Karate body details World Championship broadcast reach

The World Karate Federation has unveiled the details of the broadcast reach for the finals of its World Senior Karate Championships, the highest level of competition for the sport.

Live coverage of the event will be available on television in 120 countries via various rights-holders.

The finals will be broadcast live television in Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Djibouti, Egypt , Estonia, France, Georgia, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mauritania, Myanmar, Moldavia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Oman, Palestine Strip, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, USA, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam and Yemen.

Delayed coverage of the event will also be broadcast on television in Canada and Japan by the federation’s television partners in the two countries.

Coverage will also be streamed live in other countries via the WKF’s official channel on video-sharing website YouTube. In addition to live streaming of the finals, the channel will broadcast interviews, action shots and behind-the-scenes coverage.

The 2014 WKF World Senior Karate Championships will take place in Bremen, Germany from November 5-9.