ESPN (DStv 230) has acquired the rights to air the American National Hockey League (NHL) games in South Africa and most of the rest of sub-Saharan Africa.
ESPN is broadcasting one NHL game per week. According to ESPN, due to some facilities constraints, the games will be broadcast on short-turnaround for the first few weeks but will thereafter be broadcast live late South African time (primetime in America) with South African ''viewer-friendly'' repeats the following day.