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SuperSport has announced that it has renewed its broadcast rights agreement with UEFA for a further three years.
This will mean that UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League content will continue to be broadcast on SuperSport, and there will also be a new UEFA football competition coming to local screens: the UEFA Europa Conference League.
“These rights extend throughout the broadcasting territory of sub-Saharan Africa and apply to all distribution platforms, including television, the Internet and mobile devices,” MultiChoice said in a statement.
“While SuperSport currently holds the rights to the UEFA Europa League in South Africa, the new agreement extends to the entire territory of sub-Saharan Africa (including South Africa).”
The UEFA Conference League is a new 32-team competition that will debut in 2021 and will serve as the last tier of existing UEFA League competition.
“UEFA football competitions showcase the European champion footballers, while still producing excitement and drama, and we look forward to broadcasting these events for years to come,” said MultiChoie Group General Manager Calvo Mawela.
UEFA Events SA Marketing Director Guy-Laurent Epstein said the organization was happy to renew its agreement with SuperSport.
“We are pleased to continue our long-standing partnership with SuperSport to bring the best of European club competition to soccer fans in sub-Saharan Africa,” said Epstein.
MultiChoice too recently announced that SuperSport has renewed its broadcasting contract with the English Premier League for another three seasons.
This means that SuperSport will retain its exclusive rights locally to broadcast one of the most popular sporting events in the world.
“These are challenging times for everyone, so securing these rights is very rewarding,” said Calvo Mawela, CEO of MultiChoice.
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