# List of 2012 Summer Olympics broadcasters

This is a list of Olympic broadcasters of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The games in London, together with the 2012 Summer Paralympics were broadcast around the world, with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), an agency of the International Olympic Committee, serving as the host broadcaster.
The home nation broadcaster was the BBC, which broadcast up to 5,000 hours of the competition and other material using over 27 channels including the red button, SKY, Freeview, Freesat and online. BBC paid £60 million for the rights of the broadcasting.

## Broadcasters

NBCUniversal retained the rights in the United States, where they paid 32% higher than the 2008 edition broadcasting fee to International Olympic Committee (IOC), which is US$1.181 billion compared to 2008's US$894 million. USA Today also indicated that the broadcasting fee increased almost 100% over the past four decades. In Australia, Nine Network and Foxtel held the rights to broadcast the event, ending Seven Network's streak of five straight Olympic broadcasts since Barcelona 1992.
Two major cable television networks, ESPN and Eurosport, broadcast the Games in Asia, South America (except Brazil) and Europe. Eurosport broadcast the Games throughout the continent of Europe for 746 millions dollar (with Vancouver 2010), while ESPN fed nine countries in South America and 22 countries in Asia. In some cases, one television station indirectly acquired the rights from IOC, namely CVM TV of Jamaica, which bought the rights from the International Media Content Limited (IMC) which has rights throughout the Caribbean.
The Games also saw two neighbouring regions sharing one television broadcaster apart from pay-TV. China Central Television (CCTV), which is known in Mainland China also provided a feed in Macau. For the first time, South Korea and North Korea shared one television provider, despite the two countries continuing to have diplomatic tensions.
The Games were broadcast in 3D around the world. IOC announced on 6 June 2012 that they would provide the livestream of the Games via YouTube for 64 territories across Asia and Africa.
| Territory | Broadcaster |
| Afghanistan | RTA Saba TV |
| Albania | RTSH |
| Algeria | ENTV |
| Angola | TPA Maximo |
| Argentina | TV Pública Digital TyC |
| Asia | Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union ESPN Asia AsiaSat |
| Australia | Nine Network Foxtel 2GB ABC |
| Austria | ORF |
| Azerbaijan | İTV |
| Bahamas | ZNS Cable Bahamas Limited |
| Bahrain | IAA |
| Barbados | CBC |
| Belarus | Belteleradio |
| Belgium | VRT RTBF |
| Belize | Channel 7 |
| Benin | ORTB |
| Bermuda | Bermuda Cablevision |
| Bolivia | Bolivisión |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BHRT RTRS |
| Brazil | BandSports ESPN Brasil Rede Record SporTV |
| British Virgin Islands | CBN |
| Bulgaria | BNT |
| Burundi | RTNB |
| Cambodia | CTN TVK |
| Cameroon | CRTV |
| Canada | Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium |
| Caribbean | International Media Content Limited SportsMax |
| Central African Republic | RTC |
| Chile | Canal 13 TVN |
| China | CCTV BTV GDTV SMG |
| Colombia | Caracol TV |
| Cook Islands | CITV |
| Costa Rica | Repretel |
| Croatia | HRT SPTV |
| Cuba | ICRT |
| Cyprus | CyBC |
| Czech Republic | Czech Television |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | RTNC |
| Denmark | DR TV 2 |
| Dominica | SAT Telecoms |
| Dominican Republic | Grupo Corripio |
| East Timor | TVTL |
| Ecuador | Latele RTS |
| Egypt | ERTU |
| El Salvador | Telecorporación Salvadoreña |
| Estonia | ERR |
| Ethiopia | ETV |
| Europe | Eurosport EBU |
| Fiji | Fiji Television Sky Pacific |
| Finland | Yle |
| France | France Télévisions |
| Gabon | RTG |
| Gambia | GRTS |
