UEFA Euro 2012 broadcasting rights explained

Below is the list of broadcasting right holders for UEFA Euro 2012. European Broadcasting Union and Sportfive acted as the agent who responsible for TV right sales in Europe and Asia-Pacific respectively.[1] Eurosport also secured the rights to broadcast the matches on tape delay in 58 European countries.[2]

Television

In January 2012, it was announced that Telekomunikacja Polska and Orange had successfully completed the first phase of tests of the technology infrastructure and services to be provided during the competition to bring connectivity to over twenty locations in Poland (host cities, stadiums, hotels for UEFA representatives) and between Poland and Ukraine.[3]

According to UEFA requirements, TP ensured approximately 2х70 Gbit/s data communication speed from Polish stadiums and 2х140 Gbit/s between Poland and Ukraine. This was required due to the fact that the matches were broadcast in HD quality.[4] The multilateral production utilised 31 cameras to cover the action on and around the pitch at every match, with additional cameras following activities around the game, such as team arrivals at the stadiums, interviews, and media conferences.[5] The official Euro 2012 broadcasting centre was located at the Expo XXI International Centre in Warsaw.[4]

UEFA

TerritoryRights holderRef
AlbaniaRTSH[6]
ArmeniaAMPTV
AustriaORF
AzerbaijanAzTV[7]
BelarusBTRC
Belgium [8]
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBHRT
BulgariaBNT
CroatiaHRT
CyprusCyBC
Czech RepublicČT[9]
Denmark [10] [11]
EstoniaERR
Finland
France [12]
GeorgiaGPB
Germany [13]
GreeceERT[14]
HungaryMTV[15]
IcelandRÚV
Republic of IrelandRTÉ[16]
IsraelCharlton Ltd.[17]
ItalyRAI[18]
Kazakhstan
LatviaLTV
LithuaniaLRT
MacedoniaMKRTV
MaltaPBS[19]
Republic of MoldovaTRM
MontenegroRTCG
NetherlandsNOS[20]
Norway [21]
PolandTVP[22]
Portugal [23] [24]
Romania [25]
Russia
SerbiaRTS
SlovakiaRTVS[26]
SloveniaRTVSLO
SpainMediaset España[27]
Sweden [28]
SwitzerlandSRG SSR
TurkeyTRT
Ukraine [29]
United Kingdom [30] [31]

Rest of the world

TerritoryRights holderRef
Australia [32] [33]
BangladeshMaasranga TV[34]
Brazil [35] [36]
BruneiAstro
Canada [37] [38]
CaribbeanESPN[39]
Chile [40] [41]
People's Republic of China [42] [43]
ColombiaRCN TV[44]
Costa RicaRepretel[45]
Fiji [46]
Hong Kong [47] [48]
Indonesia
IranIRIB[49]
Japan [50] [51]
KosovoRTK
Latin America [52]
MacauTDM[53]
Malaysia [54]
Maldives [55]
Mexico [56]
MENAAl Jazeera Sport[57]
Mongolia
MyanmarSky Net[58]
Pacific IslandsSky Pacific
PakistanPTV[59]
Papua New Guinea
PhilippinesSolar Entertainment Corporation
SingaporeStarHub TV[60]
South AfricaSuperSport[61]
South AsiaNEO Sports[62]
South KoreaIB Sports
Sub-Saharan AfricaSuperSport
Thailand [63] [64]
United StatesESPN[65]
UruguayTenfield[66]
VenezuelaMeridiano Televisión
Vietnam [67] [68] [69] [70]

Radio

Apart from European Broadcasting Union which land the rights in June 2011,[71] below is the list of confirmed radio broadcasters for the tournament:

TerritoryRights holderRef
AzerbaijanCJSC
BrazilESPN Brasil[72]
BulgariaBNR
Czech RepublicČRo
DenmarkDR
France
Germany [73] [74]
HungaryMR
Republic of IrelandRTÉ
IsraelIBA
KazakhstanJSC
LatviaLR
NorwayNRK
PolandPolskie Radio
Portugal [75] [76]
RomaniaROR
SlovakiaRTVS
Spain
SwedenSR
UkraineNRU
United Kingdom [77] [78] [79]
United StatesESPN[80]

Notes and References

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