The host broadcasting organization of the games was BOB (Beijing Olympic Broadcasting). The home nation broadcasters are CCTV, CETV. CNR and other broadcasting stations in China with other languages which are broadcasting all competitions, events, galas and ceremonies with the Paralympics. This is a list of international broadcasters of the 2008 Summer Olympics:
The IOC awarded Australia's Seven Network the 'Golden Rings' award for "Best Olympic Programme". The award is given for the best overall Olympic coverage.
| Nation | Broadcaster | HDTV | Ref. |
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| Argentina | Canal 7 (All events), TyC Sports (all events) | ||
| Australia | Seven Network SBS 2GB SEN 5AA 6IX 2CC KOFM |
Seven HD | |
| Austria | ORF | ORF 1 HD | |
| Belarus | Belteleradiocompany: TV-First and LAD | ||
| Belgium | VRT, RTBF | VRT:één HD | |
| Bolivia | Unitel, Red Uno, TyC Sports | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BHRT | ||
| Brazil | Rede Globo Rede Bandeirantes Sportv (Sportv 2 | Sportv 3 | Sportv 4 | Sportv +) Band Sports ESPN ESPN Brasil Terra Networks Rádio Gaúcha Rádio CBN Rádio Globo Rádio Jovem Pan Rádio Eldorado |
Rede Globo Rede Bandeirantes Sportv HD Globosat HD |
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| Brunei | Kristal-Astro, Radio Televisyen Brunei | ||
| Bulgaria | BNT | ||
| Cambodia | National Television of Kampuchea | ||
| Canada | CBC Television, Radio-Canada, bold, TSN, RDS | CBC HD, Radio-Canada HD, TSN HD, RDS HD | |
| Chile | TVN, Canal 13; webcast on Terra Networks | ||
| China | China Central Television (CCTV-1, CCTV-2, CCTV-3, CCTV-5, CCTV-7, CCTV-12, CCTV-13，CCTV-Fengyun Football，CCTV-Fengyun Golf And Tennis), China Radio International (CRI), China National Radio (CNR) and other radio and television stations; webcast on Sohu.com | CCTV-22 | |
| Colombia | Señal Colombia, Caracol, RCN Terra Networks |
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| Croatia | HRT | ||
| Czech Republic | ČT (ČT2, ČT4 Sport) | ||
| Denmark | DR, TV 2 | ||
| Dominican Republic | Telecentro | ||
| Estonia | ETV, ETV2 | ||
| European Union | Eurosport | Eurosport HD | |
| Finland | TV broadcast: YLE TV1, YLE TV2, YLE FST5 & Urheilukanava Radio broadcast: YLE Radio Suomi & YLE Radio X3M |
YLE Peking HD, Eurosport HD & Saunalahti | |
| France | France Télévisions | France 2 HD, France 3 HD | |
| Germany | Das Erste, ZDF | Das Erste HD ZDF HD |
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| Greece | ERT | ||
| Hong Kong | ATV, TVB | ATV HD TVB HD |
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| Hungary | MTV | m1 HD, m2 HD | |
| Iceland | RUV | ||
| India | Doordarshan, Zee TV | ||
| Indonesia | Televisi Republik Indonesia, Radio Republik Indonesia | ||
| Iran | IRIB 3 | ||
| Ireland | RTÉ | ||
| Israel | Channel 1 Sport 5 (Including Sport 5+, Sport5+ Live and Sport5+ Gold) sport5.co.il Pelephone, Orange and Cellcom |
Sport 5HD |
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| Italy | RAI (Rai Uno, Rai Due, Rai News, Rai Sport 1, Rai Radio 1) | Rai HD | |
| Japan | NHK Television Tokyo, Nippon TV Tokyo, Fuji TV Tokyo, TV Asahi Tokyo, TV Tokyo, TBS Tokyo | NHK Hi-Vision (NHK G and BS-hi), Nittele HD, Fuji TV HD, TV Asahi HD, TV Tokyo Hi-Vision, TBS Hi-Vision, BS Nittele, BS Fuji, BS Asahi, BS Japan, BS-i | |
| Laos | Lao National Television, Lao National Radio | ||
