Africa

African pay-television broadcaster SuperSport has agreed a four-year rights deal, from 2015-16 to 2018-19, for the Nigeria Professional Football League, the top division of football in the West African country.

Algerian public-service broadcaster EPTV has acquired rights for Ligue 1, the top division of football in the country.

The Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) has opened up the tender for the domestic broadcast rights to the Championnat de la Ligue Professionnelle 1, the top division of Tunisian football, to foreign broadcasters.

Pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has agreed a rights deal for North America’s Major League Soccer competition.

The Zambia National Broadcast Corporation, the African country’s public-service broadcaster, has announced its sports coverage plans over the coming 12 months by confirming that deals are in place to show leading football and athletics.

An interim board formed by the Tanzania Football Federation to supervise the Tanzania Premier League, the country’s top football division, has defended its decision to enter into a three-year broadcast rights deal with the Azam Television company, according to the Tanzania Daily News.

Premiership Rugby, the commercial rights-holder and organiser of the World Club 7s rugby union tournament, has agreed three additional broadcast deals, TV Sports Markets understands.

US sports broadcaster ESPN and pan-regional sub-Saharan Africa pay-television broadcaster MultiChoice have agreed a deal to provide customers of pay-television broadcaster DStv with some of ESPN’s sports programming.

The Tunisian Football Federation has launched a sales process for domestic multimedia rights to all matches organised by the national governing body.

East African pay-television provider Zuku has agreed an exclusive five-year broadcast partnership with Kenya Rugby Union for the airing of all rugby matches played under the auspices of the governing body.

Pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, will launch three new television channels on July 23.

Qatari pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera has acquired the exclusive rights in the Middle East and North Africa to English Premier League football in a three-year deal with the MP & Silva agency.

Premier League gives over €500m of overseas TV rights business to agencies. Slovak Sport.TV buys Premier League rights in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

SuperSport has lifted its ban on broadcasting AFC Leopards games after the Kenyan Premier League football club suspended its rights deal with rival pay-television broadcaster Zuku TV.

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has opened the sales process in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for the next cycle of rights to the Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup club competitions.

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