"Tony" wrote in message
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Anyone knows of an English broadcast of the world cup on the shortwave?.

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Mike Terry wrote:
Nothing mentioned on the BBC World Service Website.

Running in insomnia mode early this morning, (6/11 sometime around
11-14:00 UTC), I had 9740 (BBC East Asia) on. The new version of "Write
On",("Over to You"?), had a discussion of how they could cover the
World Cup. Given the type of rights they are allowed/have negotiated,
they are allowed to broadcast 90 Seconds per Match over the following
24 hours, and no archive rights.

IMHO, Broadcast rights for the World Cup are a mess. A very lucrative
mess for those involved, but it usually means that international
broadcasts lose out because the national rights for every country are
tied up in advance.

Mark Zenier
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