Supersport

Football
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Iris Sport Media has struck a host of free-to-air television deals for the Fifa Club World Cup in sub-Saharan Africa, including in the region’s only participating nation South Africa.
Football
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SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster in Africa, has picked up exclusive rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the remaining Confederation of African Football (CAF) qualifiers to the 2026 Fifa World Cup
Multiple Sports
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Plans for Canal Plus to list on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have been overwhelmingly backed by shareholders of owner Vivendi as the France-based pay-television broadcaster enters a new era of international…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Marc Jury is to depart as chief executive of MultiChoice South Africa in March, after almost a decade with the leading sub-Saharan African pay-television group
Multi-sport
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The International Olympic Committee has invited media rights bids in sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa, offering broadcasters and agencies the rights over two Olympic cycles, SportBusiness understands
Football
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has a pan-regional English-language deal in place for this season’s CAF Champions League and second-tier CAF Confederation Cup after rights were sold to pay-television broadcaster SuperSport.
Multiple Sports
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Brandon Foot has been hailed by his former colleagues and industry peers as generous, empathetic and hugely passionate about sport as tributes pour in for the vastly experienced South African sports media…
Mixed Martial Arts
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Professional Fighters League (PFL) events are to be broadcast across sub-Saharan Africa on SuperSport after the pay-television broadcaster signed off on a rights deal
Football
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Broadcast rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the 2026 Fifa World Cup and the 2027 Fifa Women’s World Cup are now on the market after two concurrent tender processes were opened by football’s world governing bod…
Multiple Sports
Media

Pan-African media group MultiChoice, owner of pay-television broadcasters SuperSport and DStv, posted core headline earnings of R1.8bn (€91m/$98.6m) for the six-month period ending September 30, which included three World Cups across football, netball and rugby union.
Multiple Sports
Media

South Africa’s eMedia Investments has filed legal papers with Johannesburg’s High Court over the terms of pay-television broadcaster MultiChoice’s Rugby World Cup sublicensing deal which has precluded the m…
Rugby Union
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Public-service broadcaster the SABC has been unable to secure a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport for South Africa's matches at the forthcoming 2023 Rugby World Cup in France
Cricket
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Major League Cricket has announced a domestic media rights deal with subscription broadcaster Willow TV and a series of international media rights agreements ahead of its inaugural season
Multiple Sports
Media

Pan-African media group MultiChoice, owner of pay-television broadcaster SuperSport and pay-television operator DStv, has reported the return of its Rest of Africa (RoA) business to profitability, along…
Cricket
Media

Pay-television broadcaster SuperSport has extended its domestic media rights deal with Cricket South Africa until the end of the 2026-27 season
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Pay-television broadcaster SuperSport has continued its recent run of rights deals by formalising an agreement with mixed martial arts promotion the ONE Championship
Table Tennis
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Pay-television broadcaster SuperSport has acquired exclusive rights across sub-Saharan Africa for the World Table Tennis Championships Finals and the WTT Series
Cricket
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Pay-television broadcaster SuperSport has renewed its rights to International Cricket Council global events for eight years, from 2024 to 2031, across 52 territories in sub-Saharan Africa