2008 Summer Olympics broadcasting - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The host broadcaster was BOB (Beijing Olympic Broadcasting

Beijing Olympic Broadcasting

Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Co., Ltd was a Chinese broadcasting company which produced the main international feeds for the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Paralympics...

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This is a list of international broadcasters of the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

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The IOC

International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

awarded Australia's Seven Network

Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...

the 'Golden Rings' award for "Best Olympic Programme". The award is given for the best overall Olympic coverage.

ESPN

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

ESPN Brasil

ESPN Brasil is a Brazilian cable television network. Launched in June 1995 through a joint venture between ESPN Inc. and Grupo Abril's television arm TVA, ESPN Brasil was the first country-specific version of ESPN outside the United States. Today, the network has 12.2 million subscribers...

Internet and Cellphone broadcast:
Terra Networks
Radio broadcast:
Rádio Gaúcha
Rádio CBN

Rádio CBN

Rádio CBN is a Brazilian news radio network, property of Sistema Globo de Rádio . CBN means Central Brasileira de Notícias . It was created on October 1, 1991 as an all-news project...

Rádio Globo

Rede Globo

Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...

Rádio Jovem Pan

Jovem Pan

Jovem Pan is the main Brazilian radio station based in São Paulo, Brazil,leading the largest Latin America radio stations network, Jovem Pan Sat. The network has several bureaus, 142 affiliated stations all over Brazil. Jovem Pan broadcasts through satellite digital quality sound reaching more than...

Rádio Eldorado
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Rede Globo

Rede Globo

Rede Bandeirantes

Rede Bandeirantes , officially nicknamed Band or Band Network, is a television network from Brazil, based in São Paulo. Part of the Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação , it aired for the first time in 1967...

Cable and Satellite television broadcast:
Sportv HD

SporTV

SporTV is a Brazilian cable television network that has its programming based on all sports, launched in 1991 by Globosat. It's the most watched sports channel in Brazil.- Auto Racing :*Formula One *Stock Car Brasil...

Globosat HD

Globosat

Globosat is a multichannel cable and satellite TV service in Brazil, created in 1991, after the creation of cable and satellite TV services. It has also operated a channel in Portugal, TV Globo Portugal, having earlier operated a similar channel, GNT Portugal, until 2006...

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Brunei||Kristal-Astro

Kristal-Astro

Kristal-ASTRO, formed on January 24, 2000, is the sole operator of Brunei's multi-channel pay-television service. The company is a joint-venture between Kristal Sdn Bhd and Malaysia's Astro Malaysia Holdings Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd....

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Kingdom of Bulgaria||BNT

Bulgarian National Television

The Bulgarian National Television or BNT is the public broadcaster of Bulgaria. The company was founded in 1959 and began broadcasting on December 26 of the same year. It began broadcasting in color in 1970...

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Cambodia||National Television of Kampuchea

National Television of Kampuchea

The National Television of Kampuchea is the oldest first television station of Cambodia, officially launched on December 28, 1963 in Phnom Penh...

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Canada||CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

, Radio-Canada

Télévision de Radio-Canada

Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...

, bold, TSN

The Sports Network

The Sports Network, commonly abbreviated as TSN, is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel and is Canada's leading English language sports TV channel. TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels...

, RDS

Réseau des sports

Réseau des sports , is a Canadian French language Category C specialty channel showing sports and sport-related shows. It is available in 2.5 million homes, and is owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc....

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Chile||TVN, Canal 13

Canal 13 (Chile)

Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Luksic Group associated with the Papal Catholic University of Chile. Its inaugural transmission took place on August 21, 1959...

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Mainland China||CCTV

China Central Television

China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the major state television broadcaster in mainland China. CCTV has a network of 19 channels broadcasting different programmes and is accessible to more than one billion viewers...

(CCTV-1

CCTV-1

CCTV-1 is the primary channel of the Chinese television network, CCTV in the People's Republic of China. It has a mixture of all kinds of TV programs, and is available to both cable and terrestrial television viewers.-External links:*...

, CCTV-2

CCTV-2

CCTV-2 is the finance focused channel of the CCTV Network in the People's Republic of China.The primary concerns of this channel include:* Energy conservation* Stock exchange...

, CCTV-5

CCTV-5

CCTV-5 , also known as the Sports Channel, part of the China Central Television family of networks, is the main sports broadcaster in the People's Republic of China. CCTV-5 began broadcasting on 1 January 1995...

