2002 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights explained

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
	TVSH
	Canal 7, TyC, América 2, DirecTV
	Armenia TV
	SBS, Nine Network	[2] [3]
	ORF, Sat.1, Premiere	[4] [5]
	BTV
	Dutch VRT	[6]
	French RTBF	[7]
	BHRT
	TV Globo, SporTV, DirecTV
	RTB
	BNT
	CBC	[8]
	Canal 13, TVN, DirecTV
	CCTV	[9]
	Caracol, RCN, DirecTV
	Repretel
	ICRT
	HRT	[10]
	RIK
	Czech Television
	DR, TV 2, Canal Digital	[11]
	Teleamazonas, RTS
	ETV
	Yle	[12]
	TF1	[13]
	GPB
	ARD, ZDF, Sat.1, Premiere	[14] [15] [16]
	ERT
	Canal 3, Canal 7
	TVC
	ATV, TVB, Cable TV Hong Kong
	MTV
	Doordarshan
	RCTI	[17]
	IRIB
	RTÉ	[18]
	Sports Channel, IBA
	RAI	[19]
	NHK, TV Asahi, Nippon TV, SKY PerfecTV!
	KTN, KBC
	KBS, MBC, SBS
	LTV, Channel 1
	BTV
	TDM
	MKTV
	RTM, TV3, NTV7, Astro
	TV Azteca, Televisa,CNI Canal 40 and DirecTV	[20] [21] [22]
Middle East and North Africa	ART	[23]
	TRM
	NOS	[24]
	TVNZ, Sky	[25]
	NRK, TV2, Canal Digital	[26]
	PTV
	Channel 4
	Channel 50
	ATV
	NBN, Net 25, SkyCable
	TVP, Polsat	[27]
	RTP, SportTV	[28] [29]
	RTV
	Channel One, VGTRK
	Channel 5, StarHub Cable Vision
	STV
	RTV, Pro Plus
	e.tv, SuperSport	[30] [31]
	Antena 3, Vía Digital	[32] [33]
Sub-Saharan Africa	TVAfrica	[34]
	SVT, TV4	[35]
	Sat.1, SRG SSR	[36]
	Era Television, CTS	[37]
	Channel 9, Channel 11, ITV
	TRT
	Inter, ICTV
	BBC, ITV	[38]
	English ABC, ESPN and ESPN 2
	Spanish Univision
	Channel 50
	Venevisión, RCTV, Meridiano Televisión
	VTV, HTV
	RTS, RTK

