Tag: Startimes

StarTimes secures non-exclusive broadcasting rights for LaLiga

Aminu Imam
StarTimes

Pan-African pay-TV operator, StarTimes, says it had secured non-exclusive broadcasting rights for the next five seasons for the leading Spanish football leagues, LaLiga and LaLiga-2. According to the multi-year agreement, StarTimes will deliver programming of the football tournament in Spain until the 2028/2029 season to customers in sub-Saharan Africa. LaLiga matches will be available in many languages, including English, Portuguese, and local dialects, to fans in the sub-Saharan territory, ensuring that every fan, regardless of their language, feels catered to. Sports acquisition and Operations Director of StarTimes, Tiffany Shao,, said,…

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StarTimes announces readiness to show AFCON 2023

Aminu Imam

Chinese electronics and media company, StarTimes, has rekindled the spark in the hearts of football lovers in Nigeria with their latest announcement, revealing that it’ll be airing the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament live, a feat MultiChoice couldn’t attain. The AFCON broadcasting rights were not acquired by MultiChoice Group, as the company disclosed on Wednesday. The competition, which is scheduled to start in Ivory Coast on January 13, is unlikely to air on the broadcast giant’s SuperSport channel, according to reports. Nigerian football fans had hoped to watch the…

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StarTimes unveils Christmas upgrade promo

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

StarTimes digital TV says it is unveiling its Christmas upgrade promo to enable its subscribers enjoy the Yuletide season. The company, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the promo would start on Sunday. It said: “As Christmas approaches and the pandemic disrupts annual funfairs, StarTimes is giving families more reason to spend time together with its Christmas upgrade promo even as it is giving every TV subscriber access to view one subscription on four devices. “The Christmas promo which kicks off on November 15 to mid-January next year offers…

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Senate grills NTA DG over N1.8bn indebtedness, 11yrs unprofitable venture with Startimes

Ishaku Yohanna

The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) was on Monday grilled by the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly over N1.8 billion indebtedness on COVID-19 adverts and the over eleven years unprofitable venture with Startimes The Director General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Yakubu Ibn Mohammed, who appeared before the Senate’s joint committee on Finance and National Planning, didn’t find things easy with the committee, as he was under fire over unsatisfactory submissions on operational and revenue drive of the Information outfit. Asked to submit details of debtors owing NTA N1.8billion,…

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