Africa

Football

South African public broadcaster the SABC has agreed a deal which will see eMedia’s satellite service, Openview, broadcast its channels. The SABC will also be launching a new dedicated sports channel.
Cricket

Recast, the new direct-to-customer video platform, has secured exclusive rights to stream the inaugural Dafabet African Premier League to UK viewers
Rugby League

International sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in Africa to the NRL Australian rugby league competition
Basketball

Kenyan media company Nation Media Group has acquired a package of free-to-air rights to North American basketball’s NBA.
Football

Ghana's Multimedia Group has acquired free-to-air television and radio rights in the country to Uefa Euro 2020, which will be played across June and July this year
Football

Free-to-air broadcast rights to the English Premier League will continue to be sold by Infront in sub-Saharan Africa until at least the end of the 2024-25 season after the agency reached a new agreement
Cricket

Cricket West Indies has announced its third new broadcast rights deal in the space of a month after signing a four-year contract in sub-Saharan Africa with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport
Football

Pay-television broadcaster StarTimes has agreed a deal to show content from MUTV, the in-house channel of English Premier League football club Manchester United, in over 30 countries across sub-Saharan…
Motorsport

Pay-television broadcaster SuperSport has agreed a multi-year deal with Formula E to show the all-electric racing series live in more than 50 territories across sub-Saharan Africa
Wrestling

Pay-television broadcaster StarTimes has acquired rights in sub-Saharan Africa to content from the Impact Wrestling promotion
Multi-sport

Kenyan media company The Standard Group has agreed a deal with the Infront agency for free-to-air broadcast rights to the postponed 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo
Basketball

Streaming service MyCujoo has continued its transition to a multi-sport business model after agreeing a rights deal with Spanish basketball organisation Liga ACB for coverage in Brazil and across sub-Saharan…
Football

The TV Media Sport agency has negotiated an exclusive free-to-air deal in Kenya for European football’s rescheduled Euro 2020 championships.
Football

World football’s governing body Fifa has launched a pair of invitations to tender for broadcast rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the the 2022 and 2023 instalments of its men’s and women’s World Cups, respe…
Football

Pay-television broadcaster StarTimes has acquired rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the African Nations Championship (CHAN) national team football tournament
Rugby Union

Jurie Roux, chief executive of South Africa Rugby, has pushed back against proposals from the country’s broadcast regulator, ICASA, that would impose restrictions on media-rights contracts.
Motorsport

International broadcaster Eurosport will show the inaugural season of the electric touring car racing series, Pure ETCR
Football

Matches from French football’s Ligue 1 are to be broadcast with local-language commentary in Togo by New World Sports, the satellite television broadcaster in the West African country.