The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has kicked off the media rights sales process for the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games for all territories bar the US.
The IPC said the event will deliver around 1,400 hours of live coverage over the 14 days of competition, featuring all 23 sports, including para climbing, which will make its Paralympic debut.
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The rights packages available include free-to-air (FTA) and pay-TV, streaming, digital platforms, and radio for the event, which will take place between August 15 and 27, 2028.
Interested broadcasters and agencies should contact IPC.LA28MRHsales@paralympic.org.
Danny Koblin, US Olympic and Paralympic Properties chief operating officer, said: “With the Paralympics returning to the USA for the first time in 32 years — and coming to Los Angeles for the very first time — we are confident the Games will be more ambitious and transformative than ever before, building on the outstanding successes of Paris 2024 and Milano Cortina 2026.
"Global interest in the Paralympics is skyrocketing, and that momentum is only growing. Building on the double-digit rights growth of Paris 2024, we are committed to ensuring LA28 fully realizes the commercial value of the Paralympic media rights on the world stage."
Rights for each Paralympic Games are transferred to the respective organizing committee, which then appoints the IPC as the exclusive agent to sell and manage the media rights for the Games.
The LA28 organizing committee, tasked with planning and funding the next edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, is led by chairperson Casey Wasserman and chief executive Reynold Hoover.
The IPC is looking to build on the record 225 rights holders it secured for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and the more than 10,050 hours of coverage aired globally.
In total, the Games were broadcast in a record 126 countries by media rights holders on their linear free-to-air and pay-TV channels, as well as streaming, digital, social, and audio platforms.
Given the growing interest in the event, the governing body will also seek to increase the value of the rights from Paris 2024, which grew by nearly 30% compared to previous editions.
The number of live hours consumed by TV viewers grew by 83% compared to Tokyo 2020, securing a record cumulative audience of 349.8 million for the Opening Ceremony alone.
