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2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in Rio de Janeiro was televised by a number of broadcasters throughout the world. As with previous years, Olympic Broadcasting Services produced the world feed provision to local broadcasters for use in their coverage. In most regions, broadcast rights to the 2016 Summer Olympics were packaged together with those for the
2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
, but some broadcasters obtained rights to further games as well.


List of broadcasters

;Notes : – Rights in 16 countries in Asia, to be resold to local broadcasters. : – Rights to be resold to local broadcasters. : – Rights in each country to be resold to local broadcasters, except France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland and the United Kingdom. : – Rights were originally acquired by Sky Italia, but the broadcaster sold them in 2013 to Rai. : – Rights in all Latin America countries, except Brazil. : – Rights in Cook Islands,
Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia,
Nauru Nauru ( or ; na, Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru ( na, Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Ki ...
, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.


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