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SuperSport to air Netball World Cup
SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has secured rights to the 2015 Netball World Cup.
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.
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.
SuperSport to show new Africa T20 Cup
SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has agreed a deal for live coverage of the inaugural Africa T20 Cup cricket competition.
SuperSport extends Cricket South Africa rights
SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has renewed a rights deal with Cricket South Africa, the sport’s national governing body.
SuperSport picks up super-fight rights in Africa
SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in Sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired rights for the upcoming boxing clash between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.
SuperSport retains World Superbike rights
SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in Sub-Saharan Africa, has sealed a renewed five-year deal for the exclusive media rights to the Superbike World Championship motorcycling series in the region.
ESPN’s media arm strikes NFL rights deals in Africa
The media distribution arm of pay-television broadcaster ESPN has agreed one-year rights deals for African pay-television providers Supersport and Zuku Sport for coverage of this year’s NFL American football league playoffs and Super Bowl championship game.
Star India details ISL’s global reach
Pay-television broadcaster Star India, the local rights-holder and stakeholder in the Indian Super League, has revealed details of additional rights deals for the new football competition.
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.
SuperSport steps up again as another African deal fails
Sub-Saharan Africa pay-television operator SuperSport has stepped in to acquire the free-to-air rights in the region to England’s Premier League after local rights-holder, Optima Sports Management International, defaulted on its payments.
SuperSport catches Champions League T20 rights
SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in Sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired rights for the 2014 edition of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament.
SuperSport to show TNA wrestling
SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in Sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired rights for the TNA Impact Wrestling series.
SuperSport to support new South African academy league
Pay-television broadcaster SuperSport, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, will show coverage of the MultiChoice Diski Challenge, a new football competition for South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) academy teams.
SuperSport pounces for Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers
Pay-television broadcaster SuperSport, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired rights for qualifying matches ahead of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations national football team tournament.
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.