SuperSport has secured the live broadcasting of Ethiopian Premier League for the next five seasons. Among the bidders are Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), DStv and Canal+. SuperSport agreed to pay $2.7 million per year on a 5-year contract totalling $13.5 million while Canal+ on the other hand, bid $7 million for 5 years. No information [...]
SuperSport has seized the live broadcast rights to the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) covering 50 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The financial agreement and the duration of the agreement were not disclosed. The President of WTA, Micky Lawler, said, “We are thrilled to bring women’s tennis back to broadcast throughout sub-Saharan Africa. With SuperSport covering 50 [...]
As from September, SuperSport viewers will be able to enjoy new thematic channels. All channels will be dedicated to leagues and sports including PSL, Premier League, La Liga, rugby, cricket, golf, tennis and many more. Magazine programs and sports highlights will also be added on top to live coverages. “This is a landmark decision in [...]
Sub-Saharan African pay-television broadcaster, SuperSport has renewed its exclusive rights to the top two tiers of Spanish football, LaLiga. The South Africa-based pay-TV network’s deal includes all languages except Arabic and French. The agreement will see La Liga’s dedicated 24/7 English-language channel, LaLigaTV, made available to subscribers on pay-TV’s DStv, which covers the sub-Saharan region. The agreement [...]
Showmax, the subscription video-on-demand platform in sub-Saharan Africa, has rolled out a new service which will include sports content from its sister company, pay-television broadcaster SuperSport. Showmax Pro will offer the existing Showmax entertainment service with music channels, news, and live sport streaming from SuperSport. Showmax Pro will include all English Premier League, Italian Serie A, [...]
SuperSport inks a new deal with Formula 1 to air races until 2022. F1 TV Pro will also be available in all areas where SuperSport is available, as part of the deal. SuperSport has been the only broadcaster of F1 races in South Africa and the broader Sub-Sahara Africa for the last couple of years, [...]
MultiChoice Uganda has announced the comeback of live sport to SuperSport. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been limited sporting events, slowly things are getting normal. SuperSport viewers can enjoy live-action sport on DStv and GOtv starting June. “We understand that this has been a difficult time for everyone in the country and around [...]
The TV Media Sport agency has seized a package of exclusive free-to-air rights to Euro 2020 across sub-Saharan Africa for the third consecutive time the rights to the European Championships. The rights cover more than 40 territories across Africa and include both Anglophone and Francophone commentaries. A total of 15 live matches are involved in [...]
Ghana Football Association (GFA) president Kurt Okraku has revealed that SuperSport is not among the companies claiming broadcasting rights for the Premier League of Ghana. News reports made the headlines claiming that the pay-TV channel owned by SuperSport International and MultiChoice Ghana had made an offer for the league’s broadcast rights and was among the [...]
The broadcasting giants are affected by the decision of the African Football Federation and will not present any continental match until further notice. SuperSport announced that the content of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has been discontinued following the termination of the $ 1 billion rights agreement signed by Lagardère. This decision means that [...]
