The Chinese Football Association announced that the upcoming opening of the FA Cup on May 5, in order to minimize the distance between it and the public and the fans as much as possible, the television rights of it will open to the television stations for free.
In the promotion of the television rights of the FA Cup, the Chinese Football Association has taken a high-profile attitude of "free gift", but the active followers of the television rights of the FA Cup are still local television stations. CCTV which has not given live broadcast of Super League this season takes an evasive attitude towards the television broadcast of the FA Cup. Now it is sure that CCTV will not broadcast the FA Cup match. As for when CCTV will give shoots of the FA Cup, there is no precise timetable.
(Source:IP Channel of People''s Daily Online )