SCTV inks exclusive rights for World Cup<\/p>\n
Zakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Surya Citra Televisi (SCTV) has become the exclusive and
\nofficial TV broadcast partner in Indonesia for the FIFA World Cup
\n2006, according to a release here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The partnership, which gave SCTV exclusive rights to air the
\nmatches live, was confirmed following the signing of the contract
\nbetween SCTV and Infront Sports & Media WM GMBH, a German-based
\nworldwide World Cup distributor here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The month-long 2006 World Cup will run from June 9 to July 9
\nin Germany with 32 nations represented.<\/p>\n
With SCTV being the sole broadcaster here, not all 64 matches
\ncan be shown live as several are played at the same time.<\/p>\n
\"All 64 matches in the 2006 World Cup will be broadcast,
\neither live or tape-delayed, if there is a time conflict with one
\nor more matches,\" said SCTV President Director Wisnu Hadi said in
\na press release here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The 2006 World Cup matches will be staged in a number of
\ncities with Munich hosting the opening match and Berlin playing
\nhost to the final match.<\/p>\n
SCTV's competitor, Rajawali Citra Televisi (RCTI) had the
\nexclusive broadcast rights of the 2002 World Cup held in Korea
\nand Japan.<\/p>\n
Most soccer fanatics here would, however, prefer that more
\nthan one TV station gets the broadcast rights so all the matches
\ncan be shown live.<\/p>\n
Several local fans lamented the fact that TV producers would
\nbe deciding which match they would get to see live.<\/p>\n
\"If TV stations shared the rights to broadcast the matches
\nlive, then I would not need to wait for the tape-delayed version
\nand I would get the choice of which game to watch,\" said Putro, a
\nlocal soccer fan.<\/p>\n
During the 2002 World Cup, RCTI ordered cafes, restaurants and
\nsports bars to request permission from station to show the games,
\narguing that it had to protect its sponsors.<\/p>",
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