Africa

SuperSport’s decision to terminate its deal for Kenyan Premier League rights has handed the Football Kenya Federation an opportunity it has sought for over a decade: to take control of the league’s revenue streams.

SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has terminated a rights deal with the Kenyan Premier League top-tier domestic club football competition.

SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has extended its long-running hold on rights to the Premier League, the top division of club football in England.

The new president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) will review the body’s long-term rights deal with the Lagardère Sports agency.

African pay-television broadcaster Kwesé TV has agreed a content partnership with the Ghanaian division of telecommunications company MTN.

Fifa, football’s global governing body, has assigned media rights in sub-Saharan Africa for a host of its national team tournaments.

African pay-television broadcaster Kwesé TV has acquired rights for boxing events operated by Kalakoda Promotions.

Moroccan free-to-air broadcaster 2M has extended its long-running rights deal with motor racing series the World Touring Car Championship.

The wave of tender processes in sub-Saharan Africa has continued to swell with the English Premier League and the International Olympic Committee both selling their rights earlier than expected.

Top-tier football leagues in Cameroon and Zimbabwe are set to agree lucrative new pay-television deals, TV Sports Markets understands. But while the fortunes of some African leagues are improving, others have begun to struggle after recent optimism.

African pay-television broadcaster Kwesé TV has acquired exclusive rights to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s 2017 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, an event more commonly known as March Madness.

UK-based media company Ginx TV has expanded the reach of its esports channel into sub-Saharan Africa after securing a carriage deal with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport.

The Confederation of African Football has further criticised Egyptian authorities in a dispute surrounding its contract with the Lagardère Sports agency, stating recent developments set a “deeply worrying precedent” for the African sports business industry as a whole.

SuperSport’s latest deal for French Open media rights in sub-Saharan Africa has illustrated the lack of competition for tennis rights in the region, despite the entrance of new players.

SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired rights for the Laver Cup tennis event.

South African public-service broadcaster SABC has hit out at the growing cost of sports rights after failing to agree a deal for the national cricket team’s tour of New Zealand.