List of 2008 Summer Olympics broadcasters

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. 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."Report of the IOC Evaluation Commission for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in 2008, pg.73

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.

TerritoryRights holderHDTVRef.MENAArab States Broadcasting UnionAljazeera Sport HDRTSHCanal 7 (All events), TyC Sports (all events)ARMTVTelevision broadcast:Seven NetworkSBSRadio broadcast: 2GB SEN 5AA 6IX 2CC KOFM Seven HDSeven Network 2008 - OlympicsORFORF 1 HDORF: Gesamtes Olympia-Programm in HDTV – digitalfernsehen.de, 7. July 2008Belteleradiocompany: TV-First and LADBelteleradiocompany VRT, RTBFVRT: één HDUnitel, Red Uno, TyC SportsBHRTFree-to-air television broadcast:Rede GloboRede BandeirantesCable and Satellite television broadcast:Sportv (Sportv 2 Sportv 3 Sportv 4 Sportv +)Band SportsESPNESPN BrasilInternet and Cellphone broadcast:Terra NetworksRadio broadcast:Rádio GaúchaRádio CBNRádio GloboRádio Jovem PanRádio EldoradoFree-to-air television broadcast:Rede GloboRede BandeirantesCable and Satellite television broadcast:Sportv HDGlobosat HDKristal-Astro, Radio Television BruneiBNTNational Television of CambodiaCBC Television, Radio-Canada, bold, TSN, RDSCBC HD, Radio-Canada HD, TSN HD, RDS HDTVN, Canal 13; webcast on Terra NetworksChina Central Television, China Radio International (CRI) and China National Radio (CNR) CCTV-HDFree-to-air:Señal Colombia, Caracol, RCNWebcast:Terra NetworksHRTCzech TelevisionDR, TV 2Television CentroEesti TelevisioonEurosport Yle, UrheilukanavaYLE Peking HD, Eurosport HD & SaunalahtiFrance Télévisions GPBARD, ZDFDas Erste HDZDF HDERTATV, TVBATV HDTVB HDMTVm1 HD, m2 HDRUVDoordarshan, Zee TVTVRI, AORAIRIB TV3RTÉTV broadcast:Channel 1Sport 5 (Including Sport 5+, Sport5+ Live and Sport5+ Gold)Webcast:sport5.co.ilCellphone broadcast:Pelephone, Orange and CellcomCable and satellite:Sport 5HD RAI Japan Consortium (NHK, Nippon Television, Fuji Television, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo, Tokyo Broadcasting System) Lao National Television, Lao National RadioLatvijas TelevīzijaLRTTDM (Power by China Central Television)TDM HDAstro, Radio Televisyen MalaysiaTelevisaTV AztecaTVC Deportes Televisa HDTV Azteca HDTRMMNB, UBS, Channel 25, TV5, TV9, NTV RTCGMyanmar Radio and TelevisionNPO/NOSNederland 1 HD TVNZ NRK Geo SuperTelevision Cable: Solar SportsBasketball TVJack TVSOLAR All Access 1 and 2(PPV)Free-to-air:C/SETC2nd Avenue Telewizja Polska RTP Telemundo de Puerto RicoTVR, Telesport VGTRK: Russia, Russia 1, Russia 2 and Sport1 and news info on Vesti, Channel One, NTV PlusNTV PlusRTSStarHub TV, Singtel and Mediacorp STVRTV SlovenijaRTV Slovenija HD Test SABC, SuperSport KBS, MBC and SBS RTVE RupavahiniSVT1, SVT24, Peking+, SRP4 and SR's webcasts. Also broadcast on the web through SVT Play and to cellphones by Tele2.SVT HDSVTs största OS-satsning någonsin OS största satsningen någonsin för Radiosporten – i radio, på webben, i mobilen Tele2, Beijing 2008 i Mobilen SVT HD, Beijing 2008 SVT Play, Beijing 2008 SF TSR TSIHD SuisseCTV, CTS, FTV, TTVPTS HIHDTPT (NBT, MCOT, Channel 3, RTA TV5, BBTV Channel 7, TPBS), TrueVisionsข่าว กีฬา ถ่ายสดอลป. ทีวีพูลเจ๊ง40ล. : www.thairath.co.th - หนังสือพิมพ์ไทยรัฐ ออนไลน์ TRT Pekin 2008 Olimpiyat Oyunları TRT3 TELEVİZYON AKIŞLARI First Nationalofficial web site BBC NBCUniversalSee also: 2008 Summer Olympics on NBC Venevisión, Meridiano TV, TVESVietnam Television, Ho Chi Minh City Television, Hanoi Radio Television and Vietnam Multimedia Corporation

See also

Olympics on television List of 2012 Summer Olympics broadcasters

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