List of 2018 Winter Olympics broadcasters

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The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang are televised by a number of broadcasters throughout the world. As with previous years, Olympic Broadcasting Services together with Japan's NHK produces the world feed provided to local broadcasters for use in their coverage, including about 90 hours of content captured in 8K. [1] [2]

The Games are broadcast in ultra-high resolution and high dynamic range in select markets. In South Korea, terrestrial UHD broadcasts employ ATSC 3.0 standard, [3] launched on May 31, 2017, by SBS, MBC, and KBS in major South Korean markets such as Seoul and Incheon. [4] [5] In the United States UHD broadcasts are available to cable subscribers of NBCUniversal, [6] and to subscribers of satellite TV providers DirecTV and Dish Network. [7]

Broadcasters

On 29 June 2015, the IOC announced that Discovery Communications—owner of Eurosport, had acquired exclusive rights to the Olympics from 2018 through 2024 across Europe, excluding Russia, on all platforms. Discovery will sub-license its broadcast rights to local free-to-air networks on a territorial basis. Discovery's rights deal will, initially, not cover France due to pre-existing rights deals with France Télévisions that run through the 2020 Games. Unlike previous pan-European deals, such as with the European Broadcasting Union and Sportfive, Discovery will not solely serve as a reseller, and intends to carry coverage on its regional properties, but has committed to sub-licensing at least 100 hours of coverage to free-to-air networks. [8] [9] [10] In the United Kingdom, Discovery will sub-license exclusive pay television rights from the BBC (which still holds broadcast rights through 2020), in exchange for sub-licensing free-to-air rights to the 2022 and 2024 Olympics from Discovery. [11]

Russian state broadcaster Channel One, and sports channel Match TV, committed to covering the Games with a focus on Russian athletes. [12] Russia was not affected by the Eurosport deal, due to a pre-existing contract held by a marketing agency which extends to 2024. [12]

In the United States, the Games were once again broadcast by NBCUniversal properties under its long-term contract with the IOC. Its coverage featured several notable changes in format; citing past criticism of its use of broadcast delay during past Olympic Games (especially for viewers in the Western United States; Pyeongchang has a 14-hour difference with U.S. Eastern Time, and 17-hour difference with U.S. Pacific Time), the prime time block was revamped with a focus on live coverage, and made available live nationwide and on streaming for the first time. [13] in February 2017, long-time studio host Bob Costas also stepped down as host, being replaced by Mike Tirico. [14] [15]

In addition, IMG was awarded the in-flight/in-ships broadcast rights. [16] The Olympic Channel will broadcast the Games across the Indian subcontinent. [17]

TerritoryRights holderRef
Asia Dentsu [i] [18]
Australia Seven Network [19]
Brazil Grupo Globo [20]
Canada
 [21] [22]
Caribbean
  • International Media Content Ltd.
  • SportsMax
 [23]
Cayman IslandsCayman 27 [24]
China CCTV [25]
Cuba ICRT [24]
Europe Eurosport [26]
   Albania RTSH [27]
   Andorra RTVA [24]
   Armenia APMTV [28]
   Austria ORF [29]
   Azerbaijan
 [30] [31]
   Belarus Belteleradio [32]
   Belgium VRT [33]
   Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT [34] [35]
   Bulgaria BNT [36]
   Croatia HRT [37]
   Czech Republic ČT [38] [39]
   Denmark DR [40]
   EstoniaEesti Meedia [41]
   Finland Yle [42]
   Georgia GPB [43]
   Germany
 [44]
   Greece ERT [45]
   Hungary MTVA [46]
   Iceland RÚV [43]
   Ireland RTÉ [47]
   Israel Sport 5 [24]
   Italy RAI [ii] [48] [49]
   Kosovo RTK [28]
   Latvia LTV [43]
   Liechtenstein SRG SSR [24]
   Lithuania TV3 [50]
   Macedonia MRT [34] [51]
   Moldova
 [52] [53] [54]
   Montenegro RTCG [55]
   Netherlands NOS [56]
   Norway TVNorge [57]
   Poland TVP [58]
   Portugal RTP [59]
   Romania TVR [60]
   Serbia RTS [61]
   Slovakia RTVS [62]
   Slovenia RTV [62]
   Spain DMAX [63]
   Sweden Kanal 5 [57]
   Switzerland SRG SSR [64]
   Turkey TRT [65]
   Ukraine UA:PBC [66] [67]
   United Kingdom
 [68] [69]
France France Télévisions [70]
Hong Kong TVB [71]
India Jio TV [72]
Iran IRIB Varzesh [73]
Japan Japan Consortium [74]
Kazakhstan RTRK [75]
Kyrgyzstan KTRK [76]
Latin America América Móvil [77]
Malaysia Astro [78]
MENA beIN Sports [79]
Mongolia TV5 [80]
New Zealand Sky Television [81]
North Korea SBS [82]
Oceania Sky Television [81] '
Pakistan PTV [83]
Philippines TV5 Network [24] [84]
Russia
 [85] [86]
Singapore
 [87]
South Africa
 [88]
South Korea
 [82] [89]
Sub-Saharan Africa
[88]
TaiwanELTA [24] [90]
TajikistanVarzish TV [91]
Thailand Workpoint TV [24]
United States NBCUniversal [92]
Uzbekistan Uzreport TV [93]
Vietnam VTV [94]

Notes

  1. ↑ Rights to be sold to local broadcaster
  2. ↑ Including microstate of San Marino and Vatican City [24]

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