in Minsk City Hall on the day of release. Broadcasting rights In February 2019, International Sports Broadcasting, a Spanish firm, was chosen as the host broadcaster for the Games, beating Match TV and Medialuso-Mediapro. The company had previously broadcast the 1st European Games in Baku. In March 2019, ISB was allowed to sell global broadcasting rights for the Games, with around 117 countries that have already been granted viewing rights. ISB and the Games' organisers have expressed that they hope to broadcast to more than 160 countries. Europe – Tring Media – AzTV - BTRC – ČT sport – DR – Teledeporte – La chaine L'Équipe – BT Sport – 1TV, 2TV , , and – Sport1 – ERT – M4 – Sky Sport – RTK – Polsat – Sport TV – TVR – Match TV – RTV Slo 2 – STV 2 – Sportstv – Inter Media Group Asia-Pacific and the Americas 46 countries in the region including United States, Australia, Japan, Philippines, South Korea and Brazil – Olympic Channel – China Central Television Cultural Program The European Games featured a cultural program that included historical European martial arts. The program consisted of a tournament with 28 unique nations from 3 continents competing in 4 different weapon categories. Also, there was an exhibition of rare, original swords, fencing treatises, and martial arts paraphernalia from the 15th through the early 20th centuries. The exhibition also featured a conference of lectures and presentations from scholars on historical martial arts on 21 June 2019. Art exhibition On 7 June 2019, an exhibition celebrating the Games and its cultural legacy called "The High Art of Sport", opened at the National Centre for Contemporary Arts in Minsk. The exhibition contained more than 500 items, including materials from the Belarusian State Archive and works from artists from 11 of the competing countries. It was to be run until 4 August. References External links Travel advice for British nationals travelling to Belarus for the European Games General information about 2019 European games for expats and tourists 2019 2019 in multi-sport events 2019 in European sport International sports competitions hosted by Belarus Sports competitions in Minsk 2019 European Games June 2019 sports events in Europe 2019 in Belarusian sport