What Channels are Showing the World Cup? (Worldwide)

May 17th, 2010 | by: Daryl |

sky-tv-remote-m The World Cup will be broadcast on televisions around the world next month. One big question many people will have in the run up: On which channel or channels exactly?

Below you’ll find a list of what television channel is showing the World Cup in 84 different countries. Hopefully including yours. If your country isn’t listed below, and you know which channel is showing the World Cup in your country, then please share in the comments.

Algeria – Al Jazeera Sports
Argentina – Canal 7, Telefe, TyC Sports, DirecTV
Australia – SBS
Austria – ORF
Bangladesh – ESS
Belgium – VRT, RTBF
Brazil – Rede Globo, Rede Bandeirantes, SporTV, BandSports, ESPN Brasil
Bulgaria – BNT
Cameroon – CRTV, Supersport
Canada – CBC, TLN
Chile – TVN, DirecTV
China – CCTV
Colombia – Caracol Television, S.A.
Cote d’Ivoire – RTI, Supersport
Croatia – HRT
Cyprus – CyBC
Czech Republic – ČT
Denmark – DR, TV2, Canal 9
Ecuador – Gama, TC, DirecTV
Egypt – Al Jazeera Sports
Finland – YLE
France – TF1, France Télévisions, Canal+
Germany – ARD, ZDF, RTL, Sky Deutschland
Ghana – GTV, Metro TV, TV3, Supersport (but apparently there’s some dispute)
Greece – ERT
Honduras – Compañia Televisora Hondureña, Corporacion Centroamericana de Comunicacion, Telesistema Hondureña
Hong Kong – TVB, ATV, Cable TV Hong Kong
Hungary – MTV
Iceland – RÚV, Stöð 2 Sport
India – Doordarshan, ESPN STAR Sports
Indonesia – RCTI, Global TV
Iran – Al Jazeera Sports
Ireland – RTÉ
Israel – Channel 1
Italy – RAI, SKY Italia
Jamaica – (Please share if you know)
Japan – NHK, NTV, Fuji TV, TBS, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo, Sky PerfecTV!
Jordan – Al Jazeera Sports
Kenya – Supersport
Kuwait – Al Jazeera Sports
Lebanon – Al Jazeera Sports
Macedonia – MRTV
Malaysia – RTM, Astro
Maldives – ESPN STAR Sports
Malta – PBS
Mauritius – MBC
Mexico – TV Azteca, Televisa, Sky Latin America
Morocco – Al Jazeera Sports
Nepal – NTV, ESPN STAR Sports
Netherlands – NOS
New Zealand – TVNZ, Sky
Nigeria – Supersport
North Korea – SBS
Norway – TV2, Viasat 4, Viasat Football
Pakistan – ESPN STAR Sports
Paraguay – SNT
Peru – ATV, DirecTV
Philippines – ABS-CBN
Poland – TVP
Portugal – RTP, SIC, SportTV
Qatar – Al Jazeera Sports
Romania – TVR
Russia – Channel One, Russia 1
Saudi Arabia – Al Jazeera Sports
Serbia – RTS
Singapore – MediaCorp Channel 5,StarHub TV, mio TV
Slovakia – STV
Slovenia – RTVS
South Africa – SABC, Supersport
South Korea – SBS, SBS Sports Channel
Spain – Telecino, Cuatro, Canal+
Sweden – SVT, TV4
Switzerland – SRG-SSR
Taiwan – (let us know?)
Thailand – TV3, TV7, TrueVisions
Trinidad & Tobago – ? (please share in comments if you know)
Tunisia – Al Jazeera Sports
Turkey – TRT
United Kingdom – BBC, ITV (Watch the World Cup in HD)
Ukraine – UT1, ICTV
United Arab Emirates – Al Jazeera Sports
Uruguay – Montecarlo, Sociedad Televisora Larrañaga, Saeta
United States of America – ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 (English – See ESPN’s World Cup 2010 TV Schedule) – Univision, Telefutura, Galavision (Spanish)
Venezuela – Meridiano, Venevisión, DirecTV
Vietnam – VTV

Sources: FIFA, Wikipedia

One thing stands out after reading the list: Certain companies are coming to dominate the market. ESPN has rights in several countries, especially in Asia, Al Jazeera rules the market in the Middle East, Supersport is all over Africa and Sky seems to have some form of rights in most European countries (though not the UK) while DirecTV pops up a lot too.

If you have any corrections or additions for this list of World Cup 2010 broadcasters, please share in the comments.

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sairax

Someone else could help me out but I'm in the Toronto area and I believe TLN also will be showing World Cup matches. I'm not sure how many and I think some of them are available in Spanish and/or Italian.
WorldCupBlog

That's right – we've just checked and TLN is in fact showing some matches. Not sure which ones, though, so stay tuned for more on that.
1_Luka

Haha, North Korea are getting SBS. For Aussie games they will have David Basheer & Kevin Muscat – the worst commentating duo since Andy Gray and his identical twin Randy took to the air for an English Conference South match.
SethWCblog

TSN also showing for Canada.
http://twitter.com/dy158 diana yeow

Daryl, good to see my country Singapore on the list. Up till earlier this month when the deal was announced, we have no idea will we be able to watch it here or not. There has been plenty of haggling with FIFA over how much should fans in my country pay to watch the tournament. There was even fears at one time the TV coverage may not happen here after all, or just the opening match, the two semi-final matches and the final on one of our free-to-air channels here (MediaCorp Channel 5, that is). In the end the subscription fees is steep for some to the extent there are those who chose to forgo it when the tournament rolls around next month. Major tournaments like the World Cup (the European Championship is another) are not included if you want to subscribe to pay-TV here, it is a one-off. But the two pay-TV networks which are responsible for bringing it here (StarHub TV and SingTel mio TV) have said that the price is justified given of the number of matches being shown (i.e. the opening match right up till the final).

Regarding ESPN having rights in many countries in Asia…traditionally they have a presence at this side of the world. So much so to the extent that we have our own version of ESPN Sportscenter.
coconut85

United States of Ameria :P
http://www.facebook.com/people/Clive-Eveleigh/528753931 Clive Eveleigh

For Taiwan (where I live) you say “let us know”
well I can't find any listings on ESPN Star for the FIFA world cup here and as I can't read chinese am unable to research if the local stations will show these games. This is really frustrating especially as it seems the games will be broadcast elsewhere in asia on the ESPN STAR network….guess it will be a repeat of the much awaited Vancouver winter olympics..ie. nothing!! You know there is more to life than baseball and basketball which is all we ever get here!!
HaroldIII

Hey Clive, MUCH TV, ERA, or ELTA all will have the World Cup in Taiwan. If you use MOD TV, then you'll get ELTA, which broadcasts in both English and Chinese. If you're a regular cable person like me, you'll just get the Chinese on MUCH TV. On my system, it's 38, but look around. If you don't have cable, a few bars are playing all of the games. Brass Monkey and the Tavern are two.
HaroldIII

should of just put it here, check out my post for info
http://www.facebook.com/people/Clive-Eveleigh/528753931 Clive Eveleigh

Cheers Haroldlll thanks for the info.
HaroldIII

No problem, I was just as upset at no Winter Olympics, so I've been checking for channels constantly
HaroldIII

Sorry, it's channel 45 on my cable. 38 is the same company, this is just a different channel. Looks like they'll have all 64 live!
http://twitter.com/Kabton14 Kevin Beaton

CVM TV will be showing for Jamaica.