UEFA Euro 2016 broadcasting rights

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UEFA Euro 2016 was a football tournament that took place in June and July 2016 involving 24 men's national teams from nations affiliated to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The tournament was broadcast via television and radio all over the world, with the rights divided between various nations and wider territories (e.g. Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean nations).

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In addition, IMG secured the in-flight and on-ship broadcasting rights. [1]

Television

UEFA

TerritoryRights holderRef
Albania [2]
Armenia AMPTV [2] [3]
Austria [2] [4] [5]
Azerbaijan
[2] [3] [6]
Belarus BTRC [2] [3]
Belgium [2] [3]
Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT [2] [3]
Bulgaria [2] [3] [7]
Croatia HRT [2] [3]
Cyprus CyBC [2] [3]
Czech Republic ČT [2] [3]
Denmark [2] [8] [9]
Estonia ERR [2] [3] [10]
Finland Yle [2]
France [2] [11]
Georgia GPB [2] [3]
Germany [2] [12] [13]
Greece ERT [14]
Hungary MTVA [2] [3]
Iceland [2] [8] [15] [16]
Ireland [2] [17] [18]
IsraelCharlton [2]
Italy [19] [20]
Kazakhstan Kaztrk [2] [6]
Kosovo [2]
Latvia LTV [2] [3]
Lithuania LRT [2] [3]
Macedonia MKRTV [3]
Malta PBS [2] [3]
Moldova TRM [2] [3]
Montenegro RTCG [2] [3]
Netherlands NOS [2] [21]
Norway [2] [22]
Poland [23] [24] [2] [25]
Portugal [2] [26] [27]
Romania [2] [28] [29]
Russia [30]
Serbia RTS [2] [3]
Slovakia RTVS [2] [3]
Slovenia RTVSLO [2] [3]
Spain Mediaset España [31] [32]
Sweden [33]
Switzerland SRG SSR [2] [3]
Turkey [34] [35]
Ukraine Ukrayina [2] [36]
United Kingdom [2] [37] [38] [39]

Rest of the world

TerritoryRights holderRef
Africa Canal+ Afrique [40]
Angola [2] [41] [6]
Argentina
[42] [43]
Australia [44]
Bangladesh Channel 9 [45]
Benin ORTB [6]
Botswana BTV [6]
Brazil [2] [47] [48]
Brunei Astro [2] [47]
Burkina Faso RTB [6]
Burundi RTNB [6]
Cambodia [2] [49]
Cameroon CRTV [6]
Canada [2] [50]
Caribbean ESPN [2] [51]
Cape Verde RTC [6]
Central Asia Alma Sport [6]
Chile Telecanal [52]
China [2] [53]
Colombia RCN Televisión [6]
Costa Rica Repretel [6]
CubaTV Rebelde [6]
Democratic Republic of the Congo RTNC [6]
Dominican RepublicAntena Latina [6]
Djibouti RTD [6]
East TimorRTTLep [6]
Ecuador
[6] [54]
El Salvador TCS [6]
Ethiopia ETV [6]
Equatorial GuineaRadio Televisión de Guinea Ecuatorial [6]
Fiji Mai TV [55]
Gabon RTG [6]
Gambia GTRS [6]
GuatemalaChapin TV [6]
Guinea RTG [6]
Honduras Televicentro [6]
Hong Kong [2] [56] [57] [58]
Indian subcontinent [59]
Indonesia [47] [60] [61]
Iran [62]
Ivory Coast RTI [6]
Japan
[2] [6]
Kenya
[6]
Kyrgyzstan KTRK [63]
Laos GMM Grammy [2]
Latin America
[2] [47] [64]
Macau TDM [65]
MadagascarTélévision publiques de Madagascar [6]
Malawi MBC [6]
Malaysia Astro [2] [47] [66]
Maldives MediaNet [67]
Mali ORTM [6]
Mauritania TV de Mauritanie [6]
Mauritius MBC [6]
Mexico
[2] [47] [6]
MENA beIN Sports [2] [68] [69]
Mozambique TVM [6]
Myanmar Sky Net [2]
Namibia NBC [6]
New Zealand Sky Sport [70]
NicaraguaCanal 4 [71]
NigerOffice de radiodiffusion télévision du Niger [6]
Nigeria
[6]
Pacific Islands Click TV [6]
Panama [6]
Paraguay
[6]
Peru ATV [72]
Philippines ABS-CBN [2]
RwandaRwanda TV [6]
SenegalRDTV [6]
Seychelles SBC [6]
Sierra Leone SLBC [6]
SingaporeEleven Sports Network [73]
South Africa [74] [75]
South KoreaIB Media Net Inc. [2]
Sub-Saharan Africa
[2] [74] [76]
SurinameSCCN [6]
SwazilandSwazi TV [6]
TaiwanEleven Sports Network [77]
TajikistanSaran Media [2]
TanzaniaAzam TV [6]
Thailand [2] [78] [79]
Togo TVT [6]
TurkmenistanSaran Media [2]
United States ESPN [2] [50]
Uruguay Tenfield [6]
Uzbekistan Uzreport TV [80]
Venezuela Meridiano Televisión [47]
Vietnam VTV [81] [82]
Zambia ZNBC [6]
Zimbabwe ZBC [6]

Radio

TerritoryRights holderRef
Europe EBU [3]
France Radio France [83]
Germany Sport1 [84]
Portugal RTP [85]
South Africa SABC [75]
United Kingdom [37] [86]

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