Following the announcement by Multichoice, the sub-Saharan African broadcast heavyweight, proprietor of Cable platform DSTV, that SuperSport pay-TV service won’t broadcast reside matches of the 2023 AFCON after failing to safe a broadcast rights settlement with the Confederation of African Soccer (CAF).
MultiChoice, proprietor of Cable platform DSTV, on Wednesday introduced that it’s going to not broadcast the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) on SuperSport (SS), leaving hundreds of thousands of Nigerians scrambling for alternative routes to observe the continent’s biggest football competition.
The lack of rights to AFCON is a major blow to MultiChoice, with the media big having broadcast each version since 1992.
The match was scheduled to be held in 2023. Nonetheless, it was postponed because of excessive climate situations in Ivory Coast and can kick off from January 13 to February 11, 2024, as 24 nations shall be competing for the honour.
Which means hundreds of thousands of Nigerians who wish to watch thrilling soccer motion from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) must swap to different TV stations and streaming platforms that shall be beaming reside matches from this 12 months’s AFCON.
Listed here are different channels for Nigerian followers to observe Reside matches from the 2023 AFCON.
Nigerian Tv Authority (NTA)
Nigerians can flip to the Nigerian Tv Authority (NTA), the nation’s most distinguished tv station and benefit from the 2023 AFCON.
NTA has been broadcasting reside happenings at each AFCON on its fashionable NTA Sports activities 24, free to air.
StarTimes
StarTimes subscribers in Nigeria can even watch all 52 matches of the 2023 AFCON reside on StarTimes sports activities channels or stream through the StarTimes ON cellular app.
That is additionally one other certain approach for soccer followers to observe complete protection of the match.
Viaplay
Viaplay is one other various platform for Nigerians to observe lovely and thrilling soccer motion from the Ivory Coast.
Viaplay is a Swedish video streaming service owned by Viaplay Group, which gained the 2023 AFCON rights and can broadcast each match match reside.
The settlement sees Viaplay stream reside matches for the following AFCON editions – 2023 and 2025, respectively.
Viaplay will stream reside in over 85 international locations for 2023 AFCON, excluding the Center East, North Africa area and sub-Saharan Africa.
New World TV
In December 2023, New World TV, a Togo-based community, secured an unique three-year take care of CAF to air all of its competitions, together with AFCON, throughout 46 African international locations till 2025.
New World TV has beforehand acquired main sporting rights, together with the pay-TV rights throughout Sub-Saharan Africa for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. This may present an possibility for viewers in Nigeria to observe the video games.
Nigerians can even discover the chance to observe their darling groups on the Ivory Coast.
Betting Streaming Providers
A number of betting websites in Nigeria present reside streaming for sporting occasions, together with AFCON competitions. Watching reside video games could also be potential for registered clients on websites resembling Bet9ja, 1xBet, BetWinner, and others. Customers often want an lively account with a minimal steadiness to entry these broadcasts.
Ziggo Sport
Nigerian Soccer followers within the diaspora can get pleasure from all match matches on Ziggo Sport, a Dutch pay-TV community.
Ziggo Sport secured an unique proper to broadcast reside motion of two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations, 2023 in Ivory Coast and 2025 in Morocco.
