WNBA Continues to Grow Globally,
Will Appear on Television in 198 Countries
-- 2006 WNBA Season Global Broadcast Summary
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WNBA Global TV Distribution
During
the 2006 season, 79 telecasters will broadcast programming to 198 countries in
34 languages.
In addition to the return of many of our television partners from the 2005 season, the WNBA entered first-time agreements with telecasters in many markets, including: China (Guangzhou TV, Nusports.cn), Mexico (TVC, NBA TV-PCTV), Middle East (NBA TV-Orbit), Serbia & Montenegro (Sport Klub), Venezuela (NBA TV-Intercable), Iceland (NBA TV-Island Digital) and Bahamas (NBA TV-Cable Bahamas).
Broadcast Languages
In 2006, WNBA
programming will be broadcast in the following 34 languages:
| Albanian | Finnish | Portuguese |
| Arabic | Flemish | Russian |
| Armenian | French | Serbian |
| Bahasa Melayu | Galician | Slovak |
| Basque | Greek | Spanish |
| Belarussian | Hebrew | Swedish |
| Bulgarian | Hindi | Tagalog |
| Cantonese | Japanese | Thai |
| Catalan | Korean | Turkish |
| Czech | Mandarin | Ukrainian |
| Danish | Norwegian | |
| English | Polish |
2006 WNBA Highlights
This
year's record global television distribution for the 2006 WNBA season breaks last
year's reach of 193 countries in 31 languages through 68 telecasters.
Complete
Summary:
| Country / Territory | Telecaster | Country / Territory | Telecaster | |
| Afghanistan | AFN Sports | French Polynesia | Sport + | |
| Albania | Telesport / AFN Sports | Gabon | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Algeria | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | Gambia | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Andorra | NBA+ (Canal+ Deporte 2) | Georgia | AFN Sports | |
| Angola | TPA / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Germany | AFN Sports | |
| Anguilla | ESPN Latin America | Ghana | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Antarctica | Sport + / AFN Sports | Greece | AFN Sports | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | Greenland | AFN Sports | |
| Argentina | ESPN Latin America / ESPN+ / AFN Sports | Grenada | ESPN Latin America | |
| Armenia | Armenia TV / AFN Sports | Guadeloupe | Sport + / ESPN Latin America | |
| Aruba | ESPN Latin America | Guam | ESPN Asia / AFN Sports | |
| Australia | ESPN-I / AFN Sports | Guatemala | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | |
| Austria | AFN Sports | Guinea | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Bahamas | ESPN Latin America / NBA TV (Cable Bahamas) / AFN Sports | Guinea Bissau | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Bahrain | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | Guyana | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | |
| Bangladesh | ESPN India / AFN Sports | Haiti | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | |
| Barbados | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | Honduras | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | |
| Belarus | First National TV Channel / AFN Sports | Hong Kong | ESPN Hong Kong / NBA TV (Hong Kong Cable) / AFN Sports | |
| Belgium | Prime Sport 1 / Prime Sport 2 / Be1 / Be1+1H / Be Sport 1 / Be Sport 2 / AFN Sports | Hungary | AFN Sports | |
| Belize | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | Iceland | NBA TV (Island Digital) / AFN Sports | |
| Benin | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | India | ESPN India / AFN Sports | |
| Bermuda | ESPN Latin America | Indonesia | ESPN Asia / AFN Sports | |
| Bolivia | ESPN Latin America / ESPN+ / AFN Sports | Iran | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) | |
| Bonaire | ESPN Latin America | Iraq | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | AFN Sports | Ireland | AFN Sports | |
| Botswana | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Israel | Sport 5 / Sport 5+ / ESPN Israel / AFN Sports | |
| Brazil | ESPN Latin America / ESPN Brasil / AFN Sports | Italy | AFN Sports | |
| Brunei | ESPN Asia / AFN Sports | Jamaica | Channels 4 & 9 (CVM) / ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | |
| Bulgaria | Diema+ / Diema 2 / AFN Sports | Japan | NHK Broadcast Network / NHK BS-I / J sports ESPN / AFN Sports | |
| Burkina Faso | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Jordan | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | |
| Burundi | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Kazakhstan | AFN Sports | |
| Cambodia | ESPN Asia / AFN Sports | Kenya | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Cameroon | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Kuwait | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | |
| Canada | Raptors NBA TV | Laos | ESPN Asia | |
| Cape Verde | Sport + / AFN Sports | Latvia | AFN Sports | |
| Cayman Islands | ESPN Latin America | Lebanon | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | |
| Central African Republic | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Lesotho | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Chad | Sport + / ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | Liberia | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Chile | ESPN Latin America / ESPN+ / AFN Sports | Libya | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) | |
| China | CCTV5 / Guangdong Cable Sports / Shandong TV / Fujian TV / Hubei TV / Liaoning TV / Guangzhou TV / Nusports.cn / AFN Sports | Lithuania | AFN Sports | |
| Colombia | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | Luxembourg | Be1 / Be1+1H / Be Sport 1 / Be Sport 2 / AFN Sports | |
| Congo | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Macedonia | AFN Sports | |
