China's StarTimes pay-TV service in Africa and operating as StarSat in South Africa has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights for CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019 in July for Sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa.
The 46th edition of Copa America will take place from 14 June to 7 July in 5 cities from Brazil with 12 teams competing including two guests, Japan and Qatar.
StarTimes will broadcast all Copa América 2019 matches on its 5 sports channels, as well as on its StarTimes ON streaming app, live and in high-definition (HD) across Sub-Saharan Africa, including StarSat in South Africa.
StarTimes has acquired exclusive rights for English and small language rights in sub-Saharan Africa (including South Africa) on all-media platforms, and non-exclusive French and Portuguese-speaking rights.
"South America has some of the best teams in the world. We are happy to give our 25 million users the chance to watch Messi or Neymar playing with their national teams," says Shi Maochu, StarTimes sport director.
"Apart from Africa, the continent with the craziest fans of football is South America and this year the tournament will be held in the best football country, Brazil. It will be intense. Consistent with StarTimes' mission and values, our search for best sport content is always at the heart of our commitment to service excellence."
