Btv to broadcast AFCON matches

Calistus Kolantsho | Friday June 14, 2019 12:54

 

The biennial tournament runs until July19, 2019.

Btv head of sports, Edson Malebane told Mmegi Sport yesterday they were mid-way through negotiations to acquire the broadcast rights.

He said it was a matter of time before negotiations are concluded.

Malebane said the intention is to buy the whole package of all activities under Confederation of African Football (CAF) from 2019-2021. 

He said they will start with the AFCON and other tournaments such as Under-20, -23 and Women Championships.

 Malebane said they realised that it was better to buy the whole package rather than piecemeal.

“It is a process that has to be approved by the tender board and at the moment I cannot state how much we are going to spend in buying the rights,” he said.

Malebane said the rights are bought from Africa Union of Broadcasting (AUB) based in Senegal. In the past the national broadcaster spent around P1 million for the 2017 AFCON broadcast rights.