The Thais watched the live broadcast of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, absolutely free: “Kongsak Yodmanee”, the governor of the SAT, is waiting for the private sector to negotiate to buy the rights from “Fifa”, but if the agreement fails, SAT will go into action. He will intervene immediately.The number is expected to be 570 million baht.
After the Thais asked for channels to watch the live broadcast of the 2022 World Cup in Doha, Qatar, between November 21st and December 18th, 2022, because it is only 1 month away, the World Cup will return again. Thailand is unclear about the rights to broadcast the competition.
The latter is considered good news for Thais when “Big Kong” Dr. Kongsak Yodmanee, Governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), Ministry of Tourism and Sports Come out to unravel the issue of purchasing rights to broadcast the 2022 World Cup broadcast which, although at this time in Thailand, there is still no private sector that has announced the clarity in presenting the purchase of the rights to broadcast the 2022 World Cup broadcast to the International Football Association ( FIFA) to bring it live for fans Thais can watch But the Sports Authority of Thailand, as a government agency, has always closely monitored the situation. If in the end there is no private sector to buy the rights to broadcast the 2022 World Cup, the government is ready to start negotiations with FIFA immediately. To purchase the live broadcast rights of the 2022 World Cup for Thais to watch for free
Dr. Kongsak also confirmed that Thais will be able to watch the 2022 World Cup live and free of charge, according to the rules of the “musthave”, but for now he has paved the way for the interest of the private sector Or even a separate television of Thailand or ” TV Pool “in contact with the International Football Federation (FIFA), which was known from the information. There are people interested in this period. But if in the end the broadcasting rights for the 2022 World Cup in Thailand still do not advance The government is ready to intervene immediately and take action on it. As for the question of sources of funding to be used It could be a government budget. or not, the budget through the National Sports Development Fund The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), however, still hopes that during the remainder of this period The private sector will be able to agree on the details. and can acquire the rights for the 2022 World Cup with FIFA
The announcement of the Radio and Television Affairs Commission and the National Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) in 2012 on the subject The criteria for the main television programs to be broadcast on free TV establish 7 major sporting events. to be broadcast on free TV for all Thais to see According to the regulation must have (Must Have) consisting of 1. SEA Games 2. ASEAN Paralympic Games 3. Asian Games 4. Asian Para Games 5. Olympic Games 6. Paralympic Games and 7. World Cup Final
“Matichon” reporters reviewed FIFA data as of October 1, 2022, indicating that 95 countries have already bought broadcasting rights from FIFA. without Thailand But in terms of the nations of the ASEAN region that have already bought the licenses, there are 4 nations, consisting of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia.The country that has invested in the live broadcast rights of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the most expensive was the United States, which bought the package twice, which is the year 2018. Year 2022, they paid a total of 1 billion US dollars, or about 38 billion baht. 2018 World Cup in Vietnam It is the latest country to buy live broadcasting rights worth 10 million US dollars, or about 380 million baht.
Vietnamese media reported Vietnam is currently negotiating with FIFA’s broadcast licensing agent in the Asia-Pacific region, claiming broadcasting rights are $ 15 million, or about 570 million baht. 2022 World Cup Thailand Copyrights The number of license applications is similar to what Vietnam is doing now.
For the 2022 World Cup final, 32 teams participate in the competition, divided into 8 groups, each with 4 teams competing in an Italian group to find 2 teams to compete in the last 16 knockout stages, so as follows: Group A is Qatar (host country). , Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands / Group B, England, Iran, USA and Wales / Group C, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland / Group D, France, Australia, Denmark and Tunisia / Group E, Spain, Costa Rica, Germany and Japan / Group F Belgium, Canada, Morocco and Croatia / Group G Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon / Group H Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea.
The opening match on 21 November will be a match between Senegal and “Windmills” Netherlands at 17:00 (Thai time).
