At a time when leading TV networks around the world paid a fortune to buy the rights to broadcast the World Cup, some people seem to have made it in the… hole. North Korea’s state television broadcast the opening game of the World Cup, between Qatar and Ecuador, without having acquired the rights. What did the North Koreans do? They pirated an image simply altering the signal of the channel from which they were “pulling” the transmission.
A few days ago the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, had left open the possibility that even North Korea would organize a World Cup, despite the country’s … peculiar status and isolation. “Any country can organize an event. If North Korea wants to host something… basically I went to North Korea a few years ago and asked them if they were ready to host a Women’s World Cup. In the end I couldn’t convince them but I would go there another 100 times if it would help. Only commitment can bring real change. We are a global organization and we want to remain an organization that unites the world“, Infantino had said.
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