TV Broadcasting

* In Europe, members of the European Broadcasting Union will broadcast the Games in their respective countries.

* In the United Kingdom the BBC will be sole broadcaster of the games and have made a commitment to show every event live.
* Italy, SKY Italia originally achieved rights, then was forced by CIO to sell them to a RAI on 17 September 2008 along with the Vancouver 2010 ones, in an Olympics/FIFA World Cup rights exchange.
* In Spain, TVE has the rights to broadcast these games.
* In Sweden, free-to-air SVT and Viasat have the rights to broadcast the games.
* In the Netherlands, free-to-air public broadcaster NOS have the rights to broadcast the games.
* In Slovakia, Slovenska televizia and Radio Slovakia will broadcast the games.
* In Germany and Austria, ARD, ZDF,ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL Group has rights broadcast the games.
* In Austria, ORF will broadcast the games.
* In Portugal, RTP will broadcast the games.
* In the Republic of Ireland, RTÉ will broadcast all of the games.

* In the United States, NBC channels will broadcast the games.
* In South Korea, SBS, MBC, and KBS have the rights to broadcast the games.
* In Canada, CTV, TQS, TSN and RDS have the rights to broadcast the games.
* In Brazil, Rede Record has the exclusive rights to broadcast the games free to air,but sells the cable rights to Sportv and internet rights to Terra Networks. Record News will make a complementary cover.[citation needed]
* In Mexico, the two major national networks Televisa and TV Azteca will broadcast the games.
* In Australia, the Nine Network in joint partnership with subscription television partner Foxtel will broadcast the games. This would be the first time in over 25 years that the Seven Network has not aired the summer games, and the second considering both Olympics.
* In New Zealand, free-to-air Prime Television New Zealand and pay TV parent company SKY Network Television have the rights to these games.[67] This will be the first time the Olympic Games coverage is not carried on a TVNZ network.
* In China, China Central Television and China Radio will broadcast the games.