SuperSport
has bought pay broadcast
rights to all 50 CAF Africa Cup
of Nation (AFCON 2015)
qualifiers that will be produced
by Sportfive, including Bafana Bafana and Nigeria matches for the first time



The qualifiers, which run over
six weekends, begin in early
September and continue
through November ahead of
the AFCON tournament in Morocco in January.

The statement from SuperSports:
A minimum of
seven games, all in High
Definition, will be broadcast on
match weekends.

Coverage will include all six
home and away games
featuring defending champions
Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana,
Angola and Zambia.

Up to two-thirds of matches
featuring Uganda, Botswana,
Mozambique, Lesotho and
Tanzania will also be broadcast.
Towards the latter part of
qualification, games featuring African giants Cameroon, Ivory
Coast, Egypt and Algeria will
also be featured on the World
of Champions.
Dates and times are yet to be
confirmed by the Confederation of African
Football.
SuperSport also said it plans
to broadcast games on SS3,
SS4, SS5, SS7 and the
corresponding HD channels.

The matches will be broadcast
in all SuperSport’s Sub-
Saharan territories, with
rights also available on multi-
platforms: streaming, DVBH,
Catch Up and VOD.

“I’m delighted because this is
the first time we have secured
a block of AFCON qualifiers,”
said, Acting Chief Executive of
SuperSport, Brandon Foot.
“With World Cup fever still in the air, it’s a great time to
be a football fan. Games on
SuperSport will come thick and
fast: just as fans want.”

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/supersport-secures-broadcast-rights-to-50-afcon-qualifiers/185994/

That means Nigeria will only depend on High Cost Supersport to watch Nigeria qualification matches

Ntasports24, BON, Optima Sports. What are they doing about this?

I for one I'm glad. I grew up being able to watch nigerIa play on nta, this restores that.

Life without cable TV in Nigeria is not living.

God, please help our local Tv stations

easyelliot: I for one I'm glad. I grew up being able to watch nigerIa play on nta, this restores that.

Life without cable TV in Nigeria is not living.

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