PURE ETCR, the world’s first all-electric, multi-brand touring car championship will be aired across more than 13 million homes in Africa, thanks to a major new agreement with StarTimes Group. With 13 million subscribers to its digital platform (DVB) plus an additional 20 million users of its over-the-top streaming service, StarTimes Group provides PURE ETCR [...]
Millions of Manchester United fans in Africa will gain access to MUTV under an agreement with StarTimes, the continent’s leading digital TV operator. StarTimes will distribute MUTV to subscribers in over 30 countries across sub-Saharan African, representing the biggest agreement of its kind by Manchester United in the region. Viewers in countries including Nigeria, South [...]
IMPACT Wrestling announced a partnership with StarTimes, by bringing more than 250 hours of IMPACT Wrestling content to the platform in 2021. The acquisition extends IMPACT’s reach even further across the globe, bringing a slate of the promotion’s most popular series to over 13 million DVB subscribers and 20 million OTT users throughout Sub-Saharan Africa [...]
StarTimes has shown its constant commitment to provide quality content to African families by offering Funke Akindele’s Industreet drama series and another season of Jenifa’s Diary as well as movie hours dedicated to new and exclusive Nollywood movies weekly. This initiative will provide top family entertainment to more audiences across sub-Saharan Africa. The new season [...]
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. [...]
