High table officials addressing the media at the launch
Leading digital TV-operator across Sub-Saharan Africa, StarTimes, has announced live telecast of the German top flight league matches (Bundesliga).
Announcing the offer on Friday, officials of StarTimes indicated that the quest to offer millions of their subscribers a wide range of league options informed the company’s decision.
StarTimes officials and SWAG Vice President, Maurice Quansah in separate words said “German football has been with us for a long time, down the road, we had Abedi Pele, Tony Yeboah, Kuffuor, Ibrahim Tanko, CK Akunnor, today we have a lot of Ghanaians like Nuhum Kasim; loads of Ghanaian interest
“I am happy to say that StarTimes has done well by bringing it back; by giving us more than the Bundesliga. We have the French Lig 1, Belgium League, Turkish League, among others. It is the decoder to have.
“Bundesliga runs second among the domestic professional league in the world. We have a string connection with Ghana football. CK Gyamfi, Ibrahim Sunday, all at a point in time featured in the German League.”
StarTimes is a Chinese multinational media company with strong presence in Africa.
StarTimes offers digital terrestrial television and satellite television services to consumers. StarTimes also provides digital television technologies to countries and television broadcasting industries which are switching from analog to digital television.
By Kofi Owusu Aduonum