Kenyans on social media were disgruntled at local TV station NTV who had claimed that they would be showing all the world cup games but failed to show the match between Portugal and Spain as the continued with their normal programming.
In their defense NTV said that they were only licenced to air 32 games as allocated by FIFA.
POLITE REMINDER
Due to FIFA rules on World Cup broadcasting, NTV is only licensed to air 32 matches, which are allocated by FIFA. However, the action continues tomorrow as Lionel Messi's Argentina takes on Iceland (4pm) and the Super eagles face off with Croatia (10pm)
— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) June 15, 2018
However their excuse did not go down well with Kenyans on Social media who said that they had advertised that they would show all games
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Here are some of the angry reactions:
https://twitter.com/rednivluk/status/1007702055853674498
Another big Lie. When @KBCChannel1 get broadcast licence for world cup, its usually for the entire tournament. This will be a hard one to explain to the public
— Manyara KINOTI (@Manyarakinoti) June 15, 2018
Poleni sana kama sio poisoned sugar ni fake liquor,contaminated milk,Chinese plastic eggs and now fake world cup matches promise from NTV
— Innocent Moturi ®) (@innomo) June 15, 2018
They said that they should partner with a better broadcaster other than Kwese sports , Most of them were disappointment that they still needed to pay for TV in order to watch the world cup as the free to air channels had joined the Kenyan cartels and scams.
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