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 for the rugby world cup live streaming action from world cup in different regions of world
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 live in your region.
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
Monaco
TF1 (21 games live incliding all france matches, semifinals and final)
Russia
Peretz
Turkey
Tivibu Spor
These are TV Channels Showing Rugby World Cup 2015 live Matches online
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 live in your region.
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
Monaco
TF1 (21 games live incliding all france matches, semifinals and final)
Russia
Peretz
Turkey
Tivibu Spor
These are TV Channels Showing Rugby World Cup 2015 live Matches online