2002 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights

FIFA, through several companies, sold the rights for the broadcast of 2002 FIFA World Cup to the following broadcasters.

In some regions, this FIFA World Cup was the first to be broadcast in a 16:9 widescreen, high-definition format.[1]

Television

Country Broadcaster(s) Ref
 Albania TVSH
 Argentina Canal 7, TyC, América 2, DirecTV
 Armenia Armenia TV
 Australia SBS, Nine Network [2][3]
 Austria ORF, Sat.1, Premiere [4][5]
 Bangladesh BTV
 Belgium Dutch:
VRT 		[6]
French:
RTBF 		[7]
 Bolivia Unitel, TVB, DirecTV
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT
 Brazil TV Globo, SporTV, DirecTV
 Brunei RTB
 Bulgaria BNT
 Canada CBC [8]
 Chile Canal 13, TVN, DirecTV
 China PR CCTV [9]
 Colombia Caracol, RCN, DirecTV
 Costa Rica Repretel
 Cuba ICRT
 Croatia HRT [10]
 Cyprus RIK
 Czech Republic Czech Television
 Denmark DR, TV 2, Canal Digital [11]
 Ecuador Teleamazonas, RTS
 Estonia ETV
 Finland Yle [12]
 France TF1 [13]
 Georgia GPB
 Germany ARD, ZDF, Sat.1, Premiere [14][15][16]
 Greece ERT
 Guatemala Canal 3, Canal 7
 Honduras TVC
 Hong Kong ATV, TVB, Cable TV Hong Kong
 Hungary MTV
 India Doordarshan
 Indonesia RCTI [17]
 Iran IRIB
 Ireland RTÉ [18]
 Israel Sports Channel, IBA
 Italy RAI [19]
 Japan NHK, TV Asahi, Nippon TV, SKY PerfecTV! [17]
 Kenya KTN, KBC
 South Korea KBS, MBC, SBS [17]
 Latvia LTV, Channel 1
 Lithuania BTV
 Macau TDM
 Macedonia MKTV
 Malaysia RTM, TV3, NTV7, Astro
 Mexico TV Azteca, Televisa,

CNI Canal 40 and DirecTV

[20][21][22]
 Middle East and North Africa ART [23]
 Moldova TRM
 Netherlands NOS [24]
 New Zealand TVNZ, Sky [25]
 Norway NRK, TV2, Canal Digital [26]
 Pakistan PTV
 Panama Channel 4
 Paraguay Channel 50
 Peru ATV
 Philippines NBN, Net 25, SkyCable
 Poland TVP, Polsat [27]
 Portugal RTP, SportTV [28][29]
 Romania RTV
 Russia Channel One, VGTRK
 Singapore Channel 5, StarHub Cable Vision [17]
 Slovakia STV
 Slovenia RTV, Pro Plus
 South Africa e.tv, SuperSport [30][31]
 Spain Antena 3, Vía Digital [32][33]
 Sub-Saharan Africa TVAfrica [34]
 Sweden SVT, TV4 [35]
  Switzerland Sat.1, SRG SSR [36]
 Taiwan Era Television, CTS [37]
 Thailand Channel 9, Channel 11, ITV [17]
 Turkey TRT
 Ukraine Inter, ICTV
 United Kingdom BBC, ITV [38]
 United States
and territories
 English:
ABC, ESPN and ESPN 2
Spanish:
Univision
 Uruguay Channel 50
 Venezuela Venevisión, RCTV, Meridiano Televisión
 Vietnam VTV, HTV [17]
 FR Yugoslavia RTS, RTK

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