, CCTV-7

CCTV-7

CCTV-7 is the military/agricultural focused channel of the CCTV Network in the People's Republic of China.-External links:*...

, CCTV News), China Radio International

China Radio International

China Radio International , the former Radio Beijing and originally Radio Peking, founded on December 3 of 1941, is one of the three state-owned media in China along with China National Radio and China Central Television in the People's Republic of China .As the PRC's external radio station, CRI...

(CRI), China National Radio

China National Radio

China National Radio is the national radio station of the People's Republic of China. Its headquarters are in Beijing.- History :The infrastructure began with a transmitter from Moscow to set up its first station in Yan'an...

(CNR); webcast on Sohu.com||CCTV-HD

CCTV-HD

CCTV-22 formerly CCTV-HD is China Central Television's channel designed to broadcast in HD. It was tested in Beijing on 1 January 2008, and launched officially on 30 June 2008. CCTV-HD was created specifically for the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Paralympics.This channel is only available...

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Colombia||Free-to-air:
Señal Colombia

Señal Colombia

Señal Colombia is a Colombian national television channel established and funded by the government, launched in 1970 as Canal 11. It uses its current name since 1995....

, Caracol

Caracol TV

Caracol Televisión is a Colombian private national television network, owned by Julio Mario Santo Domingo.- History :Caracol Televisión started in 1954 when Organización de Radiodifusora Caracol offered to afford national television costs, then state-run, through commercial spots...

, RCN

RCN TV

RCN Televisión , is a Colombian private television network. It started as a production company in 1967...

Webcast:
Terra Networks||||
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Independent State of Croatia||HRT

Croatian Radiotelevision

Croatian Radiotelevision is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite...

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Czech Republic||ČT (ČT2, ČT4 Sport)

Ceská televize

Česká televize is the public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting four channels.- Czechoslovak Television :Television in Czechoslovakia started to take its first steps before World War II. However, before visible results could be achieved, all activities were interrupted by...

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Denmark||DR

Danmarks Radio

DR – officially rendered into English as the Danish Broadcasting Corporation – is Denmark's national broadcasting corporation. Founded in 1925 as a public-service organization, it is today Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise...

, TV 2

TV 2 (Denmark)

TV 2 is a publicly owned television station in Denmark based in Odense. The station began broadcasting on 1 October 1988, thereby ending the television monopoly previously exercised by the Danmarks Radio ....

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European Union||Eurosport

Eurosport

Eurosport is a pan-European television sport network operated by French broadcaster TF1 Group. The network of channels are available in 59 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events...

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Eurosport HD

On 25 May 2008, a HD simulcast version of the main channel launched - the first event covered in HD being the 2008 French Open at Roland Garros.-Launch:...

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Finland||TV broadcast: YLE TV1, YLE TV2, YLE FST5 & Urheilukanava
Radio broadcast: YLE Radio Suomi & YLE Radio X3M||YLE Peking HD, Eurosport HD

Eurosport HD

On 25 May 2008, a HD simulcast version of the main channel launched - the first event covered in HD being the 2008 French Open at Roland Garros.-Launch:...

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Early Modern France||France Télévisions

France Télévisions

France Télévisions is the French public national television broadcaster. It is a state-owned company formed from the bringing together of the public television channels France 2 and France 3 , later joined by the legally independent channels France 5 , France Ô , and France 4 France Télévisions ...

, TF1

TF1

TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...

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Germany||Das Erste

Das Erste

Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , marketed as Das Erste , is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany...

, ZDF

ZDF

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...

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ZDF HD||
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Greece||ERT

Elliniki Radiofonia Tileorasi

The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation is the Greek state-owned public radio and television broadcasting corporation. It is a member of EBU.Since 70's ERT is part of the Eurovision Song Contest, organized by EBU...

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Hong Kong||ATV

Asia Television Limited

Asia Television Limited is one of the two free-to-air television broadcasters in Hong Kong, the other being rival Television Broadcasts Limited . It launched in 1957 under the name Rediffusion Television as the first television station in Hong Kong...

, TVB

Television Broadcasts Limited

Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, is the second over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. It commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967...

