctic Lands  Clipperton Island	TF1, beIN Sports, France Télévisions 6	[1] [15]
Gabon	RTG	[1]
Gambia	GRTS	[1]
Ghana	GBC, Metro TV	[1]
Georgia	GPB	[1]
Germany	ARD, ZDF	[1]
Gibraltar	Mediaset España, BBC, ITV, Gol Televisión	[1]
Greece	NERIT, Nova Sports	[1]
Greenland	DR, KNR	[1]
Guatemala	Albavisión, Radio Televisión Guatemala	[1]
Guernsey	BBC, ITV, TF1, beIN Sports	[1]
Guinea	RTG	[1]
Guinea-Bissau	RTVGB	[1]
Hong Kong	TVB	[16]
Honduras	Televicentro, VTV, Sky	[1]
Hungary	MTV, Digi Sport	[1]
Iceland	RÚV, 365	[1]
India	Sony SIX, Sony KIX
Indonesia	ANTV, tvOne, K-Vision	[1] [17]
Iran	IRIB	[1]
Ireland	RTÉ	[1]
Israel	IBA, Reshet	[1]
Italian Peninsula List of countries  Italy  San Marino  Vatican City	RAI, Sky Sport	[18]
Ivory Coast	RTI	[1]
Jamaica	CVM Television [19]	[1]
Japan	Japan Consortium (Fuji TV, NHK, Nippon Television, TBS, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo)	[1]
Jersey	BBC, ITV, TF1, beIN Sports	[1]
Kaliningrad Oblast	Channel One Russia, VGTRK, TVP, LRT	[1]
Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan, Perviy Kanal Evraziya	[1]
Kenya	KBC	[1]
Kyrgyzstan	NTS	[1]
Korea DPR	SBS	[1]
Korea Republic	KBS, SBS, MBC	[1]
Kosovo	RTK, Digit-Alb	[1]
Laos	TVLAO	[1]
Latvia	LTV	[1]
Lesotho	LBC	[1]
Liberia	LBS	[1]
Liechtenstein	SRG SSR	[1]
Lithuania	LRT	[1]
Luxembourg	VRT, RTBF	[1]
Macau	TDM	[1]
Macedonia	MRT	[1]
Madagascar	MATV	[1]
Malawi	MBC	[1]
Malaysia	RTM (only terrestrial network), Astro	[1] [20]
Maldives	MBC, MSM	[1]
Mali	ORTM	[1]
Malta	PBS	[1]
Mauritius	MBC	[1]
Melilla	Mediaset España, beIN Sports, Gol Televisión	[1]
Mexico	Televisa, TV Azteca, Sky	[1] [21]
Middle East and North Africa List of countries  Algeria  Bahrain  Comoros  Djibouti  Egypt  Iraq  Jordan  Kuwait  Lebanon  Libya  Mauritania  Morocco  Oman  Palestine  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  Somalia  Sudan  Syria  Tunisia  United Arab Emirates  Western Sahara  Yemen	beIN Sports ENTV-Terrestrial (Team games only, in Algeria) Teleliban-terrestrial (in Lebanon)	[1] [22] [23]
Moldova	TRM	[1]
Monaco	TF1, beIN Sports	[1] [15]
Mongolia	ETV	[1]
Montenegro	RTCG	[1]
Mozambique	TVM	[1]
Myanmar	Sky Net	[1]
Nagorno-Karabakh	İTV, ARMTV	[1]
Namibia	NBC	[1]
Nepal	NTV, Kantipur Television Network	[1]
Netherlands	NOS	[1]
New Zealand	TVNZ, Sky Sport	[24]
Nicaragua	Telemetro, Ratensa Sky	[1]
Niger	ORTN	[1]
Nigeria	Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria Optima Sports Management International	[1]
Northern Cyprus	CyBC, TRT	[1]
Northern Ireland	BBC, ITV, RTÉ	[1]
Norway	NRK, TV 2	[1]
Oceania List of countries  American Samoa 5  Cook Islands  Fiji  Kiribati  Micronesia  Nauru  Niue  Northern Mariana Islands 5  Palau  Papua New Guinea  Samoa  Solomon Islands  Tonga  Tuvalu  Vanuatu	Click Pacific	[1]
Pakistan	PTV Sports, Ten Sports	[1]
Panama	Corporación Medcom, Televisora Nacional, Cable Onda Sky	[1]
Paraguay	SNT, Telefuturo, Tigo Sports	[1]
Peru	ATV, DirecTV Sports	[1]
