The website with the domain name www.vidio.com/live will be live streaming the events of ASIAD.
The opening match of Group D in men’s football between Vietnam Olympic and Pakistan Olympic will begin in two days. However, Vietnamese broadcasters have not yet announced any information regarding the broadcasting rights for this major sporting event in the continent.
At this uncertain moment, fans received surprising news when the website with the domain name www.vidio.com/live announced that it will be live streaming ASIAD 2018, including the men’s football matches.
This website has already live streamed matches between Laos – Hong Kong (China) and Palestine – Taiwan (China). These matches were recorded and broadcasted by the host country of ASIAD 2018, Indonesia, with excellent image quality.
Vidio holds the broadcasting rights of ASIAD 2018 in the host country, Indonesia, and will broadcast all events of participating countries, including football, for free.
This presents an opportunity for fans in countries without broadcasting rights, such as Vietnam, to watch the events live with their country’s athletes through the internet.
Limitations when watching on the Vidio website
When there are multiple matches or exciting events happening at the same time, Vidio will only choose a few events that they consider attractive to broadcast live.
It is unclear whether Vidio’s free coverage to Vietnamese internet subscribers violates the copyright terms with the host country organizers.
There is also a possibility that Vidio may suddenly stop free broadcasting for internet subscribers in Vietnam.
Fans will have to rely on free websites like Vidio, or even “pirated” websites.
During a time when the purchase of broadcasting rights for ASIAD 2018 by Vietnamese broadcasters is met with silence, this information partly alleviates the disappointment of Vietnamese sports fans as they can still watch the events live through Vidio.
