2006 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights

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FIFA, through several companies, sold the rights for the broadcast of 2006 FIFA World Cup to the following broadcasters.

Television

Broadcasters that were confirmed to be screening some or all of the matches in

UHF were free-to-air
.

Country Broadcaster(s) Ref
Arab world ART
Albania DigitAlb
Argentina Telefe, El Trece, El Nueve, América TV, TyC Sports & DirecTV
Armenia
ARMTV
Australia SBS
Austria
ORF
Azerbaijan Lider TV
Bangladesh BTV
Belgium
VRT
RTBF
Bhutan
ESPN STAR Sports
Bolivia Unitel
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BHRT
Brazil HDTV:
Cable/Satellite (Pay): BandSports & SporTV
ESPN Brasil
Brunei Satellite (pay): Kristal-Astro (8-live digital satellite channels dedicated exclusively to the 2006 FIFA World Cup)
Bulgaria BNT
Canada English:
Rogers Sportsnet & TSN
French:
SRC
Portuguese & Italian:
Omni 1
Cantonese & Chinese:
Omni 2
Chile
RED Televisión & DirecTV
People's Republic of China CCTV (64-matches including: 56-matches live on CCTV-5, 4-matches live on CCTV-7 & 4-matches on CCTV-1)
Colombia Caracol, RCN & DirecTV (all matches)
Costa Rica Repretel
Cuba Tele Rebelde
Croatia HRT
Cyprus RIK
Czech Republic
ČT
Denmark DR1 & TV 2
Ecuador
RTS & Ecuavisa
Estonia
ETV
Finland
YLE
France TF1, M6, Canal+, Eurosport France
Georgia GPB
Germany
Premiere
Greece
NET
Guatemala Canal 3 & Canal 7
Honduras TVC
Hong Kong Free-to-air:
Cable TV Hong Kong
(all matches)
Hungary
RTL Klub & Sport Klub
Iceland Sýn
India Free-to-air:
ESPN STAR Sports
Indonesia
SCTV (64 matches includes 56 live telecast and 8 taped group stage matches
)
Iran
IRIB
Ireland RTÉ
Israel Free-to-air:
Sport 5
, Sport 1 and Sport 2
Italy Free-to-air: RAI (1-matches per day)
Satellite (pay): Sky Sport (all matches)
Japan Free-to-air: Fuji TV
Kenya KTN & KBC
North Korea
KBS 1TV), MBC & SBS
South Korea
KBS 1TV), MBC & SBS
Latvia
Channel 1
Lithuania LRT
Macedonia
MKTV
Malaysia
Astro (8-live digital satellite channels dedicated exclusively to the 2006 FIFA World Cup
)
Malta Melita Sports
Mexico Free-to-air:
SKY México
Moldova TRM
Montenegro TV In
Netherlands NOS
New Zealand
Sky
Norway
TV2
Pakistan PTV
Panama
Channel 4
Paraguay SNT
Peru
ATV
(Channel 9)
Philippines RPN, SportsPlus
Poland Polsat and TVP
Portugal
SIC & Sport TV
Puerto Rico Univision Puerto Rico, ABC & ESPN
Romania
RTV
Russia
Perviy Kanal & VGTRK
Middle East and North Africa
Al Riyadiah, only ln Saudi Arabia
)
Serbia PTC, RTK
Singapore
1-finals)
Cable (pay): StarHub Cable Television
(all matches)
Slovakia STV
Slovenia RTV & Kanal A
South Africa Free-to-air:
Super Sport
Spain
Digital+
Sweden SVT & TV4
Switzerland German:
SF2
French: TSR2
Italian:
TSI2
Taiwan Era Television (3-cable channels for coverage)
Thailand Free-to-air:
subscription television
)
Trinidad and Tobago: CCN TV6
Turkey Kanal 1
Ukraine Inter & ICTV
United Kingdom
and territories
  • England
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Wales
ITV HD
SD:
BBC & ITV
United States
and territories
  • American Samoa
  • Guam
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Puerto Rico
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
 English:
ABC, ESPN & ESPN2
Spanish:
TeleFutura
German:
Setanta Sports
French:
TV5Monde
Portuguese:
Rede Globo
Persian:
Tapesh TV
Arabic:
ART
Japanese:
TV Japan
Korean:
KBS
Uruguay
Canal 10, DirecTV
Venezuela Venevisión, RCTV, Meridiano Televisión & DirecTV
Vietnam
FPT, VTV, HTV & VTC

References

External links

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