Infront Agrees World Cup TV Rights Deal in Croatia
Zug, Switzerland, 4 June 2004 – Infront Sports & Media has reached an exclusive agreement with HRT – Croatian Radio Television (Hrvatska Radio Televizija) for the exclusive broadcasting rights to the 2006 FIFA World Cup ™ and the annual FIFA World Player Galas 2004 - 2006.
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Zug, Switzerland, 4 June 2004 – Infront Sports & Media has reached an exclusive agreement with HRT –

Croatian Radio Television (Hrvatska Radio Televizija) for the exclusive broadcasting rights to the 2006 FIFA

World Cup ™ and the annual FIFA World Player Galas 2004 – 2006.

HRT is the national broadcaster in Croatia and the agreement is an exclusive one for the Croatian language and

territory. As a free-to-air broadcaster, HRT will ensure that the coverage of the event is extensive, with the

majority of the matches broadcast live and in full.

Oscar Frei, CEO of Infront, FIFA’s television partner, said: ‘We are covering Europe deal by deal, ensuring the best possible coverage in every market. Our negotiating team is doing a first-class job of ensuring optimum coverage of the 2006 event. We welcome Croatian Radio Television as a broadcast partner and know that fans in Croatia will be delighted with the news.’

The Croatian deal follows a recent number of European agreements including with the Swiss Broadcasting

Corporation – SRG SSR idée suisse – for the Swiss broadcasting rights, NOS for Holland, EESTI Television for

Estonia, the Romanian Television Corporation (TVR) and Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation SA (ERT) for Greece.

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