ESPN Africa

ESPN Africa is an African pay television sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and the Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%), that was re-branded in August 2014, replacing Setanta Sports and Setanta Action. The channel broadcasts in Sub-Saharan Africa in English and French. It was also previously available for a brief period in 2016 in Portuguese.

ESPN Africa

Broadcast area	Sub-Saharan Africa
Network	ESPN
Programming
Language(s)	English French
Ownership
Owner	ESPN Inc. (The Walt Disney Company 80%, Hearst Communications 20%)
Sister channels	Fox (closed) Fox Life (closed) National Geographic Channel Nat Geo Wild Disney Channel Disney Junior
History
Launched	1 August 2014; 9 years ago (1 August 2014)
Replaced	Setanta Africa Setanta Action
Former names	Fox Sports Africa (2014–2019)
Links
Website	africa.espn.com
Availability
Terrestrial
GOtv	Channel 37
DStv	Channel 218 Channel 219 (ESPN2)
Zuku TV	Channel 320 Channel 321 (ESPN2)
StarTimes	Channel 248 Channel 249 (ESPN2)
AzamTV	Channel 120 Channel 121 (ESPN2)

Its programming mainly features football from Eredivisie, Scottish Premiership, Belgian Pro League and English Football League. The network was also a long-standing broadcaster of the South American competitions Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana across Africa until the rights moved in 2017.^{[citation needed]}

Also broadcasts: NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, NCAA, PFL, NRL rugby league and Basketball Africa League.

Previously, as the Irish-owned Setanta Africa, the channel broadcast GAA hurling and gaelic football, plus League of Ireland football.

In August 2019, it was announced that the network would rebrand as ESPN Africa on 30 August 2019, due to the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.^[1]

References

1. "Walt Disney Company Africa to rebranding FOX Sports channels in Africa". Alberton Record. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

External links

• Official website