EBU Carries Live 2014 World Cup Matches on AsiaSat 5

18 June 2014

EBU’s capacity on AsiaSat 5, Asia’s most popular sports content delivery platform to broadcasters, will be carrying all the 64 matches in HD format and also all the 4K television production of the 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil. The 4K live coverage includes the matches on 28 June (Round of 16), 4 July (Quarter-Final) and 13 July (Final).

“AsiaSat has been our long-term partner in bringing top quality sports events to their eligible rights-owners broadcasters in the Asia Pacific. We are delighted to work further with AsiaSat for this live 4K transmission of the FIFA World Cup,” said Graham Warren, Director of Network of EBU.

“We are excited to be the Asian leg of this 4K global delivery network in addition to the HD television coverage of the 2014 World Cup. We are pleased to be selected by EBU to deliver this high quality leading-edge 4K coverage of this huge global sporting event,” said William Wade, President and Chief Executive Officer of AsiaSat.