StarTimes
Kenyan chaos after ‘broadcast war’
StarTimes is seeking to renegotiate its deal with the Football Kenya Federation days after a ‘war’ with pay-television rival SuperSport at Kenya’s Nyayo National Stadium.
StarTimes nets Fifa rights and builds relationship
StarTimes secured exclusive rights in sub-Saharan Africa to four Fifa tournaments late last month in an attempt to build new relationships and expand its football coverage.
StarTimes seals German football deal
Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has confirmed a long-term rights deal for the Bundesliga, the top division of football in Germany.
StarTimes picks up Fifa tournament rights
Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has acquired rights covering a number of tournaments operated by Fifa, football’s global governing body.
Kenyan FA under fire over contents of MP & Silva deal
The Football Kenya Federation is embroiled in two separate, but related, disputes which will have a major impact on how both domestic league and national team rights are sold.
StarTimes deal provides cash injection for Football Kenya Federation
Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has signed a five-year rights deal with the Football Kenya Federation, according to the StandardMedia.co.ke website.
Bundesliga games set for new StarTimes channel
Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has agreed a two-year deal for the rights to the German Bundesliga football competition and will launch a new premium sports channel to exploit the content, according to Rwandan newspaper the New Times.
Bundesliga’s strong sales continue in Africa and beyond
Germany’s Bundesliga is thought to be finalising a number of rights deals involving substantial increases on current deal values.
Uefa secures big rights fees in Africa and Asia-Pacific
The CAA Eleven agency completed a host of new deals for Uefa European Qualifiers rights at the end of July, with strong results in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
Flexible, digital, local: how the NBA is building its global media value
The renewal of the National Basketball Association’s domestic media-rights deal, expected later this year, is the most eagerly awaited in US sport and will no doubt be the biggest of the year.
Matt Brabants, SVP, global media distribution and business operations, and Elsa Memmi, VP, global media distribution – EMEA, NBA
Interviews with Matt Brabants, senior vice president of global media distribution and business operations, and Elsa Memmi, vice president of global media distribution across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, on the NBA’s global media rights strategy.