Let the game begin 11 june - 11 july 2010

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I hope this will help us all,

Cotonou, Benin - Fifa and the African Union of Broadcasters on Thursday signed a deal to show the 2010 Fifa World CupTM live on free-to-air television and radio in 41 sub-Saharan countries.

The agreement ensures the distribution and broadcasting of all 64 Fifa World Cup matches live on free-to-air television and radio in 41 territories in English, French and Portuguese.

Fifa has selected the AUB as the partner for that region based on its capacity to reach the largest possible audience as well as its commitment to broadcasting development and tailored programming/content exchange in sub-Saharan Africa.

“The AUB has shown considerable strengths in uniting broadcasters under one umbrella to ensure that all sub-Saharan Africans will be able to have access to the radio and TV coverage of and around the 2010 Fifa World Cup. We always promised that 2010 would be an African World Cup and with today’s cooperation agreement we have made a big step towards achieving this goal,” said Fifa President Joseph S. Blatter.

The partnership goes far beyond the coverage of the men’s and youth tournaments to be staged in Africa in 2009 and 2010, as all broadcasters have to meet jointly agreed criteria in the framework of Fifa’s Win in Africa with Africa initiative to be eligible for the rights.

The criteria cover a range of commercial and technical requirements designed to ensure the development of football’s technical and commercial infrastructure on the African continent far beyond 2010.

The strategic cooperation agreement provides for the establishment of the AUB- Fifa Broadcast Academy. Fifa and the AUB will also establish an African production centre at the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in Johannesburg during the 2010 event to ensure customised, high-quality coverage for the African viewers of the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

“For us at AUB the deal was a dream come true for it accords with the goals of our Union for sustainability and will facilitate the achievement of one of the goals we adopted as legacies for Africa from the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa, namely capacity development of broadcasting in Africa. We are fully committed to playing our part and we thank Fifa for placing their trust in the AUB’s ability to deliver,” said Lawrence Atiase, CEO of the AUB.


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Well!!! 2dayz to the big event ever to be staged in the African continent, and guess what i think this is going to be the best ever world cup in african history in terms of media coverage in africa courtesy fifa media policy for africa only. Do you know that even if you don't have a sat or decoder in africa or power supply or not close to a viewing center you can catch all action on fm or short wave via bbc world service and partner fm's across africa e.g raypower,joy fm e.t.c or satellites coverage which is much more suitable in terms of clearity and choice of channel selections from c band to ku band and from 50cm dish to 3m big dish.

And also you don't really need mpeg4 decoder to watch the world cup because alot of channels that will be showing the matches free are broadcasting on dvb mpeg2 so feel free to watch the world cup on Gtv,Crtv @ Astra2b 28East, rst1 @Nss7 22west,Muvi Tv(2nd half matches) @ church7/10ku i mean intelsat7/10ku 68East,lcf,rst,2stv,ntv on Eutelsat w4/w7 36east, mbc3 @eutelsat w3a,
And so on for mpeg 2 decoders using small dishes also for t.p/freq vist www.lyngsat.com or corresponding thread at the child box. Ki nako LET THE GAME BEGIN,