Africa

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.

There are number of reasons why the Confédération Africaine de Football rights, including the flagship Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament, will be more valuable in the new contract period.

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.

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired rights in several African countries for the NBA North American basketball league.

The Confederation of African Football has fined the Egyptian Football Association $2m (€1.6m) for violating a broadcast rights agreement during the qualifying competition for the 2014 Fifa World Cup national team tournament.

Dakar Rally organiser Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) has said that the 2015 edition of the annual motorsport event will receive coverage in 190 countries through 70 broadcasters.

Sports video news agency SNTV has agreed a deal to provide its sports news video content to 6Medias, a digital press agency focused on French-speaking territories.

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has acquired rights for live television coverage of all South Africa national cricket team home matches.