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Nigerian firm HotSports wins AFCON rights

Nigerian firm HotSports wins AFCON rights

Hotsports Media Group, a Nigerian marketing and production company, has won the rights to market the 32nd African Cup of Nations, which begins in Cairo on June 21. It will broadcast on terrestrial television channels across Nigeria.

The deal would be sealed with the Nigerian Television Authority at a signing ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday (toda), HotSports announced.

This year’s AFCON in Egypt, which ends July 19, is expected to catch the attention of billions of TV viewers on the continent and across the world with HotSports, founded in 1996, bringing all the 52 matches from the group stage to the final to the fans.

Announcing the decision of NTA to grant HotSports the rights to market and broadcast the tournament, the Group CEO of HotSports Media Group, Mr TayeIge, said Nigerian fans and stakeholders would have four weeks of fun watching the matches on TV.

“We will deploy all our technical and marketing competencies acquired over the years to give Nigerian lovers of the beautiful game a most relaxing and fulfilling AFCON as they cheer the Super Eagles to victory in Egypt,” he said.

Nigeria will play in Group B and have Guinea, Madagascar and Burundi as opponents in their quest to win the title for the fourth time.

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