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Television Broadcasts Limited

Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, is the second over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. It commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967...

aTV HDTV

Asia Television Limited

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Hungary||MTV

Magyar Televízió

Magyar Televízió is the Hungarian national public service television company, with three TV channels, called m1 , m2 and m3....

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Iceland||RUV

RÚV

Ríkisútvarpið is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization.Operating from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country, the service broadcasts a variety of general programming to a wide audience across the whole country via radio...

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India||Doordarshan

DoorDarshan

Doordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009,...

, Zee TV

Zee TV

Zee TV is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South Asia, Europe, the Middle East,...

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Indonesia||TVRI, RRI

Radio Republik Indonesia

Radio Republik Indonesia is the state radio network of Indonesia. The organization is a public broadcasting service. It is a national radio station that broadcasts all over Indonesia and abroad to serve all Indonesian citizens throughout the nation and overseas. RRI also provides information about...

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Iran||IRIB 3

Channel 3 (Iran)

Channel 3 is one of five nationally broadcast television channels in Iran.It is the third television channel created by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, and started broadcasting on December 5, 1993. The channel is often referred to as the youth channel, due to its large amounts of...

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Republic of Ireland||RTÉ

RTE

RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...

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Israel||TV broadcast:
Channel 1

Channel 1 (Israel)

Channel 1 is one of the oldest television channels in Israel and one of five terrestrial channels in the country...

Sport 5

Sport 5 , also known as the Sports Channel is an Israeli television company. Available on cable and satellite , the company have seven channels which are devoted to sport.-Sport 5:...

(Including Sport 5+, Sport5+ Live and Sport5+ Gold)
Webcast:
sport5.co.il

Sport 5

Sport 5 , also known as the Sports Channel is an Israeli television company. Available on cable and satellite , the company have seven channels which are devoted to sport.-Sport 5:...

Cellphone broadcast:
Pelephone

Pelephone

Pelephone is an Israeli-based telecommunications company, founded in 1986 as a joint venture between Motorola and Tadiran, today owned by Bezeq. It was the first company to offer mobile phone services in Israel. Due to this, the brand-name "Pelephone" became the genericized trademark for mobile...

, Orange and Cellcom||Cable and satellite:
Sport 5HD||
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Italy||RAI

RAI

RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...

(Rai Uno

Rai Uno

Rai 1 is the primary television station of RAI, the national public service broadcaster, and the most watched television channel in Italy. It was born as Rai Tv from 1954 to 1961, called Programma Nazionale from 1961 to 1979, after called Rete 1 from 1979 to 1982, then called Rai Uno from 1982 to...

, Rai Due

Rai Due

Rai 2 is one of the three main television channels broadcast by Italian public television company RAI alongside with Rai 1 and Rai 3. Rai 2 first started transmissions on November 4, 1961...

, Rai News, Rai Sport 1, Rai Radio 1)||Rai HD

RAI

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Japan||NHK Television Tokyo

NHK General TV

is the main television service of NHK . It shows news, drama, quiz/variety shows, music, sports, anime and specials which directly compete with its commercial counterparts. It is well known for its nightly newscasts, regular documentary specials and popular historical dramas...

, Nippon TV Tokyo

Nippon Television

is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...

, Fuji TV Tokyo

Fuji Television

is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....

, TV Asahi Tokyo

TV Asahi

, also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....

, TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo

is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...

, TBS Tokyo

Tokyo Broadcasting System

, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

||NHK Hi-Vision (NHK G

NHK General TV

and BS-hi), Nittele HD, Fuji TV HD, TV Asahi HD, TV Tokyo Hi-Vision, TBS Hi-Vision, BS Nittele, BS Fuji, BS Asahi, BS Japan, BS-i||
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Laos||Lao National Television

Lao National Television

Lao National Television is the national television station in the country of Laos. There are two channels, LNTV1 and LNTV3, both broadcasting from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.-Channels:-See also:...

, Lao National Radio

Lao National Radio

Lao National Radio is the national radio station for the country of Laos. It was founded in 1960 and became a national broadcaster in 1975.Between 1983 and 1993, Lao National Radio was administered jointly with Lao National Television.-Frequencies:...

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Latvia||LTV7, LTV1 (opening and closing ceremonies)||||
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Macau||TDM

Teledifusão de Macau

Teledifusão de Macau , is a radio-television network serving the Chinese special administrative region of Macao. It was established on 1 January 1982 during Portugese administration....

