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."
The host broadcasting organization of the games was BOB. 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.
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.
| Nation | Broadcaster | HDTV | Ref. |
| MENA | Arab States Broadcasting Union | Aljazeera Sport HD | |
| RTSH | |||
| Canal 7, TyC Sports | |||
| ARMTV | |||
| Television broadcast: Seven Network SBS Radio broadcast: 2GB SEN 5AA 6IX 2CC KOFM | Seven HD | ||
| ORF | ORF 1 HD | ||
| Belteleradiocompany: TV-First and LAD | |||
| VRT, RTBF | VRT:één HD | ||
| Unitel, Red Uno, TyC Sports | |||
| BHRT | |||
| Free-to-air television broadcast: Rede Globo Rede Bandeirantes Cable and Satellite television broadcast: Sportv Band Sports ESPN ESPN Brasil Internet and Cellphone broadcast: Terra Networks Radio broadcast: Rádio Gaúcha Rádio CBN Rádio Globo Rádio Jovem Pan Rádio Eldorado | Free-to-air television broadcast: Rede Globo Rede Bandeirantes Cable and Satellite television broadcast: Sportv HD Globosat HD | ||
| Kristal-Astro, Radio Televisyen Brunei | |||
| BNT | |||
| National Television of Kampuchea | |||
| CBC Television, Radio-Canada, bold, TSN, RDS | CBC HD, Radio-Canada HD, TSN HD, RDS HD | ||
| TVN, Canal 13; webcast on Terra Networks | |||
| China Central Television, China Radio International, China National Radio and other radio and television stations; webcast on Sohu.com | CCTV-5+ | ||
| Free-to-air: Señal Colombia, Caracol, RCN Webcast: Terra Networks | |||
| HRT | |||
| ČT | |||
| DR, TV 2 | |||
| Telecentro | |||
| ETV, ETV2 | |||
| Eurosport | Eurosport HD | ||
| TV broadcast: YLE TV1, YLE TV2, YLE FST5 & Urheilukanava Radio broadcast: YLE Radio Suomi & YLE Radio X3M | YLE Peking HD, Eurosport HD & Saunalahti | ||
| France Télévisions | France 2 HD, France 3 HD | ||
| GPB | |||
| Das Erste, ZDF | Das Erste HD ZDF HD | ||
| ERT | |||
| ATV, TVB | ATV HD TVB HD | ||
| MTV | m1 HD, m2 HD | ||
| RUV | |||
| Doordarshan, Zee TV | |||
| TVRI | |||
| IRIB TV3 | |||
| RTÉ | |||
| TV broadcast: Channel 1 Sport 5 Webcast: sport5.co.il Cellphone broadcast: Pelephone, Orange and Cellcom | Cable and satellite: Sport 5HD | ||
| RAI | Rai HD | ||
| Japan Consortium | NHK Hi-Vision, 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 | ||
| Lao National Television, Lao National Radio | |||
| LTV7, LTV1 | |||
| LRT | |||
| TDM | TDM HD | ||
| Astro, Radio Televisyen Malaysia | |||
| Televisa TV Azteca TVC Deportes | Televisa HD TV Azteca HD | ||
| TRM | |||
| MNB, UBS, Channel 25, TV5, TV9, NTV | |||
| RTCG | |||
| Myanmar Radio and Television, Myanmar Radio National Service | |||
| NPO/NOS | Nederland 1 HD | ||
| 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 | TV ONE HD | ||
| TV: NRK1 and NRK2 Radio: NRK P1 and NRK Sport Internet: NRK Nett-TV | NRK1 and NRK2 and SportN HD | ||
| Geo Super | |||
| Television Cable: Solar Sports Basketball TV Jack TV SOLAR All Access 1 and 2 Free-to-air: C/S ETC 2nd Avenue | |||
| TVP1, TVP2, TVP Sport | TVP HD | ||
| TV: RTP and SportTV Radio: RDP Antena 1 | RTP HD | ||
| Telemundo de Puerto Rico | |||
| TVR 1, TVR 2, Telesport | TVR HD | ||
| VGTRK: Russia, Russia 1, Russia 2 and Sport1 and news info on Vesti, Channel One, NTV Plus | NTV Plus | ||
| RTS | |||
| StarHub Cable Television, Singapore Telecom Mio TV, MediaCorp Radio 938LIVE, MediaCorp TV Channel 5, MediaCorp News Channel NewsAsia | MediaCorp TV HD5 | ||
| STV | |||
| RTV Slovenija | RTV Slovenija HD Test | ||
| SABC, SuperSport: SSX, SSX2, SS5, SS6, SS7 | SuperSport HD | ||
| KBS, MBC, SBS | KBS1 HD, KBS2 HD, MBC HD, SBS HD | ||
| Radiotelevisión Española : Televisión Española - TVE1, TVE2, Teledeporte, Canal 24 Horas, Radio Nacional de España - Radio Exterior de España, Radio Nacional, Radio 5 Todo Noticias. Also broadcast on the web through TVE a la Carta and to cellphones by Adsmedia. | TVE HD | ||
| Rupavahini | |||
| SVT1, SVT24, Peking+, SRP4 and SR's webcasts. Also broadcast on the web through SVT Play and to cellphones by Tele2. | SVT HD | ||
| SF TSR TSI | HD Suisse | ||
| CTV, CTS, FTV, TTV | |||
| NBT, Modernine TV, Channel 3, TV5, Channel 7, TPBS, TrueVisions | |||
| TRT 3 | |||
| First National | |||
| BBC | BBC HD | ||
| NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, USA Network Telemundo West Coast Talk Radio See also: 2008 Summer Olympics on NBC | NBC HD, CNBC HD, Universal HD, USA HD, NBC HD Olympic Basketball & Soccer Channels | - | |
| Venevisión, Meridiano TV, TVES | |||
| Vietnam Television, Ho Chi Minh City Television, Hanoi Radio Television and Vietnam Multimedia Corporation |