Three weeks before the start of the 19th European Athletics Championships, 52 television channels have expressed their intention to broadcast the event.

Broadcast intentions received to date by the European Athletic Association indicate that there will be at least 940 hours of coverage over the seven days of the Championships, which take place in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 7-13 August, and that there will be over 100 hours of live coverage each day.

National broadcasters from 33 European countries have confirmed their intention to broadcast the Championships.  Host Broadcaster SVT will show between five and eight hours of action each day, covering almost all of the competition live.  Intentions for extensive live coverage have also been received from France Télévisions, ARD/ZDF in Germany, RAI in Italy, BBC in Great Britain, CT in the Czech Republic, YLE in Finland, ERT in Greece and RTR in Russia.

In addition there will be coverage of the Championships on Eurosport across its 54 territories.  Eurosport will also broadcast the Opening Ceremony live, which takes place outside the stadium for the first time at the European Athletics Championships, at Götaplatsen in the centre of Gothenburg on the evening of Sunday 6 August.

It is not only European athletics fans that will be able to enjoy coverage of the Championships.  TBS in Japan and Pan-Asian channel ESPN Star also plan to broadcast the event.

The European Athletics Championships is the most exciting event in the European Athletic Association’s four-year competition programme.  Around 1400 athletes from 48 countries are expected to compete at this year’s event in Gothenburg.