New World TV awarded rights to broadcast next FIFA World Cup
Everyone was expecting CANAL+ or Startimes, but in the end it was New World TV that secured the television broadcasting rights for the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ and the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup™ in French-speaking countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
New World TV will broadcast all matches from the two most important men's and women's competitions in the region's 19 French-speaking countries (Benin, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, and Togo) in the local language.
New World TV has also acquired free-to-air broadcasting rights in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa.
In addition, the company has acquired the pay-TV broadcasting rights in French-speaking sub-Saharan African countries for other competitions such as the FIFA Arab Cup 2021™, the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023™, as well as the men's and women's youth competitions organized in 2022 and 2023.
New World is a Togolese satellite television group based in Lomé since April 2015, which has eight thematic channels broadcast live via satellite and IPTV thanks to SKA TELECOM's infrastructure.