NBA: ESPN renews and expands its broadcasting rights in Africa from 2022-23

ESPN (The Walt Disney Company) has renewed and expanded its NBA broadcast rights in Africa for its subsidiary ESPN Africa beginning with the 2022-23 season as part of a multi-year agreement, announced the pay-TV group on 10/11/2022.

ESPN2 will "broadcast a record 180 NBA regular season and Playoff games each season, including the entire Conference Finals and Finals. ESPN Africa will broadcast all 45 games live in primetime in Africa this season, as part of 'NBA Saturdays' and 'NBA Sundays'. Additionally, ESPN2 will air the NBA Christmas Day games, NBA All-Star, the Play-In Tournament, the weekly magazine show 'NBA Action', the NBA Draft and the multi-game live look-in programme 'NBA 360'," explained ESPN Africa.

ESPN acquired the NBA broadcasting rights for sub-Saharan Africa on 14/02/2020, and will now broadcast the North American league's games across the continent.

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