Sub-Saharan Africa
StarTimes grabs rights to Senegalese Ligue 1 for 10 seasons
CSA presses on with T20 league despite myriad obstacles
StarTimes adds Europa League to growing football portfolio
SuperSport pulls support for South African T20 league
SABC strikes surprise English Premier League deal
Kwesé Sports forges rugby partnership with APO Group
Ugandan FA signs lucrative StarTimes deal
Portugal and Africa bring strong Serie A increases for IMG
SuperSport and Digi net Serie A rights deals
SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in sub-Saharan Africa, and direct-to-home and IPTV platform Digi have acquired rights to Serie A, the top division of Italian football.
Light at the end of the tunnel for CSA as T20 league takes shape
Cricket South Africa has finally delivered a workable concept for a new domestic T20 competition via a joint venture with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport.
StarTimes picks up WTCR rights
Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has acquired rights to the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) motor-racing series.
Free-to-air coverage secured for World Cup in Ghana
Ghanaian public-service broadcaster GTV has agreed a deal for free-to-air rights to the 2018 Fifa World Cup.
Kwesé TV launches in Liberia ahead of World Cup
Econet Media has furthered the reach of its pan-African media company, Kwesé, by launching its pay-television operation in Liberia and its digital service, Kwesé iflix, in Zimbabwe.
Kenyan free-to-air rights deal signed for World Cup
Kenyan media company Nation Media Group has acquired a package of free-to-air rights to national team football tournament the Fifa World Cup.
Zimbabwe’s PSL returns to television screens with ZBC deal
Zimbabwean public-service broadcaster ZBC has agreed a rights deal with the Premier Soccer League, the top tier of club football in the country.
Upcoming funding rounds key for Kwesé after missed payments
Pan-African pay-television operator Kwesé TV says it is “committed to honouring its financial obligations to all rights-holders, production companies and suppliers” after TV Sports Markets learned of missed payments to several rights-holders.
Canal Plus boosts football rights portfolio
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Afrique has confirmed the acquisition of French-language rights in sub-Saharan Africa to a series of football tournaments, including the Uefa Champions League, the 2018 Fifa World Cup and the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
Canal Plus Afrique and Kwesé Sports seal Ligue 1 rights deals
The Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league, has today (Monday) confirmed rights deals in sub-Saharan Africa with pay-television broadcasters Canal Plus Afrique and Kwesé Sports.