Sub-Saharan Africa

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
Cricket

ECB bullish about growth in North America

Football

Agency defends Cup of Nations fee demands which broadcasters in Nigeria say are 'unsustainable'
American Football

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets W
Football

The Nigeria Football Federation national governing body has complained to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) continental governing body about the fees being demanded for rights to the Africa Cup…
Football

The Africa Cup of Nations football tournament kicked off on Saturday without the tournament being available on free-to-air television in Nigeria after talks over a rights deal broke down, according to…
Football

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has been appointed as the host broadcaster for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations national team football tournament
Football

Pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired rights for all friendly matches featuring the South Africa national football team