VietNamNet Bridge – According to the Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC), Myanmar - the host country of this year's SEA Games - has decided to sell the television rights of all sport events at the 27th SEA Games.

 

 

The Vietnam Olympic Committee’s Vice Chairman--Hoang Vinh Giang, says that the committee has just received notice of the host country on the sale of television rights of the SEA Games.

It is unclear which way the host country will sell the TV rights but the VOC’s viewpoint is that the upcoming SEA Games will be broadcast widely in Vietnam to server fans. VOC has also chosen the national television broadcaster - VTV – as the Vietnamese representative to buy the TV rights of the 27th SEA Games. After obtaining the copyright, VTV will have share it with local TV stations.
 
Giang says the price is anticipated to not be high. The Myanmar National TV (MRTV) is the holder of the television copyright of 27th SEA Games.
 
The VTV on March 14 said it had received an invitation to a meeting on the television rights of the 27th SEA Games of MRTV later this month. VTV plans to broadcast live all events of the Vietnamese delegation at the SEA Games.

Thailand was the first country that sold the copyright of the 24th SEA Games, followed by Laos with the 25th SEA Games in 2009. At the 26th SEA Games in 2011, to create a successful games, Indonesia decided not to charge the TV rights.

So if nothing changes, Vietnamese fans will be watching most of the matches in the upcoming SEA Games.

Earlier, the Southeast Asian Sports Council met in Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar) on January 29 to decide that the 27th SEA Games will only have a total of 33 subjects, including: water sports (swimming, diving, water polo, etc.), archery, athletics, cycling, horse racing, football, futsal, badminton, basketball , billiards-snooker, bodybuilding, boxing, canoeing, chess, golf, judo, karate, Muay, Pencak Silat, rowing, sailing, pencak takraw, chinlone, wushu, vovinam, weightlifting, wrestling, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, traditional boat racing and volleyball.

Nam Nguyen