Africa

Tanzania-based pay-television operator Azam Media has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the 2016 Olympic Games in its home country.

Ethiopian public-service broadcaster EBC has acquired rights for Serie A, the top division of football in Italy.

The MP & Silva agency has announced the opening of new offices in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The B4 Capital agency has signed an exclusive deal to distribute the international media rights of the Tunisian Football Federation.

Sportfive is taking a colossal risk in signing a 12-year, $1bn (€888m) renewal with the Confédération Africaine de Football, according to local experts.

StarTimes secured exclusive rights in sub-Saharan Africa to four Fifa tournaments late last month in an attempt to build new relationships and expand its football coverage.

The South African Football Association has reached an agreement to extend its rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Siyaya TV.

The Confederation of African Football, the continental governing body for football in Africa, has agreed a 12-year extension to its media and marketing rights partnership with the Sportfive agency.

Pay-television broadcaster Siyaya is yet to launch in South Africa, calling into question whether or not matches of the South African national football team will be broadcast, TV Sports Markets understands.

Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has confirmed a long-term rights deal for the Bundesliga, the top division of football in Germany.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Africa has acquired rights for the 2015 European Games multi-sport event in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has acquired rights covering a number of tournaments operated by Fifa, football’s global governing body.

South African pay-television broadcaster Siyaya TV has rubbished claims by the SABC that the country’s public-service broadcaster has struck a rights deal for coverage of South Africa’s national football teams, including the senior men’s team, known as Bafana Bafana.

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC will substantially scale back its channel plans for the long-delayed commercial start of the country’s switch from analogue to digital broadcasting, with SABC Sport one of the casualties.

The Confédération Africaine de Football could be set for a huge increase in the value of its global media and marketing rights, as negotiations with incumbent rights-holder Sportfive and rival agency Infront Sports & Media near a conclusion.

Rights for the Glory Sports International kickboxing league have been awarded to pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport, South Korean commercial broadcaster KBS, pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes and pay-television broadcaster Digi Sport in Hungary and Romania.