HANOI (16 Jan 2012) – The TV rights issue over the broadcast of Vietnam Super League matches has apparently been resolved following their intervention of Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
Tan Dung directed the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism this week to resolve the conflict so as to live up to spectators’ expectations and then report to the Government.
The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) had earlier signed a contract with the Audio Visual Global Company (AVG) from 2010-30 and where they recently released an official document stating that AVG has all broadcasting rights for the Vietnam Super League.
But the Vietnam Professional Football JSC (VPF) – who are now in charge of running the two top tiers of the professional football league – said that the exclusive broadcast rights contract between the VFF and the AVG was illegal and television stations should be allowed to broadcast ‘live’ the tournament’s matches.
However after due investigations, the Government leader allowed television stations to broadcast all matches under the management of the VPF.
After receiving Tan Dung’s direction, AVG sent a press release to affirm that it would strictly obey the PM’s direction.
SOURCE: Vietnam News
