UEFA Euro 2012 broadcasting rights

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Below is the list of broadcasting right holders for UEFA Euro 2012. European Broadcasting Union and Sportfive acted as the agent who responsible for TV right sales in Europe and Asia-Pacific respectively. [1] [2] Eurosport also secured the rights to broadcast the matches on tape delay in 58 European countries. [3]

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Television

In January 2012, it was announced that Telekomunikacja Polska and Orange had successfully completed the first phase of tests of the technology infrastructure and services to be provided during the competition to bring connectivity to over twenty locations in Poland (host cities, stadiums, hotels for UEFA representatives) and between Poland and Ukraine. [4]

According to UEFA requirements, TP ensured approximately 2х70 Gbit/s data communication speed from Polish stadiums and 2х140 Gbit/s between Poland and Ukraine. This was required due to the fact that the matches were broadcast in HD quality. [5] The multilateral production utilised 31 cameras to cover the action on and around the pitch at every match, with additional cameras following activities around the game, such as team arrivals at the stadiums, interviews, and media conferences. [6] The official Euro 2012 broadcasting centre was located at the Expo XXI International Centre in Warsaw. [5]

UEFA

TerritoryRights holderRef
Albania RTSH [7]
Armenia AMPTV [7]
Austria ORF [7]
Azerbaijan AzTV [8]
Belarus BTRC [7]
Belgium [7] [9]
Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT [7]
Bulgaria BNT [7]
Croatia HRT [7]
Cyprus CyBC [7]
Czech Republic Czech Television [10]
Denmark [11] [12]
Estonia ERR [7]
Finland [7]
France [13]
Georgia GPB [7]
Germany [14]
Greece ERT [15]
Hungary MTV [16]
Iceland RÚV [7]
Republic of Ireland RTÉ [17]
IsraelCharlton Ltd. [18]
Italy RAI [19]
Kazakhstan
[8]
Latvia LTV [7]
Lithuania LRT [7]
Macedonia MKRTV [7]
Malta PBS [20]
Republic of Moldova TRM [7]
Montenegro RTCG [7]
Netherlands NOS [21]
Norway [11] [22]
Poland TVP [23]
Portugal [24] [25]
Romania [7] [26]
Russia [7]
Serbia RTS [7]
Slovakia RTVS [27]
Slovenia RTVSLO [7]
Spain Mediaset España [28]
Sweden [29]
Switzerland SRG SSR [7]
Turkey TRT [7]
Ukraine [30]
United Kingdom
[31] [32]

Rest of the world

TerritoryRights holderRef
Australia [33] [34]
BangladeshMaasranga TV [35]
Brazil [36] [37] [ unreliable source? ]
Brunei Astro [2]
Canada [38] [39] [40]
Caribbean ESPN [41]
Chile [42] [43]
People's Republic of China [44] [45]
Colombia RCN TV [46]
Costa Rica Repretel [47]
Fiji [48]
Hong Kong [49] [50]
Indonesia [2]
Iran IRIB [51]
Japan [52] [53]
Kosovo RTK [7]
Latin America
[54] [2]
Macau TDM [55]
Malaysia [2] [56]
Maldives [57]
Mexico [2] [7]
MENA Al Jazeera Sport [58]
Mongolia
[48]
Myanmar Sky Net [59]
Pacific Islands Sky Pacific [48]
Pakistan PTV [60]
Papua New Guinea [48]
Philippines [48]
Singapore StarHub TV [61]
South Africa SuperSport [62]
South Asia NEO Sports [63]
South KoreaIB Sports [48]
Sub-Saharan Africa SuperSport [2]
Thailand [64] [65]
United States ESPN [38]
Uruguay Tenfield [66]
Venezuela Meridiano Televisión [2]
Vietnam
[67] [68] [69] [70]

Radio

Apart from European Broadcasting Union which land the rights in June 2011, [71] below is the list of confirmed radio broadcasters for the tournament:

TerritoryRights holderRef
AzerbaijanCJSC [8]
Brazil ESPN Brasil [72]
Bulgaria BNR [7]
Czech Republic ČRo [7]
Denmark DR [12]
France [7]
Germany [73] [74]
Hungary MR [7]
Republic of Ireland RTÉ [17]
Israel IBA [7]
KazakhstanJSC [8]
Latvia LR [7]
Norway NRK [7]
Poland Polskie Radio [7]
Portugal [7] [75] [76]
Romania ROR [7]
Slovakia RTVS [7]
Spain [7]
Sweden SR [7]
Ukraine NRU [7]
United Kingdom [77] [78] [79]
United States ESPN [80]

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