Glasgow 2026 expands global broadcast reach as Commonwealth Sport enters a new era
More ways to watch as Glasgow 2026 reaches audiences across the Commonwealth and beyond
With less than a week to go until the Opening Ceremony, Commonwealth Sport has assembled its most extensive global broadcast network to date. From the Caribbean and the Americas to Africa and Asia, and across Oceania and Europe, Glasgow 2026 will reach more audiences than ever through an expanded network of broadcasters, streaming platforms and digital partners.
The broadcast line-up reflects a new era for the Commonwealth Games. Long-standing partners have been joined by new broadcasters including TNT Sports and streaming platform HBO Max who will deliver more live coverage than ever before.
From every medal moment streamed live to daily highlights and innovative digital storytelling, Glasgow 2026 will offer fans more ways than ever to follow the athletes and stories at the heart of the Games. Designed around how audiences consume sport today – particularly younger audiences – the approach will help more people discover, watch and engage with the Commonwealth Games.
Long-standing partners Seven Network and Sky New Zealand will once again bring the Commonwealth Games to audiences across Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand, Sky and TV3 will deliver extensive coverage of Glasgow 2026, with TV3 providing up to 23 hours of free-to-air coverage every day, ensuring viewers don’t miss a moment of the action.
Beyond New Zealand, distribution across the Pacific Islands will ensure communities in some of the Commonwealth's smallest nations can follow their athletes throughout Glasgow 2026, extending the reach of the Games across Oceania like never before.
Across the Caribbean, a partnership with RushSports will bring the Games to audiences throughout the region, helping more communities follow their home athletes and celebrate the unique stories that define the Commonwealth Games in a year when Commonwealth leaders will also gather in Antigua and Barbuda for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
North America will see Glasgow 2026 reach new audiences through expanded partnerships in Canada and the United States. Canada's national public broadcaster, CBC, will provide free-to-air television and digital streaming coverage of the Commonwealth Games in Canada, marking a major step in growing the Games' profile in one of the Commonwealth's largest sporting markets. The United States will once again be served by beIN SPORTS, which will also extend digital coverage into Canada.
Across Asia, the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union and its public broadcasting partners of RTM Malaysia, RTB Brunei and MediaCorp in Singapore will once again deliver extensive free-to-air coverage, while in Africa the Games will be screened across the continent with TVMS and SuperSport and in South Africa via the SABC.
In the United Kingdom, every event will be available live, with more than double the number of hours of live coverage compared with Birmingham 2022, via TNT Sports’ coverage on HBO Max. Every competition session will be streamed live and available to all HBO Max customers, alongside TNT Sports' extensive linear TV coverage, while 5 will broadcast free-to-air daily highlights and live coverage of the Opening Ceremony. Viewers across Europe will also be able to follow the Games through Warner Bros. Discovery's (WBD) platforms, including Eurosport and HBO Max.
In India, Sony Pictures Networks India has renewed its partnership as excitement builds towards the Centenary Commonwealth Games in Amdavad in 2030.
Katie Sadleir, Chief Executive of Commonwealth Sport, said: "The Commonwealth Games have always been about bringing people together through sport, and our broadcast partners make that possible for millions of people around the world.
"Glasgow 2026 reflects how audiences choose to experience sport today. Whether it's on streaming platforms, linear television, or radio, these partnerships will help more people than ever share in the moments that make the Commonwealth Games so special."
Phil Batty OBE, Chief Executive of Glasgow 2026, said: "This is an incredible network of global broadcast partners. This is a Games that meets audiences wherever they are and that’s what a new model for major sport should do. Glasgow 2026 will hero athletes and their stories in front of the widest possible audience right across the Commonwealth and show the world what Scotland can deliver.”
Together, these partnerships will deliver coverage across 74 Commonwealth territories and the rest of the world, with thousands of hours of broadcasting, ensuring communities across the Commonwealth and around the world can follow the athletes, stories and moments that make Glasgow 2026 unique.
As Glasgow prepares to welcome the Commonwealth back to Scotland, audiences around the world will have more opportunities than ever to experience world-class sport, discover tomorrow's stars and share in the moments that bring the Commonwealth together.
Lead broadcast partners include:
United Kingdom: HBO Max and TNT Sports with 5
Europe: Warner Bros. Discovery (including Eurosport and HBO Max)
Australia: Seven Network
New Zealand and the Pacific: Sky New Zealand and TV3
Canada: CBC and beIN SPORTS
United States: beIN SPORTS
Caribbean: CPSL - RushSports
India and the Sub-continent: Sony Pictures
Asia: Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union through its public broadcasting partners
Sub-Saharan Africa: TVMS and SuperSport
South Africa: SABC and SuperSport
Further sublicensing agreements will ensure viewers across every Commonwealth nation and territory can watch Glasgow 2026