| Georgia | GPB |
| Germany | ARD ZDF |
| Ghana | GTV |
| Greece | ERT |
| Grenada | Grenada Broadcasting Network |
| Guatemala | Televisión Guatemalteca |
| Guinea | RTG |
| Guyana | National Communications Network |
| Hong Kong | i-Cable aTV TVB |
| Hungary | Duna TV MTV |
| Iceland | RÚV |
| India | Doordarshan |
| Indonesia | TVRI RCTI |
| Iran | GEM TV Group |
| Ireland | RTÉ |
| Israel | IBA |
| Italy | RAI Sky Italia |
| Ivory Coast | RTI |
| Jamaica | CVM Television TVJ |
| Japan | Japan Consortium NOTTV |
| Jordan | JTV |
| Kazakhstan | El Arna Khabar |
| Kenya | KBC |
| Latin America | Grupo Albavisión Terra Networks |
| Laos | Lao National Television |
| Latvia | Latvian Television |
| Lithuania | LRT |
| Luxembourg | RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg |
| Macau | TDM CCTV |
| Macedonia | MRT |
| Malaysia | RTM |
| Mali | ORTM |
| Malta | TVM |
| Mauritania | TVM |
| Mauritius | MBC |
| Mexico | Televisa TV Azteca |
| Middle East | Arab States Broadcasting Union OSN |
| Moldova | TeleRadio-Moldova |
| Mongolia | EduTV Channel 25 MNB NTV SBN TV5 UBS |
| Montenegro | RTCG |
| Montserrat | Ptv7 |
| Morocco | Arryadia |
| Mozambique | TVM |
| Myanmar | MRTV |
| Namibia | NBC Maximo |
| Nepal | NTV Plus |
| Netherlands | NOS |
| New Zealand | Prime SKY TV |
| Nicaragua | Ratensa |
| Niger | TV Tenere |
| Nigeria | NOC NTA FRCN AIT Maximo |
| Niue | BCN |
| North Africa | OSN |
| North Korea | SBS Korean Central Television |
| Norway | NRK Viasat |
| Pakistan | PTV |
| Panama | Corporación Medcom TVMax |
| Paraguay | Paravisión SNT Cerro Corá |
| Peru | América Televisión |
| Philippines | TV5 IBC Solar Entertainment |
| Poland | TVP N |
| Portugal | RTP |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico TV |
| Romania | TVR Dolce |
| Russia | Pervyi Kanal VGTRK NTV Plus |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | ZIZ |
| Samoa | SBC |
| Senegal | RTS |
| Serbia | RTS |
| Seychelles | SBC |
| Singapore | MediaCorp mio TV |
| Slovakia | RTVS |
| Slovenia | RTVSLO |
| Solomon Islands | One Television |
| South Africa | SABC SuperSport Maximo |
| South America | ESPN Latin America DirecTV |
| South Korea | SBS KBS MBC |
| Spain | RTVE |
| Sri Lanka | SLRC MTV MBC |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | Octagon SABC SuperSport |
| Sudan | SSTV |
| Suriname | STVS |
| Sweden | SVT |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR |
| Taiwan | ELTA PTS CTV CTS FTV TTV |
| Thailand | TPT TrueVisions |
| Togo | TVT |
| Tonga | Television Tonga |
| Trinidad and Tobago | CCN TV6 |
| Tunisia | Tunisia TV 1 |
| Turkey | TRT |
| Ukraine | NTKU |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi Sports Channel |
| United Kingdom | BBC |
| United States | NBCUniversal Dial Global |
| Uruguay | Tenfield Televisión Nacional |
| Venezuela | teleSUR TVes VTV |
| Vietnam | VTV |
| Zambia | Muvi TV |
| Zimbabwe | ZBC |

### Notes

    ^1 – Consortium formed by Bell Media, V, Rogers Media and Asian Television Network, with the broadcasts occurring on several properties of these companies (i.e.: CTV is owned by Bell Media and was broadcast the games on FTA English-language television).
    ^2 – It is a joint venture of NHK, Fuji Television, TBS TV, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo, NTV, and JAITS. Its functions are the same as the Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium.
    ^3 – Coverage on all smartphones across Japan, in cooperation with the Japan Consortium.
    ^4 – Coverage across Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Uruguay.
    ^5 – Internet and mobile phone coverage across the Latin America.
    ^7 – Coverage across Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
    ^8 – It is a joint venture of Channel 3, TV5, Channel 7, Modernine TV, and NBT.