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Two programmes have been produced. One is a four part half hour
documentary. It uses four themes to trace the development of the
game worldwide: The other comprises of 30 one-minute vignettes called
Fifa: 100 years of Timeless Moments. These are available
for worldwide distribution on all television platforms. In addition,
a further 52 one-minute vignettes will be featured in a regular
weekly slot on Futbol Mundial throughout Fifa's 2004 Centenary
year.
In India Futbol Mundial airs on ESPN Star Sports. The first
of these features is dedicated to the German goalkeeping legend
Sepp Maier.
A company release informs that each part of the documentary series
fuses rarely seen footage from the Fifa archive with specialist
footage from TWI's archive. The first of these programmes, The
Beautiful Century: 100 Years of Fifa celebrates the growth of
football from a popular but fragmented pastime to the sport we know
today.
Fifa president Joseph S Blatter added, " The two products highlight
the passion that players and fans have for the game. It gives us
immense satisfaction to learn that these programmes have already
proved to be highly successful, with television stations on every
continent having already signed up to broadcast and distribute both
products."
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