The massive and gigantic multi-sports event is the Olympic Games. You already know that this year it will be held in Tokyo, Japan. Due to COVID-19, this season postponed last year, now this year it will resume from 23rd July 2021.
Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympic Games
The host nation Japan is preparing for the 2nd time hosting this event; it will start from July 23 to 8th August. The most exciting news is this time, surfing sports its debuts as well as karate, skateboarding and sport climbing.
The most popular sports swimming, gymnastics, boxing and team sports are also exciting and the audiences are waiting for this for four years. 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games will be started with an opening ceremony on 23rd July and a closing ceremony on 8th August. In total 43 venues are confirmed, and 23 venues were standing already.
In total 339 events schedule; which are representing 33 different sports on that. The five sports are newly added to this Tokyo Olympic Games.
Summer Olympic 2021 TV Channels Schedule (Live Telecast)
There are lots of TV channels and radio channels that have gotten the broadcasting rights to air the whole event on time. In this section, I will share with you all the information about the Summer Olympic 2021 TV Channels Schedule. Check this out!
Tokyo Olympic 2021 TV Broadcasting Rights
Eurosport got permission to air this 2021 Tokyo Olympic TV Broadcasting Rights from Europe. In the United States, NBCUniversal got permission and United Kingdom BBC also got the official permission to air the whole event.
Apart from these TV channels, there have also many TV channels that will telecast this Summer Olympic 2021 from different regions. And fans and lovers will watch live stream on that. Those TV channels are listed below.
Country | TV Channel |
Armenia | APMTV |
Asia | Dentsu |
Australia | Seven Network |
Austria | ORF |
Barbados | CBC |
Belarus | Belteleradio |
Belgium | VRT & RTBF |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | BHRT |
Brazil | Grupo Globo & BandSports |
Bulgaria | BNT |
Canada | CBC/Radio-Canada, Sportsnet, TSN & TLN |
Caribbean | International Media Content Ltd. SportsMax |
China | CCTV |
Croatia | HRT |
Colombia | Caracol Televisión |
Costa Rica | Repretel |
Czech Republic | ČT |
Denmark | DR |
Estonia | Eesti Meedia |
Europe[ii] | Discovery Inc. & Eurosport |
Finland | Yle |
France | France Télévisions & Eurosport |
Georgia | GPB |
Germany | ARD & ZDF |
Greece | ERT |
Hungary | MTVA |
Iceland | RÚV |
Indian subcontinent | Sony Pictures Networks |
Ireland | RTÉ |
Italy | RAI |
Japan | Japan Consortium |
Kosovo | RTK |
Latin America | América Móvil & DirecTV |
Latvia | LTV |
Lithuania | TV3 |
Luxembourg | RTL |
Mexico | Televisa TV Azteca |
MENA | beIN Sports |
Montenegro | RTCG |
Netherlands | NOS |
New Zealand | Sky Television & TVNZ |
North Korea | SBS |
North Macedonia | MRT |
Norway | TVNorge |
Oceania[iii] | Sky Television |
Paraguay | SNT |
Peru | Grupo ATV |
Poland | TVP |
Portugal | RTP |
Romania | TVR |
Singapore | Mediacorp |
Slovakia | RTVS |
Slovenia | RTV |
Spain | RTVE |
South Africa | SABC & SuperSport |
South Korea | SBS |
Sub-Saharan Africa | Infront Sports & Media SuperSport |
Sweden | Kanal 5 |
Switzerland | SRG SSR |
Thailand | Plan B AIS |
Ukraine | UA: PBC |
United Kingdom | BBC & Eurosport |
United States | NBCUniversal |