RTM picks up World Cup rights

Malaysian state broadcaster RTM has acquired exclusive rights for the 2014 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament.

RTM will show 36 of the tournament’s 64 matches, with 24 of the games being shown live and 11 being broadcast on a delayed basis.

The coverage will be available on RTM’s free-to-air terrestrial channels.

RTM broadcasting director general Datuk Norhyati Mohd Ismail said that RTM would show games featuring “teams that are favourites among Malaysian fans, especially Brazil, England, Argentina, Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Argentina, South Korea and Japan.”