A Malaysia-based broadcasting union is providing North Korea with a free broadcast signal of live coverage of the World Cup.
“They are receiving our signals free of charge so that the public of North Korea can watch them. We want them to see what life is [like] on the other side of the curtain,” said John Barter sport director of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union to Associated Press.
The North’s tightly controlled state-owned Korean Central Broadcasting has been broadcasting matches with a one-day delay, to prevent screen time being given to messages critical of the communist state or to bad performances by its national team.
It is unclear whether North Korea’s 2-1 defeat against Brazil will be broadcast.
Earlier negotiations between the North and South Korean SBS television on broadcasting rights did not yield any results following the sinking of a South Korean navy ship earlier this year, which the South holds North Korea responsible for.
“They are receiving our signals free of charge so that the public of North Korea can watch them. We want them to see what life is [like] on the other side of the curtain,” said John Barter sport director of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union to Associated Press.
The North’s tightly controlled state-owned Korean Central Broadcasting has been broadcasting matches with a one-day delay, to prevent screen time being given to messages critical of the communist state or to bad performances by its national team.
It is unclear whether North Korea’s 2-1 defeat against Brazil will be broadcast.
Earlier negotiations between the North and South Korean SBS television on broadcasting rights did not yield any results following the sinking of a South Korean navy ship earlier this year, which the South holds North Korea responsible for.
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