Sub-Saharan Africa
SuperSport strikes Premier League rights deal
African pay-television broadcaster SuperSport has extended its rights for the English Premier League for three seasons, from 2013-14 to 2015-16
E.tv pounces for Champions League rights in South Africa
South African commercial broadcaster E.tv has acquired rights for the Uefa Champions League, Europe’s top club football tournament, in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
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Pay-television operator acquires French Ligue 1 rights in East Africa
East African pay-television operator Zuku has acquired rights in Kenya for Ligue 1, the top division of French football, in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
ESS makes $100m profit on ICC
Deal in Australia takes ESS over $100m profit threshold for global ICC rights sales
SuperSport snaps up Zimbabwe football league rights
SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster in sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired rights for the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League, the top football division in the country
Matthews ends Premier Soccer League tenure early to return to Multichoice
Stanley Matthews will quit his position as chief executive of South African football’s top-tier Premier Soccer League to return to pan-regional sub-Saharan Africa pay-television broadcaster Multichoice.
ICC goes from free to pay in the Caribbean
ESS sells ICC rights to ESPN
Sports rights on the agenda at ANC conference
South Africa’s ruling ANC party will discuss the role of sports rights in the television market at a policy conference to be held next week.
E.tv steps in after SABC rejects delayed Springboks rights
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SABC strikes deal with Sportfive for South Africa away matches
South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has agreed a three-year deal with the Sportfive agency for rights to the away matches of the South African national football team
ECB agrees seven-year deal with ESS at healthy increase
ECB enjoys healthy rights-fee increase in new ESS deal
Nigerian Olympic Committee acquires London 2012 rights
The Nigerian Olympic Committee has acquired rights to the 2012 Olympic Games in a deal with the Octagon agency, which is selling the free-to-air rights to the 2012 Games in sub-Saharan Africa excluding…
SABC deal provides certainty for South African football
South African public-service broadcaster the SABC confirmed that it has signed a three-year deal worth about R215 million (€21 million/$27 million) with the South African Football Association for rights t…
SABC agrees deal for South African national football team rights
South Africa public-service broadcaster the SABC has agreed a deal with the South African Football Association for rights to the South African national team home matches for the next three seasons, 2012-13…
SABC sets October target for new sports channel launch
South Africa public-service broadcaster the SABC plans to use recently-acquired NBA basketball rights to help launch a long-mooted new sports channel in South Africa on October 1
Portugal’s Sport TV boosts presence in Africa with new channel
Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has launched a new sports channel in the Portuguese-language African markets of Angola and Mozambique
ESPN acquires international Aussie rules broadcast rights
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired exclusive rights in the UK, Ireland, Canada and sub-Saharan Africa for the Australian Football League, the country’s top Aussie rules championship, in a three y…
Deloitte suggests Premier League content sharing to boost Kenyan pay-TV
The Communications Commission of Kenya, the country’s media regulator, should consider forcing pay-television broadcaster DStv to sell on some of its English Premier League content to rival companies i…