The event is due to take place from August 12 to 17.

ERR in Estonia, NRK in Norway, SVT in Sweden, TV 2 in Denmark and Yle in Finland will broadcast live on August 14, 16 and 17, from the long distance, middle distance and relay competitions, respectively.

The competitions will be screened in the early evening in Europe.

"We have been consistently developing our TV productions from the World Orienteering Championships over several years and it is exciting to see a growing interest from mainstream broadcasters," said Tom Hollowell, chief executive of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).

"We believe that productions from orienteering demonstrate how exciting our competitions can be and are seen as a very interesting TV product.

"We hope for a continued good response this summer."

In addition to the live broadcasts, television rights in the form of live-to-tape and highlights productions have been sold to mainstream broadcasters in Austria, Czech Republic and Switzerland.

The broadcasters are ORF, Ceská Televize and SSR SRG, respectively. 

Across the rest of the world, the live broadcast signal will be available for purchase via the IOF's streaming service "LIVE Orienteering".

The IOF Council decided to award the 2019 WOC to Østfold in April 2016.

The Norwegian Orienteering Federation has given the responsibility for arranging the event to the clubs in Østfold who have established an organising company called VM Orientering 2019 AS.