List of 2012 Summer Paralympics broadcasters

The following is a list of broadcasters of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Production of the world feeds were assumed by Olympic Broadcasting Services, while LOCOG awarded broadcast rights to the Games in over 100 countries.^[1][2]

Broadcasters

•  United Kingdom: Channel 4, with 150 hours of live coverage on Channel 4 and More4, along with additional coverage being carried by Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media (in both standard and high definition) as well as on Channel 4's website.^[3][4] Radio coverage was provided by the BBC on its radio channels BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.^[5][6]
•  Australia: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation broadcast the 2012 Paralympics across Australia, mostly on its digital channel ABC2. It broadcast over 100 hours of live coverage including both ceremonies.^[7]
•  Brazil: Rede Globo and Sportv owned the broadcast rights to the Games in Brazil. While Sportv carried the bulk of coverage, Globo broadcast some events live.^[8]
•  Canada: TSN (English) and RDS (French) produced daily hour-long highlight programs (some of which were aired by CTV Television), while tape-delayed airings of the opening ceremony were carried by Sportsnet One, TSN2, RDS, and RDS2. Coverage with described video for the visually impaired was simulcasted by AMI-tv.^[9][10]
•  China: China Central Television^[1]
•  Colombia: Señal Colombia
•  Denmark: State broadcaster DR held rights to the Paralympics in Denmark, broadcasting most of its coverage on DR HD.^[11]
•  Europe: The European Broadcasting Union served as the sublicensor of broadcast rights in most of Europe.^[12]
•  Finland: Yle, the state broadcaster.^[13]
•  France: France Ô broadcast the opening and closing ceremonies; TV8 Mont-Blanc broadcast the Games with 77 hours of television coverage.^[14]
•  Germany: ARD and ZDF broadcast the Games, with approximately 65 hours of television coverage.^[15]
•  Greece: Net 2 broadcast the games with approximately 79 hours of television coverage.
•  Ireland: Setanta Ireland, Irish digital subscription channel, providing it on a Free-to-view basis. Highlights on RTÉ Two, state broadcaster.
•  Italy: Sky Italia, the Italian digital subscription channel,^[12] and RAI for free broadcasting.
•  Japan: NHK, public broadcaster^[12]
•  New Zealand: Sky Sport broadcast the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as day and evening highlights. Sky Sport's highlights channel showed highlights every three hours. iSky also broadcast show highlights. Prime broadcast two one-hour special documentaries called "Black and White – the Paralympic Story",^[16] and Prime News had the coverage during their 5:30 news programme and "The Crowd Goes Wild" programme.^[17]
•  Norway: NRK broadcast the games on NRK1, NRK2 and four web channels.
•  Russia: VGTRK.
•  Singapore: MediaCorp broadcast the Games with a daily highlights show and live coverage of the opening and closing ceremonies.
•  South Africa: SuperSport, broadcasting on the DStv satellite service provided eight or more hours of live and delayed programming per day on their Supersport 6 channel.^[18] DStv is a subscription service available in most of Africa south of the Sahara. The SABC broadcast a two-hour daily highlights programme from 22:00 SAST on the SABC2 free-to-air television channel.
•  South Korea: Korean Broadcasting System (KBS).^[12]
•  Spain: RTVE broadcast the Games, with approximately 150 hours of live coverage on Teledeporte and TVE HD.^[19]
•  Sweden: Sveriges Television (SVT) broadcast approximately 40 hours live on SVT1, SVT2, SVT24 and their web service SVT Play.^[20]
•  Thailand: A consortium of Thai broadcasters known as the TV Pool, consisting of Channel 3, Royal Army's Channel 5, BBTV Channel 7, and Modernine TV, broadcast the Paralympics in Thailand.^[12][21]
•  Turkey: TRT^[22]
•  United States: NBC Sports broadcast 4 one-hour highlight shows on NBC Sports Network, and NBC broadcast a final 90-minute special on 16 September.^[23][24]

References

1. "London 2012 Paralympics: organisers hail record broadcast deals". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
2. "Paralympics TV deals break new ground as ticket rush continues". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
3. "Channel 4 to be the Paralympic Broadcaster in the UK in 2012". Channel 4. 8 January 2010. p. 3. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
4. "Unprecedented Rolling Coverage for London 2012 | IPC". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
5. Staff (16 August 2012). "BBC Paralympic Coverage Details". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
6. "Channel 4 starts Paralympic Games push". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
7. Online "London 2012 Paralympic Games" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 20 May 2012.
8. "Globo compra direitos da Paraolimpíada 2012 e estuda transmitir eventos ao vivo". Universo Online. 7 January 2011. p. 3. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
9. "How to Watch the London 2012 Paralympic Games". CTVOlympics.ca. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
10. "Follow Your Team: Canadian Paralympic Committee Announces London 2012 Paralympic Games Coverage". Canadian Paralympic Committee. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
11. Hansen, Jens Gjesse (17 August 2012). "Følg De Paralympiske Lege på DR" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
12. "Record-breaking figures for Paralympic broadcast rights". London 2012 Paralympic Games. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
13. "London 2012 Guides and Policies". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
14. "Les Jeux Paralympiques de Londres en direct sur TV8 Mont-Blanc !". tv8montblanc.fr. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
15. "ARD und ZDF stocken Ausstrahlung der Paralympics auf". Digitalfernsehen.De. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
16. "Paralympics to air in New Zealand via Sky Sport". Inside World Parasport. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
17. "Coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
18. "Top TV coverage of 2012 Paralympics « Road to London 2012". Roadtolondon2012.co.za. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
19. "RTVE ofrecerá en Londres 2012 la mayor cobertura de unos Juegos Paralímpicos" (in Spanish). RTVE. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
20. "Så sänder SVT från Paralympics". Sveriges Television. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
21. "Scramble to prevent blank TVs". The Nation. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
22. Press release. "Olympic Fever Continues With Paralympics". Turkish Radio and Television Corporation. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
23. Press release. "USOC announces expanded coverage for London 2012 Paralympic Games". United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
24. "Paralympics 2012: NBC to only screen five-and-a-half hours retrospective coverage of Games". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 August 2012.

See also

• List of 2012 Summer Olympics broadcasters