Africa

Football
Media

New World TV Group has secured exclusive French-language pay-TV rights to broadcast England's FA Cup in 16 countries across Western and Central Africa, along with non-exclusively in Chad
Football
Media

South Africa’s Premier Soccer League has launched an invitation to tender for media rights across sub-Saharan Africa for all of its competitions for the period from 2024-25 to 2028-29.
Football
Finance & Law

New World TV, the Togo-based satellite broadcaster that holds free-to-air and pay-television rights to the 2022 Fifa World Cup in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa, has claimed it has suffered a series…
Multiple Sports
Media

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has launched an OTT streaming platform by taking over the service operated by telco Telkom
Football
Media

SNRT, Morocco’s free-to-air public broadcaster, has reached an agreement to broadcast 10 matches from the Fifa World Cup.  The matches will include those of the Moroccan national team. 
Football
Media

Senegalese media group E-Media has filed an appeal with the competition commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) over the award of 2022 Fifa World Cup rights in Senegal
Basketball
Media

The NBA basketball league and sports broadcaster ESPN have extended and expanded their rights deal in Africa under a 'multi-year' renewal
Cricket
Media

Indian media group Viacom18 has finalised an agreement with Cricket South Africa for the exclusive digital and television rights to all international men’s and women’s matches in the country from 2024-25 to …
Football
Media

Brazilian agency LiveMode has brokered an agreement on behalf of Fifa for matches from this year’s World Cup to be broadcast on streamer and digital influencer Casimiro’s various platforms in Brazil.
Football
Media

Italy’s Serie B will be broadcast for the first time in Australia, New Zealand and sub-Saharan Africa after Helbiz Media, the league’s international rights distributor, reached agreements with intermediaries Ath…
Wrestling
Media

Entertainment company MultiChoice and World Wrestling Entertainment have announced a new broadcast deal that will see Showmax, the group’s streaming service in sub-Saharan Africa, become the new home o…
Football
Media

1190 Sports, the international broadcast rights-holder to Brazil’s top two football leagues, has signed an agreement with Turkish pay-television broadcaster D-Smart to show the top-tier Brasileiro Serie A…
Football

Simuka secured its Premier League rights in each territory from the Infront agency, which holds free-to-air rights to one Premier League match per week across sub-Saharan Africa from 2022-23 to 2024-25.
Football
Media

The Sporty Group has launched its free-to-air linear and online sports television network in Nigeria, and will show the English Premier League, Italy's Serie A and the German Bundesliga in the country
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has reported an improvement in its net loss for the 2021-22 financial year. The SABC stated that its net loss of ZAR201m ($11.08m/€11.4
Rugby League
Media

Streaming platform Fite has acquired rights in multiple territories to the upcoming Rugby League World Cup, which will take place in England
Football

The deal includes the opening match, both semi-finals and the final, along with other knockout games and with a concentration on showing African teams in the group stages.
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

Pan-African media group MultiChoice, owner of pay-television broadcaster SuperSport and pay-television operator DStv, plans to launch two 4K channels prior to the 2022 Fifa World Cup