Philippines,	ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN Sports & Action	[1] [25]
Poland	TVP	[1]
Portugal	RTP, CMTV, SportTV	[26] [27] [28]
Romania	TVR	[1]
Russia	Channel One Russia, VGTRK	[1]
Rwanda	Télévision Rwandaise	[1]
Sardinia	RAI, TF1, Sky Sport, BeIN Sports	[1]
Senegal	RTS	[1]
Serbia	RTS	[1]
Seychelles	SBC	[1]
Sicily	RAI, Sky Sport, PBS	[1]
Sierra Leone	SLBS	[1]
Singapore	Okto, Singtel mioTV	[1]
Slovakia	RTVS	[1]
Slovenia	RTV Slovenija	[1]
South Africa	SABC, SuperSport	[29]
South Asia List of countries  Afghanistan  Bangladesh  Bhutan  British Indian Ocean Territory  India  Maldives    Nepal  Pakistan  Sri Lanka	Sony SIX, Seven3	[1] [30] [31]
Spain	Mediaset España, Gol Televisión	[32] [33]
Sri Lanka	SLRC	[1]
Sub-Saharan Africa 7 List of countries  Angola  Benin  Botswana  Burkina Faso  Burundi  Cameroon  Cape Verde  Central African Republic  Chad  Congo  Côte d'Ivoire  DR Congo  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Ethiopia  Gabon  Gambia  Ghana  Guinea-Bissau  Guinea  Kenya  Lesotho  Liberia  Madagascar  Malawi  Mali  Mauritius  Mozambique  Namibia  Niger  Nigeria 8  Rwanda  Senegal  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  Swaziland  Tanzania  Togo  Uganda  Zambia  Zimbabwe	SuperSport, Canal+ 7	[1] [34] [35]
Suriname	STVS	[1]
Swaziland	STVA	[1]
Sweden	SVT, TV4	[1]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	[1]
Taiwan	ELTA TV, Era Television, TVBS	[1] [36]
Tajikistan	TVT	[1]
Tanzania	TBS	[1]
Thailand	RS Public Company Limited: Channel 8, BBTV Ch7, Channel 5	[1]
Timor-Leste	RTTL	[1]
Togo	TVT	[1]
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	RAI, Sky Sport, ORF	[1]
Trinidad and Tobago	One Caribbean Media	[1]
Turkey	TRT	[1]
Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan TV	[1]
Uganda	UBC	[1]
Ukraine	NTKU, Ukrayina	[1] [37]
United Kingdom Home Nations and Territories  England  Scotland  Wales  Isle of Man	BBC, ITV	[1] [38]
United States and territories  American Samoa  Guam  Northern Mariana Islands  Puerto Rico  U.S. Virgin Islands 9  Baker Island  Howland Island  Jarvis Island  Johnston Atoll  Kingman Reef   Midway Islands  Navassa Island  Palmyra Atoll  Wake Island	ABC, ESPN, Univision	[1] [39] [40] [41]
Uruguay	Monte Carlo TV, Channel 10, Channel 12	[1]
Uzbekistan	NTRC	[1]
Venezuela	Meridiano Televisión, Venevisión, TVes, Televen, DirecTV Sports	[1]
Vietnam	VTV	[1] [42]
Zambia	ZNBC, MUVI TV	[1]
Zimbabwe	ZBC	[1]

Notes

^1 - Alongside TeleAruba
^2 - Alongside CVM Television.
^3 - Alongside STVS.
^4 - Alongside One Caribbean Media.
^5 - Alongside ABC and ESPN.
^6 - FT only covered the tournament in the French overseas territories
^7 - Each country also received coverage of the event by a domestic broadcaster.
^8 - Nigeria did not receive coverage from Canal+.
^9 - Alongside SportsMax. Also, not covered by Univision.

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