The Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) and StarTimes have announced the signing of an agreement by which the media group obtains the broadcasting rights for the Total African Nations Championship, Cameroon 2020 (Total CHAN Cameroon 2020), scheduled from 16 January to 7 February 2021 in Cameroon. Under this agreement, the operating license issued by CAF [...]
African Movie Channel (AMC) is airing its newest original and exclusive movies from its own production hub, AMCOP – AMC Original Productions, every Friday from January till December 2021, all in High Definition; African Movie Channel HD recently became the world’s first HD Nollywood channel. AMC is a premium 24-hour African movie channel, airing only [...]
StarTimes will offer all NBA actions live in Nigeria on its ESPN channels with the beginning of the 75th season. StarTimes PR Manager, Lazarus Ibeabuchi said, “non-StarTimes subscribers can stream the matches live on StarTimes-ON mobile app at N400 weekly, with an option to subscribe with MTN airtime. NBA lovers with active StarTimes subscription can [...]
Wakaati TV will debut in Nigeria to boost the industry and will go live on StarTimes and also online. The entertainment channel will produce original and contents all while showcasing Nollywood blockbuster movies across its platforms. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony in Lagos, the MD/CEO, Wakaati Network Limited, Olurotimi Akingbogun, said there had been some [...]
StarTimes is now the official broadcast partner for the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) in a seven-year deal worth about 1.1 million U.S. dollars annually. The new sponsorship deal will involve transmission of Betking Premier League matches, 30 Betika Super League matches and friendly matches of the Kenyan national soccer team, Harambee Stars. “We have progressively [...]
Broadcasters in Africa including StarTimes and e.tv have selected dramas from Dubai-based producer and distributor SynProNize. Free-to-air channel e.tv licensed romantic drama series Piya Naam Ka Diya (All for Love), African pay TV platform StarTimes picked up Swaragini (A Tale of Two Sisters) and Gathbandhan (The Odd Couple) and Onua TV in Ghana acquired Cello. [...]
Dubai-based content distribution and production company, SynProNize, has inked several content deals in Africa with eTV, Onua TV, and StarTimes. Drama series Cello was licensed to Onua TV in Ghana. eTV agreed a licensed deal for romantic drama series Piya Naam Ka Diya (All for Love). SynProNize also agreed a deal with StarTimes for two drama series — Swaragini (A [...]
StarTimes will air two new TV dramas, ST Novela E and Indian drama, Gathbandhan, on its Basic and Smart Bouquet starting November. The Bollywood series tells a dramatic love story with light elements, where the main characters stand against each other as their contrasting identities require, a pinch of comedy factor somehow lightens the tone [...]
StarTimes will broadcast season 2020/2021 Europa League starting next week. The group stage matches will be across all StarTimes sports channels including Sports Focus on Nova bouquet. The opening match will be with AC Milan, European champion facing the Celtic which will be held on the 22nd October while Sparta Prague will face Lille from [...]
Football Kenya Federation has sealed an agreement with Chinese media company StarTimes to air next season’s Kenyan Premier League, National Super League and national team matches in a seven-year deal. Last Tuesday afternoon, the boss of Football Kenya Federation, Nick Mwendwa said the deal is worth Sh119.3mn (1.1mn USD) per year. While all national team [...]
