Commonwealth Games 2014. Glasgow. TV Broadcasters for Commonwealth Games 2014.
The 2014 Commonwealth Games, officially the XX Commonwealth Games, will be held in Glasgow, Scotland.
The 2014 Commonwealth Games will be held over 11 days of competition from 23 July to 3 August 2014.
2014 Commonwealth Games Venues and Sports
Commonwealth Sports Arena – Badminton
Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome – Cycling (track)
Glasgow Green Hockey Centre – Field hockey
Tollcross International Swimming Centre – Swimming
Celtic Park – Opening Ceremony
Ibrox – Rugby Sevens
Hampden – Athletics / Closing Ceremony
Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike – Trails Mountain Biking
SECC – Boxing , Judo, Netball (Preliminaries), Wrestling
Clyde Auditorium – Weightlifting
The Hydro – Gymnastics (Artistic and Rhythmic), Netball (Finals)
Scotstoun Stadium – Squash, Table Tennis
Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre – Lawn Bowls
Barry Buddon Shooting Centre – Shooting
Royal Commonwealth Pool Edinburgh – Diving
Strathclyde Country Park Motherwell – Triathlon
Commonwealth Games 2014 TV Broadcasters
Asia – APBU
Australia Network Ten, Foxtel
Canada – CBC
Caribbean – CMC
Cyprus – CyBC
Equator SKY TV, Prime
India – Doordarshan
Malaysia RTM, Astro
Namibia – nbc
New Zealand SKY TV, Prime
Nigeria – Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria
Sub-Saharan Africa SABC, SuperSport
Pacific Islands SKY TV, Prime
Papua New Guinea SKY TV, Prime
Seychelles – SBC
Singapore – MediaCorp
South Africa SABC, SuperSport
Tanzania – Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation
United Kingdom – BBC***
United States – Video Sound Inc.
BBC Coverage of the Commonwealth Games 2014
The BBC has announced details of its coverage of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Presenters including Hazel Irvine, Gary Lineker, Clare Balding, Gabby Logan, Ken Bruce, Susanna Reid, Bill Turnbull and Mishal Husain will host coverage over the Games’ 11-day run.
Lineker and Balding will present the opening and closing ceremonies which will be broadcast live from the Celtic Park and Hampden, with commentary from Irvine and Huw Edwards.
Once the Games begin, coverage will be aired from the BBC’s base in Pacific Quay in Glasgow, as well as special events from the channel’s pop-up venue BBC @ The Quay.
Coverage will kick-off in the morning during BBC Breakfast, before Husain presents the morning’s action until midday.
Jason Mohammad will host from midday to 3pm, followed by Irvine until 7pm before Lineker takes over presenting duties for the evening coverage.
As with the Olympics, BBC Three is hoping to have an extended schedule devoted to live Games action with presenters including Dougie Vipond, Lee McKenzie, Manish Bhasin and Dan Walker.
Meanwhile, BBC Radio 5 Live’s lineup will include Nicky Campbell, Mark Pougatch, Eleanor Oldroyd and Fred MacAulay.
Established BBC TV and radio programmes such as The One Show, BBC Breakfast, The Ken Bruce Show, A Question of Sport and Who Do You Think You Are? will all broadcast special editions from Glasgow during the tournament.
Other Commonwealth Games-related programming will include concerts, documentaries and special events, as well as dedicated content across all BBC Radio Networks.
***In the same way the BBC provided 24 Live Streams for 2012 London Olympics, the BBC has said that it would like to broadcast 15 live streams for the 2014 Commonwealth Games