IRB Rugby World Cup 2015 will be taking place in England & Wales starting from 18th September 2015 to 31st October 2015. Its massive competition with huge viewership around the world, according to some statistics its the 3rd most watched international competition only behind Olympics and FIFA World Cup. Today we are going to take a look at what TV Channels will be broadcasting live action from world cup in different regions of world.
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| COUNTRY | TV CHANNELS |
| United Kindom (England, Scotland, Ireland) | ITV & ITV 4 will broadcast all 48 matches live in uk territories |
| Wales | ITV (all matches), S4C (only wales matches with welsh language) |
| Ireland | TV3 & 3e |
| Australia | Fox SPORTS (all 48 matches live) & Channel 9 (free-to-air Australian matches coverage) |
| New Zealand | SkySports (every matches in rwc2015) |
| United States | Universal Sport (live coverage of 7 matches + UniversialSport.com. will have live stream online for all 48 matches), NBC Sports ( 9 matches live including semifinal and final) |
| France | TF1 (21 matches live on TV plus highlights packages and online streaming options) Canal+ will broadcast remaining 27 matches |
| South Africa | SuperSports |
| Europe | EuroSports in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland (20 matches live including final) |
| Canada | TSN & RDS (exclusive rights to show all major rugby international events in canada) |
| South America | ESPN & ESPN Brazil (16 matches including knockouts and final) |
| Germany | EuroSport (around 20 matches including the big final) |
| Spain | Moviestar+ (All 48 matches live) |
| Sweden & Finland | Viaplay (All 48 matches live) Viasat (Selected games on Viasat) |
| Italy | Sky Italia (All 48 games live) |
| Uruguay | ESPN (all Uruguay matches plus another 10 matches including final and 3rd place finish) |
| Romania | Digisport |
| Middle-East | OSN (all 48 matches live & replays) |
| Poland | Polsat Sport (all matches live or replays) |
| Netherlands | RTL (24 matches live) |
| African Countries | SuperSport |
| Oceanian Countries | FijiTV (Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and all other countries in this region) |
| Monaco | TF1 (21 games live incliding all france matches, semifinals and final) |
| Russia | Peretz |
| Turkey | Tivibu Spor |
| Asian Countries | Fox Sports Asia (Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.Philippines, Singapore) |
| China & Hong Kong | Star Sports China (Indonesia, China, HongKong, Cambodia) |
Live TV Coverage in United Kingdom:
ITV secured the rights to broadcast RWC 2011 and 2015 in United Kingdom and they will be airing all 48 matches plus opening ceremony and closing ceremonies on two tv channels which are ITV and ITV 4 throughout 18th september to 31 october . SkySports and BBC were also in the running to buy the rights but ITV outbid them and secure RWC exclusive rights in UK till 2015.
You can also use ITV’s online iPlayer to watch every match live online if your are in UK, it will be a free-to-air transmission but only for uk viewers. following is the list of major sports channels around the world which will be broadcasting rwc 2015 in your region.
Has anyone an idea where I can watch today’s Irish game in Maspalomas Gran Canaries please?
Hi I am in Sao Paulo and have just checked ESPN channels and no sign of the Rugby WC Semis on the programme for Saturday 1pm (3 hours behind London kick off 4pm)