Canal Plus-MultiChoice merger would cool super-heated African rights market

Frank Dunne

February 22, 2024

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Sub-Saharan Africa has become the hottest sports-rights market in the world, but that dynamism could be brought to an abrupt halt if the proposed merger between France’s Canal Plus and South Africa’s MultiChoice goes ahead.

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