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Malaysia||Astro

Astro (Malaysian satellite television)

Astro is the brand name of the Malaysian direct broadcast satellite pay television service. It transmits digital satellite television and radio to households in Malaysia & Brunei...

, Radio Televisyen Malaysia

Radio Televisyen Malaysia

The Department of Broadcasting, Malaysia, DBA Radio Televisyen Malaysia , is a Malaysian state-owned public broadcaster. It owns and operates a number of radio and television stations in Malaysia, based in Kuala Lumpur...

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Mexico||Televisa

Televisa

Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

TV Azteca

Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...

TVC Deportes ||Televisa HD

Televisa

TV Azteca HD

TV Azteca

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Moldova||TRM

TeleRadio-Moldova

TeleRadio-Moldova is the state-owned national radio-TV broadcaster. It owns the TV channels Moldova 1 and TVMI and the radio channels Radio Moldova and Radio Moldova Internaţional...

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Mongolia||MNB

Mongolian National Broadcaster

The Mongolian National Broadcaster is the official, state-funded television channel in Mongolia.-History:On September 27, 1967, the Mongolian National Television started broadcasts, and with it started Mongolian TV Broadcasting...

, UBS

Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System

Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System , or UBS, is a television broadcaster in Mongolia....

, Channel 25, TV5

TV5 Mongolia

TV5 Mongolia, or TV5, is a television broadcasting station in Mongolia.The station works closely with the Mongolian National Broadcaster and is financed by advertising, sponsoring, and government subsidies. The program is also available in streaming format online for a fee. This access method is...

, TV9

TV9 (Mongolia)

TV9 Mongolia, or TV9, is a television broadcasting station in Mongolia.TV9 became the first channel in Mongolia to broadcast 24 hours a day. It has contracted correspondents in all 21 aimags.-Radio:TV-9 operates a radio station on FM 103.6...

, NTV

NTV (Mongolia)

-History:New Television , or NTV, is a television broadcaster in Mongolia. It was founded in 2006 and is currently employing about 70 people. Its TV broadcast is mostly in Mongolian with occasional shows in English including one of Mongolia's few English-speaking news teams.NTV is the fourth most...

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Kingdom of Montenegro||RTCG

RTCG

Radio Television of Montenegro is the public broadcasting organization of Montenegro...

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Myanmar||Myanmar Radio and Television

Myanmar Radio and Television

Myanmar Radio and Television is the parent of state-run Myanmar Radio National Service, and a television channel. The television channels are broadcast from its broadcast center in Kamayut, Yangon...

, Myanmar Radio National Service

Myanmar Radio National Service

Myanmar Radio National Service ), is the national radio service of Myanmar. It has its broadcasting headquarters in both the administrative capital of Naypyidaw and Yangon, Myanmar's largest city. The service runs Myanmar Radio and Myanmar Radio Minorities Service...

, Yangon City FM

Yangon City FM

Yangon City FM is a radio station that serves the Yangon metropolitan area, broadcasting at on the FM band at a frequency of 89.0 MHz and on the Internet. Operated by the city government, YCDC, City FM is one of two radio stations available in Yangon...

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Netherlands||NPO/NOS

Nederlandse Omroep Stichting

The Nederlandse Omroep Stichting , English: Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation, is one of the broadcasters in the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system...

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New Zealand||TV ONE, TVNZ Sport Extra, both of which were also streamed online along with two online only channels, tvnz.co.nz three and tvnz.co.nz four which carried feeds directly from BOB (i.e. No TVNZ branding)||TV ONE HD||
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Norway||TV: NRK1

NRK1

NRK1 is the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's main television channel. Test broadcasts started on 12 January 1954, regular test broadcasts started on 13 April 1958 and regular broadcasts started in 20 August 1960. It is Norway's oldest and largest television channel...

and NRK2

NRK2

NRK2 is one of the TV channels of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation . It was launched in 1996. It has traditionally concentrated on more on cultural and in-depth programmes than its mother channel NRK1 and has also shown drama series, comedies, and news. When not broadcasting regular...

Radio: NRK P1

NRK P1

NRK P1 is one of three nation-wide analogue radio channels operated by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation . It is the direct descendant of NRK's first radio station which began broadcasting in 1933...

and NRK Sport
Internet: NRK Nett-TV||NRK1 and NRK2 (opening and closing ceremonies) and SportN HD||
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Pakistan||Geo Super

GEO Super

Geo Super is the first 24-hour Pakistani channel dedicated to the world of sports. It belongs to Independent Media Corporation, owner of the Jang Group of Newspapers.-Launch:...