| Latvia | LTV7, LTV1 (opening and closing ceremonies) | ||
| Macau | TDM (Power by China Central Television) | TDM HD | |
| Malaysia | Astro, Radio Televisyen Malaysia | ||
| Mexico | Televisa TV Azteca TVC Deportes |
Televisa HD TV Azteca HD |
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| Moldova | TRM | ||
| Mongolia | MNB, UBS, Channel 25, TV5, TV9, NTV | ||
| Montenegro | RTCG | ||
| Myanmar | Myanmar Radio and Television, Myanmar Radio National Service | ||
| Netherlands | NPO/NOS | Nederland 1 HD | |
| New Zealand | TV ONE, TVNZ Sport Extra, both of which were also streamed online along with two online only channels, tvnz.co.nz three and tvnz.co.nz four which carried feeds directly from BOB (i.e. No TVNZ branding) | TV ONE HD | |
| Norway | TV: NRK1 and NRK2 Radio: NRK P1 and NRK Sport Internet: NRK Nett-TV |
NRK1 and NRK2 (opening and closing ceremonies) and SportN HD | |
| Pakistan | Geo Super | ||
| Philippines | Solar Sports Basketball TV Jack TV SOLAR All Access 1 and 2(PPV) C/S ETC 2nd Avenue |
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| Poland | TVP1, TVP2, TVP Sport | TVP HD | |
| Portugal | TV: RTP (RTP1, RTP2, RTPN) and SportTV (SportTV 1) Radio: RDP Antena 1 |
RTP HD | |
| Puerto Rico | Telemundo de Puerto Rico | ||
| Qatar | Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Sports 1, Al Jazeera Sports 2, Al Jazeera Sports +3 | Al Jazeera Sports HD | |
| Romania | TVR 1, TVR 2, Telesport | TVR HD | |
| Russia | VGTRK: Russia, Russia 1, Russia 2 and Sport1 and news info on Vesti, Channel One, NTV Plus | NTV Plus | |
| Serbia | RTS | ||
| Singapore | StarHub TV, mio TV, 938LIVE, MediaCorp Channel 5, Channel NewsAsia | MediaCorp HD5 | |
| Slovakia | STV | ||
| Slovenia | RTV Slovenija | RTV Slovenija HD Test | |
| South Africa | SABC, SuperSport: SSX, SSX2, SS5, SS6 (Gold), SS7 | SuperSport HD | |
| South Korea | KBS, MBC, SBS (the Korean Pool, 2002~2008) | KBS1 HD, KBS2 HD, MBC HD, SBS HD |
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| Spain | Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) : Televisión Española (TVE) - TVE1, TVE2, Teledeporte, Canal 24 Horas, Radio Nacional de España (RNE) - Radio Exterior de España, Radio Nacional (Radio 1), Radio 5 Todo Noticias (Radio 5). Also broadcast on the web through TVE a la Carta and to cellphones by Adsmedia. | TVE HD | |
| Sri Lanka | Rupavahini | ||
| Sweden | SVT1, SVT24, Peking+, SRP4 and SR's webcasts. Also broadcast on the web through SVT Play and to cellphones by Tele2. | SVT HD | |
| Switzerland | SF TSR TSI | HD Suisse | |
| Taiwan | CTV, CTS, FTV, TTV | ||
| Thailand | NBT, Modernine TV, Channel 3, TV5, (BBTV)Channel 7, TPBS, TrueVisions | ||
| Turkey | TRT 3 | ||
| Ukraine | First National | ||
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai Sports Channel, Abu Dhabi Sports Channel | ||
| United Kingdom | BBC | BBC HD | |
| United States | NBC, CNBC, MSNBC (SD only), Oxygen (SD only), USA Network Telemundo (Spanish language) Westwood One (radio) See also: 2008 Summer Olympics on NBC |
NBC HD, CNBC HD, Universal HD, USA HD, NBC HD Olympic Basketball & Soccer Channels, | |
| Venezuela | Venevision, Meridiano TV, TVES | ||
| Vietnam | Vietnam Television, Ho Chi Minh City Television, Hanoi Radio Television and Vietnam Multimedia Corporation |
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