African Basketball League to air on StarTimes


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Rebecca Hawkes

| 03 March 2016




StarTimes’ TRACE Sports Stars channel is showing African basketball action beginning 4 March 2016, following an “historic” deal will the African Basketball League (ABL).


The coverage on the pay-TV platform will also include All Star Games, play-offs and behind the scenes coverage of the league, which features Nigerian teams Lagos Islanders, Stallions and Lagos Warriors along with Senegal’s Dakar Rapids, Abidjan Ramblers from the Cote d’Ivoire and Izobe Basketball Club from Libreville.

“This is a historic moment for the ABL and will contribute greatly to the growth of professional basketball within the African continent. We are excited to feed the appetite of basketball lovers all across the world,” said Ugo Udezue, CEO, ABL.

Jack Liu, CEO, StarTimes Nigeria, added: “We are very excited to bring African basketball onto the StarTimes platform and believe the various matches will provide our sport loving subscribers with some high quality entertainment”.

TRACE Sports Stars is broadcast on StarTimes’ digital terrestrial television (DTT) channel 260 (Classic bouquet) and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite channel 254 (Smart bouquet).