The World Cup and Euro remain free on television. While Fifa and Uefa had before the European Court of Justice to thwart the plans of Belgium and the United Kingdom, who want to broadcast both events on free channels, the latter finally dismissed federations in their approach. A blow to the portfolio of the two organizations that saw the big pocket jackpot.Les appointment football will remain accessible to all. While Fifa and Uefa rubbed their hands at the prospect of selling the rights to broadcast the World Cup and the European Football Championship on PPV, the European Court of Justice on Thursday rejected the request of both organizations and confirmed that the countries of the European Union could prohibit pay to broadcast exclusively these great events chains, to favor the channels gratuits.La Fifa and Uefa, had opposed the request of the United Kingdom and Belgium who wanted to book the retransmission meetings World Cup and Euro TV channels free. Which would be a shortfall so for two sports federations, which had decided to appeal to the European Court of Justice. Unfortunately, the latter rejected "completely" call international bodies, noting that both events were considered major in view of the large interest in them. "Court rejects appeals by FIFA and UEFA their entirety, "said the European Court of Justice, based in Luxembourg, said in a statement Thursday. Faced with this decision, FIFA and UEFA have declared to be "disappointed", insisting that the additional money collected by them from the sale of TV rights could "benefit lower divisions." As a reminder, Fifa has generated over $ 2.4 billion in audience for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. "Our policy is to ensure that the games are televised free each selection in their countries and the opening match, semi-finals and final of the World Cup. For other meetings, they can be left to pay channels. Such a restriction could also affect the ability of Fifa to generate funds for the next World Cup, then it redistributes throughout the football pyramid in the world, "said the federation internationale.En response, the spokesman for the Ministry of Culture of the British government welcomed the decision of the European Court of Justice: "We welcome today's judgment - confirming the list of sporting events to be broadcast on free television in the United Kingdom." While the Brazilian World is planned for June 2014 in the center of the questions following the overflow occurred during the Confederations Cup last month, FIFA will have to rack their brains to find a solution to this new puzzle.
Allan Delamotte
Published July 18, 2013 at 18h06
Updated July 18, 2013 at 18:18
Allan Delamotte
Published July 18, 2013 at 18h06
Updated July 18, 2013 at 18:18