Hong Kong's World Cup live right is bought exclusively by TVB

To this end, the recent TV set-top boxes, including millet boxes in Hong Kong selling. Apliu, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, many stalls have publicly hawking television boxes claiming to be free to watch local pay TV channels and World Cup matches at the same time. To this end, the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department launched a special crackdown to crack down on the illegal syndicates suspected to have modified the pay TV channel decoders and broadcast unauthorised World Cup events and other programmes, and arrested 9 people.

At least 672 Hong Kong dollars for all competitions.

Mainland fans can watch the World Cup through CCTV, but Hong Kong fans will need a small sum of money to watch the full World Cup at home. The broadcasting rights of this year's World Cup in Hong Kong were broadcast by TVB at a high price of $400 million, of which 22 games were broadcast on free television channels and all 64 games were required to apply for the T V B toll table. It is calculated that the DU will cost HK $672 to see all competitions.

In addition to going to the mall bar for free, if Hong Kong people want to see the World Cup at home, they tend to buy all kinds of TV boxes to watch at home. In Apliu, Sham Shui Po, where the electrical shop in Hong Kong is concentrated, many shops are promoting the recently released "Millet Box", where all the shop assistants advertise the "millet box" to watch all the free TV channels at anytime, anywhere, while many people ask if they can watch the game broadcast on the toll channel, and the The questioner also took the hint and took out the silver bag and delivered the money single-handedly.

Another stall, which also sells high-definition TV boxes, admits that using TV boxes may be illegal. It is a crime to watch a pay TV channel in a box, but recently the wind was tight, so the channel was suspended for two weeks before it was offered again. As for the sale, the boss smiled very good to sell, the past two days sold nearly 40 departments.

Use of boxes or civil claims

Members of the Legislative Council said that the use of the Millet box and other boxes claiming to be able to receive different television channels to watch the World Cup, "it is hard to say whether it is illegal, but certainly infringement." He said that the International Football Association has designated the World Cup broadcasting rights to operators in different regions, such as Hong Kong is TVB. However, all kinds of television boxes and other instruments are relying on the reception of foreign signals, on the internet for point-to-point playback, as for some "cracked version" box, will be disguised as a foreign IP address, illegal interception of local mobile signal broadcast in Hong Kong. As to whether the use of boxes is illegal, it says that the chances of criminals being criminal are small, but the FA and the broadcasters can make civil claims to clients.

Hong Kong fans use the "Jailbreak version" Millet box, posing as a mainland IP address to watch the World Cup of mainland video sites, the University of Hong Kong law chief lecturer said. Even if there is no jailbreak to disguise the mainland IP address, watching foreign television broadcasts on the Internet has always affected the exclusive rights of TVB, which may violate the Copyright Ordinance and be passed civil claims by TVB.

In response to the proliferation of television boxes in Hong Kong, the Office of the Telecommunications Authority of Hong Kong has earlier responded that television boxes on the market are not regulated by the Broadcasting Ordinance because they receive signals through the Internet and are not air waves.

However, as the broadcast content or alleged infringement affects the interests of Hong Kong television, the External Affairs branch of TVB has said that any unauthorized broadcast of the relevant events on the Internet or through other channels is an infringement and the company has reflected the relevant situation to the International Football Association (FIFA), and the International Football Association has indicated that it will such as intercepting illegal websites and cutting off streaming live on the internet to protect exclusive broadcasting rights. TVB has also appealed to fans to watch the event in a lawful way lest the fans should be disappointed.