Sub-Saharan Africa

Rugby Union

Why Premiership Rugby looked no further than 'expert' partner Pitch for its international sales contract

Mixed Martial Arts

Pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport has agreed a new three-year rights partnership with the Extreme Fighting Championship Africa mixed martial arts organisation.

Cricket

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has secured limited free-to-air rights from pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport International for three major sports events that will feature a South African team.

Multi-sport

Pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport has acquired the broadcast rights to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in the sub-Saharan region of Africa.

South African communications minister Dina Pule has proposed the introduction of a new set of guidelines to open up access to premium sports television rights in the country.

Football

Wananchi Group has defended its broadcast deal with Kenyan Premier League club AFC Leopards, stating it does not interfere with the league’s agreement with SuperSport.

Athletics

MCS: World Athletics Championship deal will help us expand footprint in growing African market

Rugby Union

Premiership Rugby: Why it’s the right time to launch an international club sevens tournament

Football

The Optima Sports Management International agency has acquired free-to-air rights in Sub-Saharan Africa for the English Premier League for the next three seasons.

Football

Pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired rights for the Kenyan Nationwide League, the second tier of football in Kenya
Football

World Cup rights fee falls in Nigeria but increases in sub-Saharan Africa as Fifa keeps faith with AUB and Octagon

Cycling

ASO, IMG and Infront all have big cycling ambitions. That could be bad news for UK's SweetSpot

Football

Member football clubs of the top-tier Super League in Malawi have discussed the possibility of selling media rights for the competition, according to the Daily Times newspaper
Football

ZBC, the state-owned broadcaster in Zimbabwe, is in talks to acquire live rights for the 2013 Confederations Cup national team football tournament in Brazil, according to the Zimeye news website

Perform has struck a partnership with the Nigerian Guardian newspaper to launch the digital sports media company’s ePlayer video-on-demand service in the African country.
Athletics

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has agreed a new domestic rights deal with Athletics South Africa, the sport’s governing body in the country.
Football

Senegalese telecommunications company Excaf Telecom has acquired rights for Ligue 1, the top division of football in France. The deal will run until the end of the 2014-15 Ligue 1 season
Cricket

IOC carves out five more Asian markets to handle in-house and further weaken ABU rights; Frustrated Barton blasts ABU