List of 2018 Winter Olympics broadcasters


The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang are televised by a number of broadcasters throughout the world. As with previous years, Olympic Broadcasting Services together with Japan's NHK produces the world feed provided to local broadcasters for use in their coverage, including about 90 hours of content captured in 8K.
The Games are broadcast in ultra-high resolution and high dynamic range in select markets. In South Korea, terrestrial UHD broadcasts employ ATSC 3.0 standard, launched on May 31, 2017, by SBS, MBC, and KBS in major South Korean markets such as Seoul and Incheon. In the United States UHD broadcasts are available to cable subscribers of NBCUniversal, and to subscribers of satellite TV providers DirecTV and Dish Network.

Broadcasters

On 29 June 2015, the IOC announced that Discovery Communications—owner of Eurosport, had acquired exclusive rights to the Olympics from 2018 through 2024 across Europe, excluding Russia, on all platforms. Discovery will sub-license its broadcast rights to local free-to-air networks on a territorial basis. Discovery's rights deal will, initially, not cover France due to pre-existing rights deals with France Télévisions that run through the 2020 Games. Unlike previous pan-European deals, such as with the European Broadcasting Union and Sportfive, Discovery will not solely serve as a reseller, and intends to carry coverage on its regional properties, but has committed to sub-licensing at least 100 hours of coverage to free-to-air networks. In the United Kingdom, Discovery will sub-license exclusive pay television rights from the BBC, in exchange for sub-licensing free-to-air rights to the 2022 and 2024 Olympics from Discovery.
Russian state broadcaster Channel One, and sports channel Match TV, committed to covering the Games with a focus on Russian athletes. Russia was not affected by the Eurosport deal, due to a pre-existing contract held by a marketing agency which extends to 2024.
In the United States, the Games were once again broadcast by NBCUniversal properties under its long-term contract with the IOC. Its coverage featured several notable changes in format; citing past criticism of its use of broadcast delay during past Olympic Games, the prime time block was revamped with a focus on live coverage, and made available live nationwide and on streaming for the first time. in February 2017, long-time studio host Bob Costas also stepped down as host, being replaced by Mike Tirico.
In addition, IMG was awarded the in-flight/in-ships broadcast rights. The Olympic Channel will broadcast the Games across the Indian subcontinent.
TerritoryRights holderRef
AsiaDentsu
AustraliaSeven Network
BrazilGrupo Globo
Canada
Caribbean
  • International Media Content Ltd.
  • SportsMax
Cayman IslandsCayman 27
ChinaCCTV
CubaICRT
EuropeEurosport
AlbaniaRTSH
AndorraRTVA
ArmeniaAPMTV
AustriaORF
Azerbaijan
BelarusBelteleradio
BelgiumVRT
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBHRT
BulgariaBNT
CroatiaHRT
Czech RepublicČT
DenmarkDR
EstoniaEesti Meedia
FinlandYle
GeorgiaGPB
Germany
GreeceERT
HungaryMTVA
IcelandRÚV
IrelandRTÉ
IsraelSport 5
ItalyRAI
KosovoRTK
LatviaLTV
LiechtensteinSRG SSR
LithuaniaTV3
MacedoniaMRT
Moldova
MontenegroRTCG
NetherlandsNOS
NorwayTVNorge
PolandTVP
PortugalRTP
RomaniaTVR
SerbiaRTS
SlovakiaRTVS
SloveniaRTV
SpainDMAX
SwedenKanal 5
SwitzerlandSRG SSR
TurkeyTRT
UkraineUA:PBC
United Kingdom
FranceFrance Télévisions
Hong KongTVB
IndiaJio TV
IranIRIB Varzesh
JapanJapan Consortium
KazakhstanRTRK
KyrgyzstanKTRK
Latin AmericaAmérica Móvil
MalaysiaAstro
MENAbeIN Sports
MongoliaTV5
New ZealandSky Television
North KoreaSBS
OceaniaSky Television'
PakistanPTV
PhilippinesTV5 Network
Russia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Sub-Saharan Africa
TaiwanELTA
TajikistanVarzish TV
ThailandWorkpoint TV
United StatesNBCUniversal
UzbekistanUzreport TV
VietnamVTV

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