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Philippines||Television Cable:
Solar Sports

Solar Sports

Solar Entertainment Corporation which also created its sister stations, Talk TV, The Game Channel, ETC, 2nd Avenue, Jack TV, Universal Channel, Diva Universal & Basketball TV, Solar Sports or the Solar Sports Network is a Philippine sports channel owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation...

Basketball TV

Basketball TV or BTV is a 24-hour all-basketball cable channel in the Philippines owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel....

Jack TV

Jack TV is a Philippine cable TV network owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation, test launched on May 2005, officially debuting on July 12, 2005. It offers Western comedy, animation, sports entertainment, drama series and reality shows, such as Cartoon Network, USA Network, The CW, MyNetworkTV,...

SOLAR All Access 1 and 2(PPV)
Free-to-air:
C/S
ETC

ETC Entertainment Central

ETC Entertainment Central is a Philippine television channel produced and founded by Solar Entertainment Corporation which also created its sister stations,Solar TV, Universal Channel, Diva Universal, 2nd Avenue, Jack TV, Basketball TV, & Solar Sports...

2nd Avenue||||
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Poland||TVP1, TVP2, TVP Sport

TVP Sport

TVP Sport is a Polish sport channel owned by TVP launched on 18 November 2006. The channel is available on n, cyfra+, cyfrowy polsat, as well as over cable providers....

||TVP HD

TVP HD

TVP HD - is a special High Definition version of the Polish public broadcasting channels . A digital terrestrial multiplex carrying the channel was available in Warsaw, Poznań, Zielona Góra, Żagań, Kraków, Leżajsk and Krosno from the 6 to 25 August 2008...

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Portugal||TV: RTP

Rádio e Televisão de Portugal

Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, S.A.,commonly known as RTP, is Portugal's public service broadcasting organization. It operates four terrestrial television channels and three national radio channels, as well as several satellite and cable offerings....

(RTP1, RTP2, RTPN) and SportTV

Sport TV

SportTV is the brand name for a group of seven Portuguese sports-oriented television channels. SportTV is the dominant subscription television sports brand in Portugal. The first channel, then known as only SportTV, was launched on 16 September 1998 and is produced by ZON Multimédia and...

(SportTV 1

SportTV 1

SportTV 1 started its broadcasts in 1998, being the first Portuguese pay-tv channel. It broadcast mainly soccer, handball, basketball and sports news coverage....

)
Radio: RDP Antena 1

RDP Antena 1

Antena 1 is one of the three national radio channels produced by the Portuguese public broadcasting entity Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the others being Antena 2 and Antena 3....

||RTP HD

RTP HD

RTP HD is RTP's HDTV channel. In 2008 it broadcast the 2008 Summer Olympics in HD on ZON's cable and satellite platforms. It is also marketed as RTP1 HD, when broadcasting RTP1 programming.- Sports :* UEFA Champions League...

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Puerto Rico||Telemundo de Puerto Rico

WKAQ-TV

WKAQ-TV is a full-power television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital 2.1. The station is owned and operated by NBCUniversal and is branded simply as Telemundo....

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Qatar||Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Sports

Al Jazeera Sports

Al Jazeera Sports is a popular Arabic-language sports channel launched in November 2003 by the well-known Al Jazeera network.Al Jazeera Sports also owns the exclusive broadcasting rights in the Middle East for major football leagues, such as the Spanish La Liga, the French Ligue 1 and the Italian...

1, Al Jazeera Sports

Al Jazeera Sports

2, Al Jazeera Sports +3

Al Jazeera Sports +3

Al Jazeera Sports +3 is a pan-Arabic TV sports channel and part of the Al Jazeera Network. It is the first Al Jazeera Sport Channel to broadcast commentary in English, and has received positive reviews on behalf of English speaking viewers...

||Al Jazeera Sports HD

Al Jazeera Sports HD

Al Jazeera Sports HD is a pan-Arabic TV sports channel and part of Al Jazeera Network broadcasting matches in HDTV.This channel has been recently replaced by Al Jazeera Sports +4 But Re-opened Again.-Re-opening:...

