Africa: StarTimes (CHN) acquires TV rights to the Ghana Premier League for 10 years

The Chinese pay-TV StarTimes Group acquired, via the Ghana Football Association (GFA), the media rights to the Ghana Premier League, valid for sub-Saharan Africa, on 23/11/2016. The amount of the agreement is $17.95m (€16.9m) for a period of 10 years, until 2026.

The agreement includes all media rights to the Ghana's Premier League, the "Gala" competition, National Division One League (Ghanaian 2^nd division), the MTN FA Cup, the Ghana Women's League, and the Ghana Juvenile League. StarTimes, the successor to the South African group SuperSport (2013-2016), will also provide 10 synthetic pitches and an OB van to the GFA over the next ten years.

"A bridge between Chinese and African sports industries" (Pang Xinxing, on 23/11/2016)

• "The partnership between StarTimes and Ghana Football Association is not only the cooperation between the two sides, but also a starting of cooperation between China and Africa on football industry.
• We would like to bring more excellent football matches to nearly 9 million subscribers of StarTimes in Africa and we may introduce Ghana Premier League to…