[RhysJR]

European Games coverage still very sketchy - is a broadcast section here though which gives details on the schedule, graphics and other technical plans.

www.european-games.org 


Most of this is collated in this one PDF which seems to suggest only the ceremonies, athletics, diving and artistic swimming will have a world feed with English commentary - and that not all events are intended for broadcast, with a "lower quality" streaming feed for other events.  Seems a bit of a step down from the last couple of games and of the European Sport Championships. 

www.european-games.org 


Also struggling to find any news about Team GB participants which would give an indication of how worthy of broadcast some events, which may be Olympic qualifiers, would be.

I've done some looking and I've come across some more coverage.

The Eurosport listings on Discovery+ (which I think includes non-linear livestreams as well as ES1 & ES2) shows that the BMX events will be shown on delay in the evenings this time next week, but no live streams are there yet. I think there's some non-linear Superbikes already listed for next weekend, so that could indicate they are not showing much from Poland if nothing is up at the moment.

On the Eurovision Sports livestream page, there aren't any additional streams appearing. Though on the Eurovision/European Athletic streaming site All Athletics, all of the athletics events are listed. From what I've seen, all European Athletics events are shown in full there regardless, including last year's European Championships despite the BBC coverage.
allathletics.tv 


There's no scheduled streams on the Olympic Channel website, but there are these two articles with more depth on the British squad (and plenty of other articles etc.):
olympics.com 
olympics.com 
PS As ever, Inside the Games is a great source of info for multi-sport events and minor sports:
www.insidethegames.biz 


Elsewhere...
(not exhaustive by any means)

In Poland, the Opening Ceremony looks to be bradcast on TVP1, with blanket coverage of live action on the TVP Sport channel 9with a pause mid-aftenoon for cycling). It odesn;t look like there will be any coverage on the main channels, at least on the opening few days.


In France, the original list of broadcasters said L'Équipe and France tv would show action, but it sounds it will only be L'Équipe. The PDF can't be translated and my French is not that great, but I think they will have exclusive coverage with 60 hours of coverage across the event. Watching portions of France 2's Roland Garros coverage, there was no mentions of the European Games, but they are continuing to air the same trailer for the 2024 Olympics that is reaching its first anniversary, with 12 months to go until Paris.

twitter.com 


In Germany, ARD and ZDF were announced to show coverage, but it looks like their coverage will be limited. The only linear coverage I can see is next weekend on ZDF, where the athletics is scheduled to be part of Saturday and Sunday's Sportstudio alongside tennis coverage from Halle. The programme info also says there will be a livestream of the athletics, but no mention of any other sports.

But, ARD and ZDF will be going heavy on two other multi-sport events over the next few weeks. Starting tomorrow will be the Special Olympics in Berlin, with coverage across many German channels, as well as ABC and ESPN in the US. In the UK, the EBU says there will be reports and highlights across BBC bulletins and website. I have seen quite a few features with athletes across BBC Wales Today for example. I guess this is an event that, for most countries in broadcasters, they will take great interest in only when they are hosting it.

Finally, the German broadcasters will in early July be showing an event I've never heard of before, Die Finals. This event is basically an annual version of the European Championships but with many national championships. This year, the event is centered in the Rhine-Ruhr region, whilst athletics and swimming will be in Berlin - so a similar scenario to any furture European Championships with the athletics and swimming basically separate events taking place at the same time. I would find it quite cool if the UK would consider a similar concept, but it would ultimately need the BBC on board before getting out of the planning stages you would think.
www.diefinals.de