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Kingdom of Romania||TVR 1

Romanian television

Romanian television may refer to:* Communications media in Romania* Televiziunea Română, TVR, the national television network* List of Romanian language television channels...

, TVR 2

TVR 2

TVR2, Televiziunea Română 2 , is the second channel of the public broadcaster TVR.The channel was created in 1968, but it was suspended from 1985 until after the fall of the Communist regime in 1989...

, Telesport

Telesport

-Programming:*Romania's Basketball League*Athletics*Football**Divizia Nationala**UEFA Cup*Gymnastics*Motorsports*Tennis...

||TVR HD

TVR HD

TVR HD is a high-definition version of the Romanian public broadcasting channel TVR. The channel broadcasted Euro 2008 and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in high definition...

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Russia||VGTRK: Russia

Russia TV Channel

Rossiya 1 is a state-owned Russian television channel founded in 1991. It belongs to the All-Russia State Television and Radio Company ....

, Russia 1, Russia 2 and Sport1

Sport 1 (Russian TV channel)

«Sport 1» - Russian pay sport TV channel. Included in the VGTRK. The channel is broadcasting in SD & HDTV 16:9 format.- Broadcast :* Basketball: VTB United League.* Rugby union: Tri-Nations....

and news info on Vesti, Channel One

Channel One (Russia)

Channel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%...

, NTV Plus

NTV Plus

NTV Plus is the brand name for the Russian digital satellite television service from NTV, transmitted from Eutelsat's W4 satellite at 36.0°E & from Bonum 1 at 56.0°E...

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NTV Plus

NTV Plus is the brand name for the Russian digital satellite television service from NTV, transmitted from Eutelsat's W4 satellite at 36.0°E & from Bonum 1 at 56.0°E...

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Serbia||RTS

Radio Television of Serbia

Radio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...

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Singapore||StarHub TV, mio TV

Mio TV

mio TV is a 24-hours pay-TV service, introduced by SingTel. It is transmitted through the company's SingNet broadband network via an IPTV service and uses Microsoft Mediaroom as its end to end software platform. It is a service that will allow multimedia content - including broadcast channels and...

, 938LIVE, MediaCorp TV Channel 5

MediaCorp TV Channel 5

MediaCorp Channel 5 or Channel 5 is a 24-hour free-to-air English and Malay language television channel based in Singapore....

, MediaCorp News ChannelNewsAsia International

Channel NewsAsia

Channel NewsAsia is an English language pan-Asian news network based in Singapore and owned by MediaCorp. Started on 1 March 1999 based in Singapore by Television Corporation of Singapore, it was launched internationally on 12 February 2001 as the international broadcasting arm of Channel...

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MediaCorp TV HD5

MediaCorp TV HD5 or HD5 is a 24-hour Singapore first over-the-air HDTV channel simulcasting HD version of MediaCorp TV Channel 5 programming when available...

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South Africa||SABC, SuperSport

SuperSport

SuperSport was a Scandinavian sports channel started by FilmNet which was owned by MultiChoice South Africa at the time. The channel showed Premier League, NHL, Formula 1 and many other sports. The channel closed on 1 July 1997. The SuperSport brand which started in South Africa is still prevalent...

: SSX, SSX2, SS5, SS6 (Gold), SS7||SuperSport HD||
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South Korea||KBS, MBC

Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation

Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC (Hangul : 문화방송주식회사, Munhwa Bangsong Jushikoesa) is one of four major national South Korean television and radio networks. Munhwa is the Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television...

, SBS (the Korean Pool, 2002~2008)||KBS1 HD, KBS2 HD,
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Spain||Radiotelevisión Española

RTVE

The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. or Corporación Radiotelevisión Española is the state-owned public corporation that assumed the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service from Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española in 2007...

(RTVE) : Televisión Española

Televisión Española

Televisión Española is the national state-owned public-service television broadcaster in Spain. TVE's activities were previously financed by a combination of advertising revenue and subsidies from the national government, but since it's been supported by subsidies only.TVE belongs to the RTVE...

(TVE) - TVE1, TVE2, Teledeporte

Teledeporte

Teledeporte is a Spanish sports channel owned by TVE, launched in 1994 through Hispasat. It was the second sports channel to launch in Spain, after Eurosport and before Sportmanía or Canal+ Deporte. It broadcast the main Spanish and international sports events...