Notes and References

1. Web site: Claudia Kienzle . 2006-05-10 . World Cup Soccer Goes HD . 2024-11-28 . TVTechnology . en.
2. Web site: SBS' World Cup schedule . 8 May 2017 . Special Broadcasting Service.
3. Web site: Nine to show World Cup . 8 May 2017 . Special Broadcasting Service.
4. Web site: Fußball-WM 2002 im ORF. Der Standard. 8 May 2017. de.
5. Web site: Die größte TV-WM aller Zeiten: Alles live auf Premiere. Austria Press Agency. 8 May 2017. de.
6. Web site: VRT verwerft uitzendrechten WK voetbal 2002. De Standaard. 20 August 2001 . Mediahuis. 8 May 2017. nl.
7. Web site: La RTBF empoche la Coupe du Monde de Football. La Libre Belgique. IPM Advertising. 8 May 2017. fr.
8. Web site: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Annual Report for 2002-2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 May 2017. 11 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171211224832/http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/_files/cbcrc/documents/financial-reports/2002-2003-ar.pdf. dead.
9. News: CCTV Buys World Cup Broadcast Rights. The Wall Street Journal. Almar Latour. 8 May 2017.
10. Web site: (H) Nogometno Prvenstvo Svijeta 2002 na HTVu. Croatian World Network. 8 May 2017. hr.
11. Web site: VM-samarbejde var en stor succes for DR, TV 2 & Canal Digital. TVNyt. 8 May 2017. da. 24 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724134830/http://tvnyt.com/artikel/default.asp?id=4562. dead.
12. Web site: Yleisradio Vuosikertomus 2002. Yle. 8 May 2017. fi. https://web.archive.org/web/20091229022335/http://web.lib.hse.fi/FI/yrityspalvelin/pdf/2002/Fyleisradio2002.pdf. 29 December 2009. dead.
13. News: TF1 s'assure l'exclusivité des deux prochaines Coupes du monde de football. Le Monde. Groupe Le Monde. 27 May 2002. 8 May 2017. fr.
14. Web site: Kirch Welcomes World Cup Deal with ARD and ZDF. 1 January 2002 . Sportcal. 2 June 2024.
15. Web site: WM 2002: Fußball-Berichte erst am Abend. 24 June 2001 . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Fazit-Stiftung. 22 April 2017. de.
16. Web site: Die größte TV-WM aller Zeiten: Alles live auf Premiere. Austria Press Agency. 8 May 2017. de.
17. Web site: World Cup Asian TV. Soccerphile. 8 May 2017.
18. Web site: RTE nets World Cup for cool £2m. 11 September 2001 . Irish Independent. Mediahuis Ireland. 8 May 2017.
19. Web site: Italian World Cup TV Rights. Soccerphile. 8 May 2017.
20. News: Otra ventana a Corea y Japón. Expansión. 30 June 2017. es.
21. Web site: Televisa transmitirá el Mundial. Cronica. es. 14 March 2017. 15 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170315085953/http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2002/4823.html. dead.
22. News: El mundial Japon-Corea 2002 por CNI Canal 40. Garcia. Alain. AlainGarcia.net. 14 March 2017. es.
23. Book: Sakr. Naomi. Skovgaard-Petersen. Jakob. Della Ratta. Donatella. Arab Media Moguls. 2015. I.B.Tauris. 978-1780767321. 87. 8 May 2017.
24. Web site: NOS zendt 64 wedstrijden WK voetbal 2002 uit. RadioNL. NDC Mediagroep. 8 May 2017.
25. Web site: Soccer World Cup To Screen On Sky And TV One. Scoop News. Scoop Publishing Limited. 8 May 2017.
26. Web site: Fotball-VM på NRK. 3 April 2001 . NRK. 8 May 2017. no.
27. Web site: Polsat i TVP walczą o prawa do mundialu. 90minut. 11 October 2018. pl.
28. Web site: Sá Lopes. Ana. Compra de jogos do Mundial "furou" orçamento da RTP. 17 June 2002 . Público Portugal. Sonae.com. 19 March 2014. pt.
29. Web site: Sport TV garante direitos do Mundial para Portugal. Record. Medialivre. 19 March 2014. pt.
30. Web site: e.tv nets Soccer World Cup. News24. 7 May 2017.
31. Web site: Africa: ETV Sells World Cup Rights to Supersport. AllAfrica. 7 May 2017.
32. News: Antena 3 compra los derechos del Mundial 2002. El País. 6 May 1999 . 22 April 2017. es.
33. News: Vía Digital compromete 27.000 millones por el Mundial de fútbol del 2002. El País. 6 May 1999 . 22 April 2017. es.
34. "TVA Africa secured the sole right to broadcast the World Cup", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 33, May-July 2002
35. Web site: SVT och TV4 sänder fotbolls-VM 2002. 2 April 2001. Aftonbladet. Schibsted. 7 May 2017. sv.
36. Web site: Fussball-WM 2002: Alle Spiele auf Sat.1 Schweiz. KleinReport. 11 October 2018. de.
37. Web site: zh:2002世界盃足球賽 . http://worldcup.eracom.com/tvtime-01.asp . worldcup.eracom.com. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20020802144538/http://worldcup.eracom.com/tvtime-01.asp . 2 August 2002 . 19 June 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
38. News: World Cup TV deal agreed. 18 October 2001 . BBC Sport. BBC. 7 May 2017.