Africa

Football
Media

The Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) remains at odds with Tunisian public broadcaster Télévision Tunisienne over outstanding rights payments during the 2020-21 season.
Football
Media

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has launched its tender process for pay television and pay-per-view media rights in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Cricket

Emirati telco Etisalat has secured exclusive media rights in the Middle East and North Africa to the International Cricket Council Men's Twenty20 World Cup 2021 as part of a "ground-breaking collaboration…
Multiple Sports

W-Sport, a new women’s sports television channel co-founded by Mickey O’Rourke, chief executive of Premier Sports, and Kelly Butler, former chief executive of Setanta Africa, has launched in sub-Saharan Afr…
Football

European football’s governing body Uefa, the English Premier League and pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus have welcomed the latest court ruling in Rwanda over the piracy of their broadcast content.
Football

Sporty
Basketball

Spanish basketball league Liga ACB has secured a multi-year contract in the Baltics with TV3 Group, following up on its latest deal with the Baltics-based media group earlier this year
Football
Media

German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball has continued expanding its portfolio with the addition of African qualifying matches for the 2022 Fifa World Cup
Football

The African Union of Broadcasting, the body of free-to-air broadcasters, has secured a deal with Fifa for free-to-air rights to qualifying matches for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in 17 countries in sub-Saharan…
Multiple Sports
Media

The SABC, South Africa’s public-service broadcaster, is set to launch its own video streaming service in 2022, marking its late entry into the over-the-top streaming sector.
Athletics
Events

The Infront agency has acquired a stake in the Cape Town Marathon, through which it will market media rights and sponsorship packages for the race
Multiple Sports
Media

The SABC, the South African public broadcaster, has bolstered its SABC Sport channel thanks to a deal with media group Disney that includes rights to World Athletics events, Top Rank boxing, the Dutch…
Triathlon
Media

The Professional Triathletes Organisation and the IMG agency have sealed further broadcast deals for the Collins Cup competition in China, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam, along with launching…
Paralympic Games
Media

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has detailed plans to provide free-to-air coverage of the forthcoming Tokyo Paralympics to 49 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, with content produced by the…
Football
Media

The African Union of Broadcasting, the body of free-to-air broadcasters, has said that a total of 25 of its broadcast affiliates have already committed to showing the Africa Cup of Nations, which takes …
Rugby Union
Media

The United Rugby Championship will increase its annual media rights income by about 30 per cent in its new four-season media rights cycle, despite a dramatic shift toward free-to-air broadcasters in key markets.
Football

The CAA Eleven agency has invited bids in sub-Saharan Africa for a suite of Uefa men’s national team rights during the 2022-28 cycle.
Football

Togo-based satellite television broadcaster New World TV has secured pay-television rights in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa for the 2022 Fifa World Cup and 2023 Women's World Cup