South Africa’s public broadcaster, the SABC, has announced that it has acquired the broadcasting rights for the English Premier League, considered the world’s most-watched football league. The rights acquisition is a huge coup for the public broadcaster, as previously South African fans of the league would have to pay satellite providers such as MultiChoice to watch Premier League games
SABC now adds the Premier League to its football catalogue which already includes games from the Bundesliga. “The English Premier League is going to back on the SABC, on SABC Sport,” Head of SABC Sport Gary Rathbone confirmed on Monday evening on SoccerZone. Premier League games will be broadcast on every Saturday afternoon at 15:00 on SABC 3, according to Rathbone, as well as on the sports-only channels