, Canal 24 Horas

Canal 24 Horas

Canal 24 Horas is TVE's 24-hour news channel. Having launched on Monday, September 15, 1997, it is Spain's first news and information channel....

, Radio Nacional de España

Radio Nacional de España

is Spain's national public radio service. Since 1973 it has formed, together with , a part of , the corporation responsible for managing national public-service broadcasting in Spain.-Origins of RNE:...

(RNE) - Radio Exterior de España

Radio Exterior de España

Radio Exterior de España is a Spanish international radio station operated by Radio Nacional de España. The station is primarily intended for Spaniards living abroad. It broadcasts 24-hours a day on short-wave radio, satellite and the Internet. Transmissions are in Spanish, French, Arabic, Ladino,...

, Radio Nacional

Radio Nacional de España

(Radio 1), Radio 5 Todo Noticias

Radio Nacional de España

(Radio 5). Also broadcast on the web through TVE a la Carta and to cellphones by Adsmedia.||TVE HD

TVE HD

TVE HD is a high-definition channel run by the Spanish public broadcaster Televisión Española. The channel broadcast the 2008 Olympic Games in high-definition. It was available via pay-TV platforms Digital+ and Imagenio, but not on digital terrestrial and free to air as originally planned the...

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Sri Lanka||Rupavahini

Rupavahini

Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation , is the national television network of Sri Lanka. Gifted by the people of Japan to the people of Sri Lanka, mainly for the provision of education, information and entertainment....

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Sweden||SVT1

SVT1

SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.-History:The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the second television station TV2 was launched and...

, SVT24

SVT24

SVT24 or 24 is a Swedish language TV channel broadcast by Sveriges Television . It started broadcasting in 1999 as a dedicated news channel. In 2003 extended its scope to include other current events-related programmes and sports in the weekends...

, Peking+

SVT Play

SVT Play is the brand used for the video on demand service offered by Sveriges Television, more specifically to the streaming services offered on the SVT website, svt.se, and its counterpart for mobile phones....

, SRP4 and SR

Sveriges Radio

Sveriges Radio AB – Swedish Radio Ltd – is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. The Swedish public-broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television - shares many characteristics with...

's webcasts. Also broadcast on the web through SVT Play

SVT Play

and to cellphones by Tele2

Tele2

Tele2 AB is a major European telecommunications operator, with about 34 million customers in 11 countries. It serves as a fixed-line telephone operator, cable television provider, mobile phone operator and Internet service provider.- Overview :...

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SVT HD

SVT HD is a high-definition television channel from Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television . The channel broadcasts high-definition simulcasts of programmes from the other SVT channels, where available.-History:...

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Switzerland||SF

Schweizer Fernsehen

Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland...

TSR

Télévision Suisse Romande

Télévision Suisse Romande is a TV network with 2 channels: TSR 1 and TSR 2. They are the main French language channels in Switzerland, part of SRG SSR idée suisse...

TSI

Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana

Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana is a Swiss public broadcasting organisation, part of SRG SSR. RSI handles production and broadcasting of radio and television programs in Italian for Switzerland...

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HD suisse

HD suisse is a Swiss high-definition television channel operated by the public service broadcaster SRG SSR. This is the 8th channel launched by SRG SSR, and currently the only Swiss television channel available in high definition....

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Republic of China||CTV

China Television

China Television Company, Ltd. was established on September 3, 1968 by the then-ruling Nationalist Party of the Republic of China . The party owned the majority stake of the network...

, CTS

Chinese Television System

Chinese Television System is a broadcast television station in Republic of China .-History:Founded on October 31, 1971, CTS started off as a joint venture between the ROC's Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Education. At the time of its establishment, CTS was the only VHF-supported...

, FTV, TTV

Taiwan Television

Taiwan Television Enterprise, Ltd. , commonly known as TTV is launched), is the first television broadcast station in Taiwan...

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Thailand||NBT-TV Channel 11

National Broadcasting Services of Thailand

National Broadcasting Services of Thailand was formed by Radio Thailand and Television of Thailand' and is a national public broadcasting state media government mass media conglomerate of radio and television services in the Kingdom of Thailand. It is owned and operated by Government's Public...

, MCOT-TV Channel 9

Modernine TV

Modernine TV, formerly known as MCOT Channel 9, is a Thailand television channel. The headquarters are located in Bangkok, Thailand. The channel began operation as Thai TV Channel 4 on 24 June 1955 and its the first television channel on air in Thailand....

