Sports broadcasting contracts in South Korea

Sports broadcasting contracts in South Korea include:

Multi-discipline events

Olympic Games

• Summer Olympics: KBS, MBC, SBS (until 2024)
  JTBC (from 2028)
• Winter Olympics: KBS, MBC, SBS (until 2022)
  JTBC (from 2026)

Asian Games

• Asian Games: KBS, MBC, SBS

American football

• National Football League: Coupang Play

Baseball

• KBO League

Regular season: KBS N Sports, MBC Sports+, SBS Sports, SPOTV and SPOTV2

Post-season: KBS, MBC, SBS

• Major League Baseball

SPOTV

Basketball

• KBL: MBC Sports+
• NBA: SPOTV

Combat Sports

Boxing

• FITE TV: Top Rank and PBC
• DAZN: Matchroom, Golden Boy and Dream Boxing (October 2022 to October 2025)

Kickboxing

• King of Kings: DAZN: October 2022 to October 2025, all fights

Mixed Martial Arts

• Bushido MMA: DAZN: October 2022 to October 2025, all fights
• UFC: CJ ENM–tvN Sports/TVING^[1]
• ONE Championship: IB Sports and Coupang Play

Football

National teams

• FIFA World Cup
  • Overall countries finals tournament
    • SBS (main)
    • MBC
    • KBS
  • Asian second, third, fourth round and Asian play-off
    • Coupang Play (from November 2023)
  • Intercontinental Play-offs
    • FIFA+
  • Qualifiers only
    • SPOTV (UEFA)
• AFC: CJ ENM (2021~ June 2024)
  • AFC Asian Cup
• Friendly matches
  • • TV Chosun
    • Coupang Play
• UEFA
  • UEFA European Championship
    • CJ ENM-tvN, tvN Sports, TVING (2024 finals tournament)
    • SPOTV (2024 qualifiers)
  • UEFA Nations League: SPOTV
  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship: CJ ENM-tvN, tvN Sports, TVING (2021)
  • UEFA Boys and Girls Youth Championships (U-19 and U-17): UEFA.tv

Clubs

• K League 1
  • Coupang Play (online streaming only)
  • JTBC
  • JTBC Golf&Sports
  • IB Sports
  • Sky Sports
• K League 2
  • Coupang Play (online streaming only)
  • Sky Sports
  • IB Sports
  • Life Sports TV
  • Channel A Plus
• KFA Cup
  • kfa.tv and YouTube (exclude finals)
  • Finals only
    • TV Chosun
    • Coupang Play

International

• AFC
  • CJ ENM (from 2022 until June 2024)
  • Coupang Play (from July 2024)
• UEFA (2021)
  • Men's/Boys:
    • SPOTV
      • Champions League
      • Europa League
      • Europa Conference League
      • Super Cup
    • UEFA.tv
      • Youth League
      • Women's Champions League (final only; later transferred to DAZN)
• Premier League: SPOTV
  • Tottenham Hotspur TV: Sky Sports
• Emirates FA Cup: SPOTV
• EFL Cup: Coupang Play
• Scottish Professional Football League(Scottish Premiership): SPOTV (Celtic FC and Rangers FC matches only)
• Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain TV: Sky Sports
  • SBS Sports
  • Coupang Play (from August 2023)(online streaming only)
  • TV5Monde (one match per week)
• Coupe de France: DAZN
• DFL
  • Bundesliga: CJ ENM(tvN, tvN Sports, TVING)
  • Super Cup: CJ ENM(tvN, tvN Sports, TVING)
  • DFB-Pokal: Coupang Play
• La Liga: Coupang Play (from August 2023)
• Copa del Rey: Coupang Play (from August 2023)
• Belgian Pro League: Coupang Play (KAA Gent matches only)
• Danish Superliga: Coupang Play (FC Midtylland matches only)
• Eredivisie: SPOTV
• Major League Soccer:
  • Apple TV+ (streaming on worldwide)

Futsal

• FIFA Futsal World Cup
  • SBS (main)
  • MBC
  • KBS
• UEFA
  • Men's
    • Euro (A-national team): TBA (2022)
    • U-19 (national team): UEFA.tv
    • Champions League (club): UEFA.tv
  • Women's Euro (national team): UEFA.tv

Golf

• Ryder Cup: Golf Channel Korea
• PGA Tour: JTBC Golf&Sports
• LPGA Tour: SBS Golf
• JLPGA Tour: SBS Golf
• KLPGA Tour: SBS Golf
• European Tour: JTBC Golf&Sports

Handball

• IHF: TBA
  • 2021 World Men's Handball Championship
  • 2021 World Women's Handball Championship
  • Super Globe
• EHF: Eurohandball TV

Tennis

Field

• Australian Open: CJ ENM-tvN/tvN Sports/TVING
• French Open: CJ ENM-tvN/tvN Sports/TVING
• Wimbledon: JTBC Golf&Sports
• US Open: JTBC Golf&Sports
• Davis Cup: TBD
• Fed Cup: TBD
• ATP
  • 250: JTBC Golf&Sports

Table

• World Championship of Ping Pong: Facebook and YouTube

Volleyball

• FIVB: IB Sports
• AVC: various
• V-League
  • KBS N Sports
  • SBS Sports
• Turkish Women's Volleyball League: SPOTV
• FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League: Coupang Play

Wrestling

• WWE: IB Sports and MX
• NJPW: MX
• All Elite Wrestling: FITE TV (pay-streaming)

See also

• List of sports television broadcast contracts

References