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Ruling protects free-to-air World Cup matches
FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship matches will remain on free-to-air television in the UK, following a ruling by the General Court of the European Union.
The court said member states could prevent pay television broadcasters securing the rights to screen the events "in certain circumstances" in the interest of the public. World Cup and European Championship matches are currently part of the government's list of "protected" events for free-to-air broadcast.
However, both FIFA and UEFA challenged the practice on the basis that it prevented them from selling television broadcasting rights at an optimum price. The court said governments could prohibit exclusive broadcasting where "they judge to be of major importance for society where such broadcasting would deprive a substantial proportion of the public of the possibility of following those events on free television".
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