The Premier League is pleased to announce that Econet Media has acquired the package of free-to-air broadcasting rights that it makes available in sub-Saharan Africa.

The agreement is for the three seasons 2016/17–2018/19 and Econet, through its Kwese Sports platform, will make available one Saturday afternoon Premier League match live on a free-to-air basis each weekend of the season.

The matches, along with weekly preview and review shows, will be available in 50 countries across the region.
"We are very pleased that Econet Media has chosen to invest in the package of free-to-air broadcasting rights that we have made available in sub-Saharan Africa," Premier League Executive Chairman, Richard Scudamore, said.
"Premier League clubs enjoy passionate support across sub-Saharan Africa and these rights are important to ensuring that as many fans as possible can follow and enjoy our competition.
"Premier League's international rights deals 2016-2019 >>

Econet Media CEO Joseph Hundah said:
"England’s Premier League is a globally prestigious sporting competition, one that is deeply loved by millions of African sports fans.

As such we are very committed to obtaining these rights and have invested significantly to acquire them.
"We want to make this League available to fans across sub-Saharan Africa and so, through Kwese Sports FTA partners and other platforms, we hope to widen access to this property.
"The agreement was announced shortly before the latest edition of BPL Live, a fan park for fans of Barclays Premier League football.

This year it is being held in Cape Town, South Africa, over the weekend of 19-20 March afterthe success of its first edition in Johannesburg in 2014.




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Wonder what Nigerian companies are doing. Everything about Africa being monopolized by South Africa.
When are we going to exert our giant of Africa footprint.

TPAND:
Wonder what Nigerian companies are doing. Everything about Africa being monopolized by South Africa.
When are we going to exert our giant of Africa footprint.

because South Africa is the HEAVY WEIGHT in everything in Africa.

ok

Welcome development

Naija as African Giant is living in past glory!
Besides we have Shylock entrepreneurs!

Issokay

Nigerian companies are on sleeping spree

That's nice

Hmmm gr8 news, but d problem now is d lite to watch it

how is that news to Nigerians... it's a foreign company publicizing a foreign league. & are we (Nigerians) going to benefit in viewing it ?

DSTV be like.........

Ok... SA

It is well with Nigeria

So Econet Still exists? From Econet to Vmobile to Celtel to Airtel

Am only interested if Nigeria is involve

Nigeria is one big mess everything here is just monopolised.... even cement mtcheeeeew

should I reply this post?

This is a good development and I hope it renders DSTV completely useless.

TPAND:
Wonder what Nigerian companies are doing. Everything about Africa being monopolized by South Africa.
When are we going to exert our giant of Africa footprint.

Econet is actually a Zimbabwean company.
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Great

Good, then it mean that we can now watch it without the DSTV box or those Qsat wahala

Mr. Strive

TPAND:
Wonder what Nigerian companies are doing. Everything about Africa being monopolized by South Africa.
When are we going to exert our giant of Africa footprint.

Many of these large multinational SA companies are owned by corporations and individuals of German, American, British, Jewish, Indian and Dutch origin and therefore have a system of organisation and inflow of capital. Unlike our politically overexposed, government dependent entrepreneurs, who depend on the government of the day for market manipulation and favouritism.

This was the reason the Tatcher and Regan were not willing to sanction SA due to their string interests.

Econet have a different story, but what part the Zim government have in it's success in the absence of European overbearance I don't know

Nothing gud in sports will come out with Buhari on dat seat....

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because South Africa is the HEAVY WEIGHT in everything in Africa.

delusion

NTA go show am

Before we get too excited they said they would make available one match on Saturday to air free of cost. NTA has been doing that for donkey years and I think AIT & ONMAX do
the same.
It won't affect DSTV in any way.

No be them buy vmobile that year

This simply means that they will be showing one premier League match for free every Saturday... Westham vs Swansea



Besides dstv have been doing it since 100bc through local stations.