, Channel 3

Channel 3 (Thailand)

Thailand Colour Television Channel 3 is a Thailand television channel. The headquarters are located in Bangkok, Thailand. The channel was established in 1970.The owner of the channel is BEC-TERO.- Ident :-Broadcast times:...

, Channel 5, Channel 7, TPBS

Thai Public Broadcasting Service

The Thai Public Broadcasting Service , or, in brief, TPBS , is a public broadcasting service in Thailand. It is established by the Thai Public Broadcasting Service Act, BE 2551 , which came into force as from January 15, 2008...

, TrueVisions

TrueVisions

TrueVisions is Thailand's leading cable satellite television operator, broadcasting largely in English. Now owned by the True Corporation, the company was formerly known as the United Broadcasting Corporation , but it was rebranded in February 2007....

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Turkey||TRT 3

Turkish Radio and Television Corporation

The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, also known as TRT , is the national public broadcaster of Turkey and was founded in 1964. Around 70% of TRT's funding comes from a tax levied on electricity bills and a sales tax on television and radio receivers...

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Ukraine|| First National

UT1 (Ukraine)

Pershyi Natsionalnyi is the state-run television channel in Ukraine, operated by the National Television Company of Ukraine. It is the only Ukrainian TV channel covering over 97% of Ukraine's territory. Its programs are oriented on all social layers of the Ukrainian society and national minorities...

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United Arab Emirates||Dubai Sports Channel, Abu Dhabi Sports Channel

Abu Dhabi Sports Channel

Abu Dhabi Al Riadhia is an Arabic television station It broadcasts from Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates and is owned by Abu Dhabi Media Company...

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United Kingdom||BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

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BBC HD

BBC HD is a high-definition television network provided by the BBC. The service was initially run as a trial from 15 May 2006 until becoming a full service on 1 December 2007...

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United States||NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

, WNBC-TV Channel 4

WNBC

WNBC, virtual channel 4 , is the flagship station of the NBC television network, located in New York City. WNBC's studios are co-located with NBC corporate headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in midtown Manhattan...

, CNBC

CNBC

CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...

, MSNBC

MSNBC

MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...

, Oxygen, iO Digital Cable Service, Cablevision
USA Network

USA Network

USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...

, Telemundo

Telemundo

Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

; Westwood One

Westwood One

Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...

, Independence FM, West Coast Talk Radio (WCTR) (all channel) (radio)
See also: 2008 Summer Olympics on NBC
2008 Summer Olympics on NBC
NBC Sports coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics was broadcast from August 6 to August 24, 2008 on the various television networks of NBC Universal in the United States...

||CNBC HD, NBC HD, Universal HD

Universal HD

Universal HD is an HDTV cable television network owned by NBCUniversal. The channel was known as Bravo HD+ until December 1, 2004. The network exclusively broadcasts in high definition 1080i...

, USA HD, NBC Soccer Channel

NBC

, NBC Basketball Channel

NBC

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Venezuela||Venevision

Venevisión

Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...

, Meridiano TV, TVES

TVes

TVes is a Venezuelan public television channel. Its name is short for Televisora Venezolana Social and is pronounced , meaning you see yourself. It replaced the signal of Radio Caracas Televisión on Channel 2 on Monday, May 28, 2007, and began broadcasting at 12:20 am local time...

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Vietnam||Vietnam Television

Vietnam Television

Vietnam Television, or VTV, is the national television broadcaster for Vietnam. Like all media of Vietnam, its programming is directly controlled by the government.-History:...

, Ho Chi Minh City Television

Ho Chi Minh City Television

Ho Chi Minh City Television is the official televised channel of Ho Chi Minh City. HTV broadcasts in three channels: entertainment & advertisement service and gameshow on HTV7, information, propaganda-trend, official and analog-digital on HTV9, and HTV4. HTV also has several specific cable and...

, Hanoi Radio Television

Hanoi Radio Television

Hanoi Radio Television is the official radio and television network of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam...

and Vietnam Multimedia Corporation

Vietnam Multimedia Corporation

Vietnam Multimedia Corporation or Vietnam Television Corporation is a large multimedia corporation in Vietnam. It was founded on February, 1988 by Vietnam Television with the main purpose to construct television stations...

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