2020 Summer Olympics will be the biggest sporting event of 2021 year and it will be televised all around the globe on different broadcasting networks. Games were scheduled to take place in 2020 year but due to coronavirus outbreak, tournament was postponed.
As expected, 206 nations may participate in the gala event at Tokyo and the tournament will be shown live on television sets, mobile phones, tablets, desktops and relative online platforms.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics broadcasters, tv channels rights
NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Network, BBC, Discovery Communications are the popular broadcasting networks which will bring live telecast and coverage of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games scheduled to play from 23 July to 8 August 2021.
Let’s have a look at the list of broadcasters, television channels which will bring live coverage of 2021 Olympics.
Summer Olympics Tokyo 2020 Broadcasters, TV Channels
| Country/Territory | Broadcaster |
| Armenia | APMTV |
| Asia | Dentsu |
| Australia | Seven Network |
| Austria | ORF |
| Belarus | Belteleradio |
| Belgium | VRT |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BHRT |
| Brazil | Grupo Globo |
| Bulgaria | BNT |
| Canada | Sportsnet, CBC, Radio Canada, TLN, TSN |
| Caribbean | Sportsmax |
| China | CCTV |
| Croatia | HRT |
| Czech Republic | Ceska Televize |
| Denmark | DR |
| Estonia | Eesti Meedia |
| Europe | Eurosport, Discovery Communications |
| Finland | Yle |
| France | Canal+, France Televisions |
| Georgia | GPB |
| Germany | ARD, ZDF |
| Greece | ERT |
| Hungary | MTVA |
| Iceland | RUV |
| India | Sony Pictures Network |
| Ireland | RTE |
| Indonesia | RCTI |
| Japan | Japan Consortium |
| Kosovo | RTK |
| Latin America | America Movil |
| Latvia | LTV |
| Lithuania | TV3 |
| Luxembourg | RTL |
| Macedonia | MRT |
| MENA | beIN Sports |
| Montenegro | RTCG |
| Netherlands | NOS |
| New Zealand | Sky Television |
| North Korea | SBS |
| Norway | TVNorge |
| Oceania | Sky Television |
| Poland | TVP |
| Portugal | RTP |
| Romania | TVR |
| Slovakia | RTVS |
| Slovenia | RTV |
| South Africa | SuperSport, SABC |
| South Korea | SBS |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | SuperSport, Econet Media |
| Sweden | Kanal 5 |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR |
| Ukraine | UA:PBC |
| United Kingdom (UK) | BBC, EuroSport |
| United States (USA) | NBC Universal |
The 32nd edition of Summer Olympiads will have 33 sports which are more than five from previous edition. Hence we can expect more viewership and global reach of the 2021 Summer Olympics.
If your country is not listed here, do mention in comments. We’ll update the post with relevant broadcasting network.
Elizabeth Kennedy
I have SKY satelite in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. Will I be able to subcribe to some service Sky offers like HBO for Olympic coverage?