Africa’s leading digital TV operator StarTimes and Lega Serie A reached
a 3 years deal for the exclusive all media rights to Coppa Italia &
Supercoppa Italiana in the region of Sub-Saharan Africa.
According to the agreement, StarTimes claims the exclusive rights of the
two Italian premier Cup competitions in English, French, Portuguese and African
indigenous languages from 2018/2019 season to 2020/2021 season.
Coppa Italia is Italy’s single-elimination domestic Cup competition, and
Supercoppa Italiana is the annual matchup between the winner of Italy’s Serie A
versus the Coppa Italia champion. The 2018/19 Coppa Italia is already well
underway, with 16 teams from Serie A, Serie B and Serie C set to take on each
other in December, before the eight sides to win their ties will join Serie A’s
top eight outfits, who enter the competition at the last-16 stage.
"Italian
football is one of the best in the world and we are so glad to offer the matches
of Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana to our 20 million users in Africa,”
said Shi Maochu, StarTimes Sports Director.
Shi said: “Consistent
with StarTimes’ mission and values, our search for best sport contents is
always at the heart of our commitment to service excellence. In this regard,
our partnership
with Lega Serie A will definitely help to serve up a football feast
to African football fans in the coming days.”
“We are
delighted to have closed this important 3 years partnership for the Sub-Saharan Africa”
commented Marco Brunelli, Lega Serie A CEO “We deem that Coppa Italia and
SuperCoppa Italiana deserve visibility all over the world and with StarTimes we
will cover a wider part of the African continent, assuring the valorization of
our properties.”
StarTimes
StarTimes is the leading digital TV
operator in Africa, serving nearly 20 million users with a signal covering the
whole continent and a massive distribution network of 200 brand halls, 10,000
convenience stores and 15,000 distributors in 30 countries. StarTimes owns a
featured content platform, with 480 authorized channels consisting of news, movies, series,
sports, entertainment, children's programs, etc. The company's vision is
"To ensure that every African family can access, afford, watch and share
the beauty of digital TV". StarTimes achieves this by combining satellite
and terrestrial DTV systems as well as OTT services to provide an open and
secure digital wireless platform. The company provides a robust signal
transmission service for public and private broadcasters, offers consumers
outstanding Pay-TV programs, online video service, terminals, door-to-door
service and flexible payment. In particular, The “StarTimes ON” App provides
data-saving live TV and VOD service in high definition. Find out more about StarTimes ON at startimestv.com
