Sources To Watch The FIFA World Cup 2010 Online

The FIFA World Cup 2010 started with the match of South Africa vs. Mexico in Johannesburg on June 11th. South Africa gained a draw, thus continuing the straight record that no World Cup host country ever lost their opening match. In the meantime, most nations have played their first match, with the exception of group H.
Have you caught the FIFA World Cup fever, yet? This year FIFA decided to grant TV stations the right to live broadcast all matches online. Depending on where you are in the world, you may be lucky to find that a local TV station provides live streaming of the matches. If you’re not so lucky, have a look at the worldwide workarounds at the bottom.
So, enter the best sources to watch FIFA World Cup 2010 online.

USA

ESPN 3

The US Entertainment Sports Programming Network will broadcast all 64 games live online.

Canada

CBC Sports

In Canada, you can catch the FIFA World Cup online through the CBC Sports website.

UK

BBC Sport

The BBC will broadcast all their matches online in high quality video. A schedule of its coverage can be found at the bottom of this article.

ITV Live

For the FIFA World Cup ITV has introduced ITV Live, a dual-screen, live online companion that feeds you with information, replays, and of course live streaming of all 64 matches.

Germany

ARD & ZDF

Traditionally, ARD and ZDF share broadcasting rights for big sports events. Here is the schedule that reveals the alternating coverage of both live TV and live web streaming.
Additionally, you can tune into ARD and ZDF via Zattoo.

RTL

It is yet undecided, whether or not RTL will broadcast any of the finals. In the meantime you can watch the group games.

Worldwide Workarounds

So you’re located in none of the above countries. Don’t despair, you can still watch the tournament online. Here are further online sources that stream the World Cup live.

ATDHE.Net

ATDHE.Net provides live streams of several TV stations, including ESPN. There are several additional live streams for each match that use other sources, including South American TV stations.
Before you can use ATDHE.Net’s live stream, you need to install a browser plugin. In Firefox the plugin will work without restarting the browser.

TVU networks

TVU works much like ATDH.Net, but it comes with a much nicer interface.
To stream content, you first need to install a plugin. Only IE, Firefox, and Safari are supported. Reboot your browser after installing the plugin and you’re good to go!

MyP2P

MyP2P streams TV live sports from all over the world to your PC.
Before you can start watching the FIFA World Cup, you have to download the P2P programs. It’s not straight forward, but it’s worth the hassle. Get all the details from this Beginner’s Guide.
In addition, you can fool the above the websites and pretend you’re accessing them from another location. Check out the following articles for all the tools and details you’ll need. The first post is targeted at Hulu, however, Hotspot Shield and Ultra Surf generally  cloak your location.

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To keep up with the schedule, the scores, and everything else that is happening around the World Cup, check out Saikat’s article 10 Weblinks To Catch The Football Fever At FIFA World Cup 2010.
Are you familiar with any other source to watch FIFA World Cup 2010 online? Due to language barriers many football nations are lacking from the above list. Please help us out and share your links in the comments!