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CANAL+ AFRIQUE has secured the broadcasting rights for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ to be held from June 12, 2014 to July 13, 2014 in Brazil.

The station will broadcast the entire competition, on its CANAL+ channels, with every single match being aired live. CANAL+ FOOT will be fully dedicated to the competition for one month.

CANAL+ subscribers on the African continent will benefit from exceptional broadcasting, thanks to a team of well-known journalists and pundits, daily highlights show and special shows, as the competition advances.

“This exceptional commitment is illustrative of the desire of CANAL+ AFRIQUE to offer the very best quality of broadcasting to African television viewers, particularly for those countries whose teams have qualified,” explains David Mignot, managing director of CANAL+ AFRIQUE.

Broadcasting of the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ will further consolidate the unique football offering of CANAL+ in AFRICA, which includes French Ligue 1, the Barclays English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish La Liga, the two largest European club competitions – the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League – and, lastly, the African Cup of Nations in 2015.