List of 2008 Summer Olympics broadcasters

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This is a list of Olympic broadcasters of the 2008 Summer Olympics . These games were the first to be produced and broadcast entirely in high-definition television. [1] In their bid for the Olympic games in 2001, Beijing confirmed to the olympic evaluation commission "that there would be no restrictions on media reporting and movement of journalists up to and including the Olympic Games." [2]

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The host broadcasting organization of the games was BOB (Beijing Olympic Broadcasting). The home nation broadcasters are CCTV, CETV. CNR and other broadcasting stations in China with other languages which are broadcasting all competitions, events, galas and ceremonies with the Paralympics.

Broadcasters

In Canada the public network CBC/Radio-Canada and cable networks TSN and RDS broadcast its final games before a private consortium involving CTV/Rogers/TQS takes over for the 2010 Winter Olympics, which will be happening within Canadian borders, in Vancouver. In Australia the Seven Network broadcast its final games before the Nine Network and Pay-TV operator Foxtel took over from the 2010 Winter Olympics and beyond.

The IOC awarded Australia's Seven Network the 'Golden Rings' award for "Best Olympic Programme". The award is given for the best overall Olympic coverage. [3]

TerritoryRights holder HDTV Ref.
  MENA Arab States Broadcasting Union Aljazeera Sport HD
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania RTSH
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Canal 7 (All events), TyC Sports (all events)
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia ARMTV
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Television broadcast:
Seven Network
SBS
Radio broadcast:
2GB SEN 5AA 6IX 2CC KOFM
Seven HD [4]
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria ORF ORF 1 HD [5]
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Belteleradiocompany: TV-First and LAD [6]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium VRT, RTBF VRT: één HD [7]
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia Unitel, Red Uno, TyC Sports
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT [8]
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Free-to-air television broadcast:
Rede Globo
Rede Bandeirantes
Cable and Satellite television broadcast:
Sportv (Sportv 2 | Sportv 3 | Sportv 4 | Sportv +)
Band Sports
ESPN
ESPN Brasil
Internet and Cellphone broadcast:
Terra Networks
Radio broadcast:
Rádio Gaúcha
Rádio CBN
Rádio Globo
Rádio Jovem Pan
Rádio Eldorado
Free-to-air television broadcast:
Rede Globo
Rede Bandeirantes
Cable and Satellite television broadcast:
Sportv HD
Globosat HD 		[9] [10]
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei Kristal-Astro, Radio Television Brunei
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria BNT [11]
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia National Television of Cambodia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada CBC Television, Radio-Canada, bold, TSN, RDS CBC HD, Radio-Canada HD, TSN HD, RDS HD [12] [13] [14]
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile TVN, Canal 13; webcast on Terra Networks [15]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China China Central Television, China Radio International (CRI) and China National Radio (CNR)CCTV-HD [16]
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Free-to-air:
Señal Colombia, Caracol, RCN
Webcast:
Terra Networks 		[17]
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia HRT [18]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Czech Television [19]
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DR, TV 2 [20] [21]
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Television Centro
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Eesti Televisioon [22]
Flag of Europe.svg  European Union Eurosport [19]
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Yle, Urheilukanava YLE Peking HD, Eurosport HD & Saunalahti [23] [24]
Flag of France.svg  France France Télévisions [25]
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia GPB
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ARD, ZDF Das Erste HD
ZDF HD		 [26]
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece ERT [27]
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong ATV, TVB ATV HD
TVB HD 		[28]
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary MTV m1 HD, m2 HD [29]
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland RUV [30]
Flag of India.svg  India Doordarshan, Zee TV [31]
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia TVRI, AORA [32]
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran IRIB TV3
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland RTÉ [33]
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel TV broadcast:
Channel 1
Sport 5 (Including Sport 5+, Sport5+ Live and Sport5+ Gold)
Webcast:
sport5.co.il
Cellphone broadcast:
Pelephone, Orange and Cellcom 		Cable and satellite:
Sport 5HD 		[34] [35] [36] [37]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy RAI [38]
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Japan Consortium (NHK, Nippon Television, Fuji Television, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo, Tokyo Broadcasting System) [39] [40]
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos Lao National Television, Lao National Radio
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Latvijas Televīzija [41]
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania LRT
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau TDM (Power by China Central Television)TDM HD
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Astro, Radio Televisyen Malaysia [42] [43]
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Televisa
TV Azteca
TVC Deportes		 Televisa HD
TV Azteca HD 		[44] [45] [46]
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova TRM [47]
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia MNB, UBS, Channel 25, TV5, TV9, NTV [48]
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro RTCG
Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar Myanmar Radio and Television
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands NPO/NOS Nederland 1 HD [49]
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand TVNZ [50]
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway NRK [51]
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Geo Super [52]
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Television Cable:
Solar Sports
Basketball TV
Jack TV
SOLAR All Access 1 and 2(PPV)
Free-to-air:
C/S
ETC
2nd Avenue 		[53]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Telewizja Polska [54]
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal RTP [55]
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Telemundo de Puerto Rico
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania TVR, Telesport [56] [57] [58]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia VGTRK: Russia, Russia 1, Russia 2 and Sport1 and news info on Vesti, Channel One, NTV Plus NTV Plus [59] [60]
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia RTS
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore StarHub TV, Singtel and Mediacorp [61] [62]
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia STV [63]
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia RTV Slovenija RTV Slovenija HD Test [64] [65]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa SABC, SuperSport [66]
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea KBS, MBC and SBS
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain RTVE [67] [68]
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Rupavahini [69]
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SVT1, SVT24, Peking+, SRP4 and SR's webcasts. Also broadcast on the web through SVT Play and to cellphones by Tele2. SVT HD [70] [71] [72] [73] [74]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SF TSR TSI HD Suisse
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan CTV, CTS, FTV, TTV PTS HIHD
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand TPT (NBT, MCOT, Channel 3, RTA TV5, BBTV Channel 7, TPBS), TrueVisions [75]
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey TRT [76] [77]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine First National [78]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC [79]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States NBCUniversal
See also: 2008 Summer Olympics on NBC 		[80] [81] [82]
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Venevisión, Meridiano TV, TVES [83]
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Vietnam Television, Ho Chi Minh City Television, Hanoi Radio Television and Vietnam Multimedia Corporation [84]

See also

Notes

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