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Titolo: OT diritti mondiali in Spagna

tutto il mondo è paese:
World Cup fans left in dark after TV bungle
FOOTBALL fans in Spain risk missing out on the World Cup because of a 
bungle over television rights.
With less then a month to go before the kick-off, a new television 
channel called LaSexta has caused national outrage by failing to ensure 
that fans will be able to watch the national team on free-to-air television.
The prospect has caused alarm in a country where football touches almost 
every aspect of life. Football fans, political parties and television 
viewers’ groups have asked the Spanish Government to intervene.
LaSexta, a terrestrial channel whose major shareholder is Grupo 
Televisa, the Mexican broadcaster, was awarded the rights to show the 
tournament by Fifa. But despite a big programme to introduce the new 
channel across Spain it has reached homes in only 55 per cent of the 
country. Even those viewers who live within LaSexta’s catchment areas 
are required to adjust their television aerials. The only alternative 
for football fans will be to subscribe to those satellite channels that 
will also show some of the games.
Under Spanish law, television channels bidding for rights to air free 
coverage of big national events such as the World Cup must be able to 
demonstrate they can reach 95 per cent of the population. Amid stiff 
competition from other channels, Fifa granted the television rights to 
LaSexta on the condition that it could guarantee free coverage of all 
Spain’s games and the semi-final and final of the competition. At the 
time LaSexta said that
100 per cent of Spaniards would be able to see the World Cup for free.
Alejandro Perales, president of the Spanish Communication Users’ 
Association, has demanded that the Government act to force LaSexta to 
comply with the law and to ensure that all Spaniards can cheer on their 
team for free.
When LaSexta started last year, it was expected to reach 70 per cent of 
the population but many rural areas will be left without any coverage of 
its programme. Others will have to rely on set-top boxes to receive the 
channel. But these are in short supply and can cost up to €500 (£340). 
Comparable set-top boxes in Britain sell for as little as £30.
Jesús Merino, an opposition Popular Party deputy, is to present a motion 
to the Spanish Parliament this week calling on the Government to take 
rapid action. He said: “The haste with which the Government granted a 
licence to business interests allied to the Government for LaSexta just 
goes to show what a technical botch job it was.” José Miguel Contreras, 
LaSexta’s chief executive, said that the competition would be available 
to viewers with a “simple adjustment” to aerials.

 tutto il mondo è paese:
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TRADUZIONE :
I ventilatori della tazza del mondo hanno lasciato nell'oscurità dopo 
che la TV pasticciasse I ventilatori di GIOCO DEL CALCIO in Spagna 
rischiano mancare fuori sulla tazza del mondo a causa di un pasticci 
sopra i diritti della televisione. Con meno allora un mese da andare 
prima del calcio iniziale, una nuova scanalatura della televisione 
denominata LaSexta ha causato l'oltraggio nazionale non riuscendo a 
accertarsi che i ventilatori potessero guardare la squadra nazionale 
sulla televisione
...MI FERMO QUI.
-- 
Da ISCJ - 6 maggio 2006
PIU' RUBO E PIU' GODO

 ....MI FERMO QUI.
Eh sono frasi di una certa gravità, in effetti
-- 
Milan Club Massimo Moratti
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