The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has officially confirmed that Chinese-owned pay-TV operator StarTimes will resume broadcasting the Ghana Premier League (GPL) in February.
The deal comes after weeks of negotiations between the GFA and StarTimes, marking the company’s return to Ghanaian football following its loss of broadcast rights last year due to unresolved financial issues with the GFA.
StarTimes had initially secured the GPL broadcast rights in 2016 under a ten-year agreement valued at $17.9 million. However, complications in the partnership led to a suspension of its coverage, leaving a gap in live broadcasting for the league.
Nana Oduro Sarfo, a member of the GFA Executive Council, confirmed the development during an interview on Guide FM. “The last time I spoke about StarTimes was four weeks ago. StarTimes will come in February. The GFA doesn’t have any contract with a media house at the moment. Since we had no TV rights and our matches were not going public, we decided to engage certain companies to handle it for a specific time and even put it on our GFA app. But that is now gone,” Sarfo stated.
He further explained, “If by February, StarTimes comes on board, everything ceases, and nobody will have access to the rights anymore. They will take over completely.”
This season, the Ghana Premier League has been broadcast on various TV stations including Metro TV, Original TV, Net2 TV, and AFA Sports.
