Africa

SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has renewed a rights deal with Cricket South Africa, the sport’s national governing body.

Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has signed a five-year rights deal with the Football Kenya Federation, according to the StandardMedia.co.ke website.

SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in Sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired rights for the upcoming boxing clash between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.

Abu Dhabi Media Company has reached an agreement for the pay-television and free-to-air rights to North America’s Major League Soccer in the Middle East and North Africa.

Sports broadcaster ESPN will show live and on-demand coverage of the 2015 IndyCar motor racing series in Europe, the Middle East and Africa via a new channel on its digital subscription service ESPN Player.

The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has reached an agreement with Tanzanian digital satellite service provider Azam Media to show live coverage of its Premier League club competition.

Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has agreed a two-year deal for the rights to the German Bundesliga football competition and will launch a new premium sports channel to exploit the content, according to Rwandan newspaper the New Times.

Pay-television broadcaster OSN has struck a deal to distribute WWE Network, the pay-television channel operated by the WWE wrestling organisation, to subscribers in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Telecommunications company Emtel has signed a multi-year partnership with Manchester United to broadcast the in-house television channel of the English Premier League football club, MUTV, in Mauritius.

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has acquired rights for the 2015 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in Sub-Saharan Africa, has sealed a renewed five-year deal for the exclusive media rights to the Superbike World Championship motorcycling series in the region.

StarSat, the South African satellite-television platform operated by pay-television broadcaster On Digital Media, has agreed a two-year rights deal for motorsport’s World Rally Championship.

The media distribution arm of pay-television broadcaster ESPN has agreed one-year rights deals for African pay-television providers Supersport and Zuku Sport for coverage of this year’s NFL American football league playoffs and Super Bowl championship game.

Bamba TV, a new free-to-air television platform in Kenya, has acquired rights to the Italian Serie A top-tier football league, according to the Telecom Paper news website.

Algerian state broadcaster ENTV has acquired rights for football’s 2015 African Cup of Nations and handball’s 2015 men’s World Championships, according to reports.