StarTimes announced new agreement with CAF for Total CHAN in SSA

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The Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) and StarTimes have announced the signing of an agreement by which the media group obtains the broadcasting rights for the Total African Nations Championship, Cameroon 2020 (Total CHAN Cameroon 2020), scheduled from 16 January to 7 February 2021 in Cameroon. Under this agreement, the operating license issued by CAF grants StarTimes the right to broadcast all the competition’s matches (a total of 32 matches) in the territories of sub-Saharan Africa. The collaboration between CAF and StarTimes is the first of its kind between the two entities, with the ambition of offering African football fans wider access to one of CAF's most important competitions. The agreement reinforces CAF’s ambition to facilitate access for the largest number of football fans in Africa to images of its top compet...
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