| Costa Rica | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | Madagascar | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Malawi | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Croatia | AFN Sports | Malaysia | AFN Sports | |
| Cuba | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | Mali | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Curacao | ESPN Latin America | Malta | AFN Sports | |
| Cyprus | LTV / Alfa TV / AFN Sports | Marshall Islands | AFN Sports | |
| Czech Republic | TV Galaxie Sport / AFN Sports | Martinique | Sport + / ESPN Latin America | |
| Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Mauritania | Sport + / ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | |
| Denmark | Canal+ / Canal+ Sport / AFN Sports | Mauritius | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Diego Garcia | AFN Sports | Mexico | TVC / NBA TV (PCTV) / ESPN Latin America / ESPN Dos / AFN Sports | |
| Djibouti | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) | Micronesia | ESPN-I / AFN Sports | |
| Dominica | ESPN Latin America | Monaco | Sport + / NBA+ (Canal Sat) | |
| Dominican Republic | Channel 37 (CDN) / ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | Mongolia | ESPN Asia / AFN Sports | |
| Ecuador | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | Montserrat | ESPN Latin America | |
| Egypt | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | Morocco | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | |
| El Salvador | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | Mozambique | TVM / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Myanmar (Burma) | ESPN Asia / AFN Sports | |
| Eritrea | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Namibia | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Estonia | AFN Sports | Nauru | ESPN-I | |
| Ethiopia | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Nepal | ESPN India / AFN Sports | |
| Fiji | ESPN-I / AFN Sports | Netherlands | AFN Sports | |
| Finland | Canal+ / Canal+ Sport / AFN Sports | New Caledonia | Sport + / ESPN Asia | |
| France | Sport + / NBA+ (Canal Sat) / AFN Sports | New Zealand | ESPN-I / AFN Sports | |
| French Guiana | Sport + / ESPN Latin America | Nicaragua | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | |
| Niger | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Sri Lanka | ESPN India / AFN Sports | |
| Nigeria | Silverbird TV / Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | St. Barthelemy | ESPN Latin America | |
| Norway | Canal+ / Canal+ Sport / AFN Sports | St. Kitts & Nevis | ESPN Latin America | |
| Oman | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | St. Lucia | ESPN Latin America | |
| Pakistan | ESPN India / AFN Sports | St. Martin | ESPN Latin America | |
| Palau | ESPN-I / AFN Sports | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | ESPN Latin America | |
| Panama | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | Sudan | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) | |
| Papua New Guinea | ESPN Asia / AFN Sports | Suriname | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | |
| Paraguay | ESPN Latin America / ESPN+ / AFN Sports | Swaziland | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Peru | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | Sweden | Canal+ / Canal+ Sport / AFN Sports | |
| Philippines | RPN9 / Solar Sports Channel / ESPN Philippines / NBA TV (Solar Sports) / AFN Sports | Switzerland | AFN Sports | |
| Poland | Canal+ / Canal+ Niebieski / Canal+ Zolti / AFN Sports | Syria | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | |
| Portugal | Sport TV 1 / Sport TV 2 / AFN Sports | Tahiti | ESPN-I | |
| Puerto Rico | TELE-ORO Channel 13 / AFN Sports | Taiwan | ESPN Taiwan | |
| Qatar | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | Tanzania | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Reunion | Sport + / ESPN Africa | Thailand | AFN Sports | |
| Romania | AFN Sports | Togo | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Russia | NTV Plus Sport / NBA TV (NTV Plus) / AFN Sports | Trinidad & Tobago | ESPN Latin America / AFN Sports | |
| Rwanda | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Tunisia | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | |
| Samoa | ESPN-I / AFN Sports | Turkey | CNBC-E / NBA TV (Turkish Telecom Kablo) / AFN Sports | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Uganda | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Saudi Arabia | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | Ukraine | Megasport / UTV1 / AFN Sports | |
| Senegal | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | United Arab Emirates | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | |
| Serbia & Montenegro | Sport Klub / AFN Sports | United Kingdom | AFN Sports | |
| Seychelles | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | United States | ABC / ESPN / ESPN2 / NBA TV | |
| Sierra Leone | Sport + / ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Uruguay | ESPN Latin America / ESPN+ / AFN Sports | |
| Singapore | ESPN Asia / AFN Sports | Vatican | AFN Sports | |
| Slovakia | TV Galaxie Sport / AFN Sports | Venezuela | ESPN Latin America / NBA TV (Intercable) / AFN Sports | |
| Slovenia | AFN Sports | Vietnam | AFN Sports | |
| Somalia | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) | Virgin Islands (British) | ESPN Latin America | |
| South Africa | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | Yemen | ESPN Orbit / NBA TV (Orbit) / AFN Sports | |
| South Korea | AFN Sports | Zambia | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Spain | NBA+ (Canal+ Deporte 2) / AFN Sports | Zimbabwe | ESPN Africa / AFN Sports | |
| Countries: | 198 | |||
| Telecasters: | 79 |
