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Tianjin Henda Hotel: 9 June 2015 More than 119 guests witnessed the signing ceremony between Jörg Daubitzer, Managing Director of Bundesliga’s commercial arm DFL Sports Enterprises and Group President of StarTimes, Mr XinXing Pang, for the exclusive broadcast rights of the BUNDESLIGA, for the next five seasons (2015-2020).

StarTimes subscribers will get to enjoy highly entertaining German football from 18 teams of the BUNDESLIGA, including the German Super Cup, that’s over 300 matches per season!

Matches will be broadcast live, on all sports channels, including Sports World Football, Sports Premium HD, Sports Premium, Sports 2, Sports Life and Sports Focus. The next season starts on 1 August with the Supercup between Bundesliga champions FC Bayern München and DFB Cup winners VfL Wolfsburg and the first match day kicking off on 14 August 2015 and running until May 2016.

Commenting on this incredible sports development, Pang XinXing, Chairman of StarTimes Group said “StarTimes is the fastest growing digital TV operator in Africa with the vision of enabling every African family to enjoy the beauty of digital TV. To answer the need of African audiences, StarTimes offers a full range of programs including most local channels, a number of well-known International channels and over 20 self-produced channels. We are so delighted and proud to be the partner of choice for BUNDESLIGA and look forward to support their continued growth in the region. We believe it is a win-win cooperation and our subscribers will benefit most.

Jörg Daubitzer added “We are certain that StarTimes will provide a perfect African platform for BUNDESLIGA. Digital terrestrial broadcasting there is the technology for the future and with the help of StarTimes our amazing league will be affordable and accessible for millions of African football fans. With this StarTimes-partnership, BUNDESLIGA is taking an important strategic step in order to win the hearts and minds of a very football-savvy African football fan culture.”

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