Supersport Will No Longer Broadcast CAF Games
Multichoice’s Supersport has said that it will not be broadcasting CAF content, commencing with the Afcon under-23 championship, starting in Egypt this weekend, until further notice.
The development also affects the Afcon qualifiers, which resume on Wednesday, 13 November.
In a statement on Friday, MultiChoice Group Executive for Corporate Affairs, Joe Heshu said:
We are in a difficult position where we cannot broadcast the CAF games when we don’t have a firm contractual arrangement in place. SuperSport had previously acquired these broadcast rights from Lagardère.
The decision by SuperSport to discontinue broadcasting caf games comes as a result of the termination by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) of its agency agreement with Lagardère Sports.
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Caf said it had no choice but to cancel the deal with the French-based company after two court judgments went against it.
Lagardere Sports had been appointed as CAF’s exclusive agent for marketing and media rights for an uninterrupted 20-year period without any open tender, which was a breach of competition rules.