Multichoice, the guardian firm of DStv, on Wednesday, mentioned the upcoming African Cup of Nations event wouldn’t be broadcasted on its platform.
It mentioned the satellite tv for pc did not safe the broadcasting rights to broadcast the continent’s greatest footballing occasion on its SuperSport channels.
“SuperSport Channel won’t broadcast the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 scheduled for January thirteenth – February eleventh, 2-24, as a result of the channel has not secured the rights to broadcast the event.
“Nonetheless, AFCON 2023 video games shall be out there by way of our accomplice broadcast stations on Free to Air (FTA) channels.
“Multichoice Africa stays dedicated to making sure soccer followers throughout Africa proceed to take pleasure in unmatched entry to leisure and soccer video games out there on DStv and GOtv platforms together with, the Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A, Zambian Tremendous League, and plenty of extra of soccer’s most prestigious competitions,” the agency mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.
The thirty fourth version of AFCON will start on 13 January in Ivory Coast.
The PUNCH studies that three-time winners Nigeria will face the hosts, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea in Group A.
The Eagles, of their quest for a fourth continental title, will tackle Equatorial Guinea on January 14 of their first match of Group A, earlier than additional clashes with host nation Ivory Coast January 18 and Guinea Bissau January 22.
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