The broadcasting rights have been sold directly by FIFA, or through licensed companies or organizations such as the European Broadcasting Union, Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana, African Union of Broadcasting, International Media Content, Inter-Sports Marketing, M-League, Dentsu, RS International Broadcasting & Sports Management and MP & Silva. Airlines companies such as Etihad Airways have provisioned in-flight live telecast of all 64 matches.
Several territories and countries (ex.: India, Italy, Algeria, Korea Republic) are grouped as they share common broadcasters, and sometimes, common geographic space.
References
2014 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA