Blaise has a beer in his hand, he’s in front of a TV screen showing the World Cup, and the smile on his face suggests life doesn’t get much better than this.
But Canal Plus may disagree — it owns the broadcasting rights in Gabon to the match being illegally shown in the bar in Libreville, the capital.
“I’ve got a Canal Plus box, but I got hooked up to BeIN Sports for the World Cup — it costs less!” says Blaise.
BeIN has no rights to broadcast World Cup matches in the western central African state.
But that is overlooked by a host of private firms, unconnected to the Qatar-based pay TV group, which will happily link up punters to the BeIN feed in exchange for a sum.
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Source: Seychelles News Agency