Olympics 2020 were suppose to take place in Tokyo in the summer of 2020 but due to global covid-19 pandemic it was postponed for a year and now olympic committe has confirmed Olympics 2020 will take place in Tokyo in the summer of 2021 but will keep its branding name of “Tokyo Olympics 2020” due to marketing reasons.
IOC has confirmed extensive coverage rights for Olympics worldwide and majority of the TV networks around the world are free-to-air local channels who will also produce live coverage via online streams in their territory. Below is the details on what network will produce live coverage in your part of the world.
TV Channels Broadcasting Tokyo Olympics 2020 Worldwide:
Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) will produce the home feed which will be distributed among networks around the world who will use it with their own branding. In Europe Eurosport has the coverage rights for whole europe except France and Eurosport will sub-license the Olympic feed to local european free-to-air channels of every country.
| Country | TV NETWORK |
|---|---|
| United States | NBCUniversal |
| United Kingdom | BBC |
| Ireland | |
| Australia | Seven Network |
| Canada | Sportsnet & TSN |
| Mexico | Televisa & TV Azteca |
| France | France Télévisions & Eurosport |
| Germany | ARD & ZDF |
| Spain | RTVE |
| Portugal | RTP |
| Italy | Rai |
| Europe | Eurosport (most european countries) |
| Indian Sub-Continent | Sony Six |
| Caribbeans | SportsMax |
| South Africa | SuperSports |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | SuperSports |
| Middle-East | beIN Sports |
| North Africa | beIN Sports |
| China | CCTV |
| Japan | Japan Consortium |
| South Korea | SBS |
| North Korea | SBS |
| New Zealand | Sky & TVNZ |
| Oceana | Sky |
| South America | América Móvil & DirecTV |
| Brazil | Grupo Globo & BandSports |
| Argentina | TyC Sports |
| Colombia | Caracol Televisión |
| Peru | Grupo ATV |
| Paraguay | SNT |
| Russia | EuroSport to sub-license to local networks |
| Ukraine | UA:PBC |
| Denmark | DR |
| Norway | TVNorge |
| Sweden | Kanal 5 |
| Finland | Yle |
| Poland | TVP |
| Hungary | MTVA |
| Croatia | HRT |
| Czech Republic | CT |
| Estonia | Eesti Meedia |
| Bulgaria | BNT |
| Belarus | Belteleradio |
| Romania | TVR |
| Lithuania | TV3 |
| Latvia | LTV |
| Luxemburg | RTL |
| Iceland | RUV |
| Greece | ERT |
| Turkey | |
| Belgium | VRT & RTBF |
| Austria | ORF |
| Netherlands | NOS |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR |
| Singapore | Mediacorp |
| Thailand | AIS & PPTV |
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