RTM Will Broadcast FIFA World Cup Qatar On unifi TV
Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) recently announced that it will broadcast 41 matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup which will take place in Qatar starting on November 20. At a cost of RM 32.5 million, the national public broadcaster plans to broadcast these matches through three TV channels and the RTMKlik online streaming platform.
Since unifi TV has one of the World Cup RTM channels, which is TV2, does this mean that unifi TV subscribers can watch the tournament through the service? Well, the answer is not clear at the moment.
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A Facebook user recently messaged the unifi Facebook page to inquire about broadcasting the World Cup on unifi TV and this is the response she received:
A few days after we received the above screenshot, we contacted TM for further clarification. However, the company’s representative responded, noting that they have nothing official to announce at this time.
The response was quite unusual compared to previous FIFA World Cup iterations in 2018 and 2014. During those times, it didn’t take long for TM to reveal that they were unable to get clearance to show the RTM World Cup broadcast.
It is worth noting that in 2014, TM tried to negotiate with Astro, who apparently owns the World Cup broadcast rights even for free channels, but ended up disappointed after the fee requested by the satellite TV company was deemed too much. high.
TM subsequently provided unifi TV customers with complementary content to keep them busy during the 2014 World Cup season, although RTM channels would be blocked during the World Cup broadcast. For the 2018 edition, the channels would show alternate content coming directly from RTM.
Therefore, it remains to be seen whether this will happen again this year. We’ll keep you posted once we hear more from TM, so stay tuned!
