Your best World Cup viewing experience, brought to you by LG and Grand Hyatt

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LG Philippines and Grand Hyatt hotel have teamed up to give football fans the ultimate World Cup viewing experience. 

Follow the action as it happens in Russia as Pool House at Grand Hyatt hosts daily viewing events on a giant 86-inch UHD TV from June 11 to July 15. Hotel guests and locals alike can pop into the poolside venue and cheer on their favorite teams without having to pay a fee or making a reservation. You can even literally “dive in” to the fun and watch the planet’s most celebrated sporting tournament unfold while swimming. 

Also on view at Pool House for the duration of the 2018 World Cup is the 65-inch 2018 LG OLED TV E8, another TV that’s best for watching footy. Equipped with AI technology and an Alpha 9 Intelligent Processor, LG’s new OLED TV offers rich color, amazing sound, stunning clarity, and a quick motion-handling feature. LG OLED TVs also offer high contrast and perfect black levels, ensuring that you will see every move made on the field in stunning detail. 

From left to right: Mr. Bogensperger (Grand Hyatt Manila General Manager), Ms. Ledesma (Grand Hyatt Manila Director of Sales and Marketing), Ms. Ryu (Philalphakor Internation Inc. Director), Mr. An (LG Electronics Philippines VP for Home Entertainment), Mr. Ganser (Grand Hyatt Manila Director of Food & Beverage)

Discover the LG OLED and UHD TVS, and enjoy the “beautiful game” with other football fans at Pool House at the Grand Hyatt. Check to see when your favorite team will be playing, and mark your calendars now.

Balls Channel to broadcast 2014 FIFA World CupTN live from Brazil

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As the official broadcaster of the 2014 FIFA World CupTM that is set to take place in Brazil, Balls Channel will be bringing the Filipino audience straight into the stadiums through the small screen as it airs all 64 matches live beginning Friday (June 13).

Football fans will catch the action as it happens from the Opening Match of the tournament until its Final Match, as the channel lets beautiful game take center stage once more.

The top 32 football nations shall compete in this month-long tournament after having advanced through qualification competitions that started in June 2011. Balls Channel is set to broadcast no less than the world's best football players in the pursuit of what is considered the highest honor in the world’s most popular sport—the FIFA World CupTM Trophy.

The opening ceremony will be aired on Friday (June 13) at 2:15am, prior to the Opening Match between the host nation Brazil and Croatia at 4:00am.

Apart from all this, Balls Channel is bringing football fans “Touchline,” a daily news show solely dedicated to the FIFA World CupTM—including match results, analyses, and fan reaction in 30 action-packed minutes. “Touchline” will start on the same day that the 2014 FIFA World CupTM kicks off, on Friday (June 13) at 6:00pm.

Stay tuned for the 2014 FIFA World CupTM matches as Balls Channel airs them live along with “Touchline,” the perfect companion for any football fan. For updates and schedules, visit Balls Channel’s official Facebook site (www.facebook.com/BallsChannel) or follow Balls Channel on Twitter (@BallsChannel).

Balls Channel presents "Road To Rio," beginning this Saturday Feb 22

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The “Road to Rio” will take viewers through a history lesson of football’s biggest stage including the legendary players that have delighted the crowd and their greatest plays and moments of the quad-annual event.

Balls Channel, the official broadcaster of the 2014 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World CupTM will give fans a preview of the upcoming tournament in its new 30-minute program, “Road to Rio” beginning Saturday (Feb 22).

Brazil will host the 2014 FIFA World CupTM and the “Road to Rio” hosts, Philippine National football team captains Marielle Benitez and Aly Borromeo and football enthusiast and TV journalist Atom Araullo, will show what’s in store for football fans in this year’s FIFA World CupTM.

Benitez, Borromeo, and Araullo shift to this year’s tournament with the news and updates on the teams, their rosters and match-ups as they prepare for the FIFA World CupTM. They will also discuss the basic rules of football and the officials in charge of enforcing those rules on the field.

"Road to Rio” will explore the innovations in goal-line technology, the official mascot "Fuleco" and the official match ball “Brazuca".

Football fans are also invited to voice their opinions and reactions on social media regarding their take on their favorite squads and give their predictions on which team will lift the champion's trophy in Brazil

Catch the premiere of “Road to Rio” on Balls Channel beginning Saturday (Feb. 22) and on ABS-CBN Sports+Action channel 23, the network’s free-to-air sports channel.