Canal+ secures major CAF contract

12 October 2012 | Posted in Broadcast, Soccer, Europe | By Michael Long

Canal+ Group has acquired the exclusive French broadcast rights to a host of African soccer competitions, including the next two editions of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, after agreeing a new deal with the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The deal, negotiated by the CAF’s marketing agency Sportfive, will see Canal+ broadcast the 2013 and 2015 editions of Africa’s premier international soccer tournament, including all qualifying matches leading up to both events, along with several other competitions under the CAF umbrella.

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These include: the Orange CAF Champions League and Orange CAF Confederation Cup each year until 2016; the Orange African Nations Championship in 2014 and 2016; and the Orange CAF Super Cup from next year until 2016.

Canal+ will air matches across its family of channels, including Canal+, Canal+Sport, Sport+ and Foot+. A portion of the pay-TV broadcaster’s Africa Cup of Nations coverage will, however, be co-broadcast along with D8, which will also carry the opening match, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final.

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