Viewers Basking In Euphoria of StarTimes International Champions Cup live Coverage
Big time goodies is what viewers are now enjoying,courtesy of StarTimes renewed bid to boost sports content for its
teeming subscribers.
To this end, StarTimes now screening the prestigious International
Champions Cup live on its digital terrestrial and digital satellite platforms
and connect its subscribers with the thrills and excitement of the sporting
mundial.
The 2015 International Champions Cup North America which is now on from
July 11th - August 5th will feature the best clubs in the world
competing across 12 regions in Canada, Mexico, England, Italy and the United
States.
Manchester United will face Spanish giant, Barcelona, at Levi’s
Stadium while English Premier League champion, Chelsea will also face current
Spanish League leader Barcelona at FedEx Field in Washington D.C.
Not only are three of the quarter-finalists for the Champions
League participating, each team will play four contests and the club with the
most points at the end of the tournament will be crowned champion.
In total, 10 teams from around the globe, including England
(Manchester United F.C., Chelsea F.C.), Portugal (FC Porto), France (Paris
Saint-Germain F.C.), Mexico (Club América), Spain (Barcelona), Italy (ACF
Fiorentina) and the United States (San Jose Earthquakes, Los Angeles Galaxy and
New York Red Bulls) will compete in the 2015 edition.
Gary Rathbone, Director of Sport at StarTimes said “We are very
excited to have exclusive rights to broadcast the International Champions Cup 2015.
Football is Africa’s favourite sport and this tournament will certainly be
enjoyed by all our subscribers on StarTimes Sport 2 (ST2), StarTimes Sports
Premium and other StarTimes sport channels.”
Ends
StarTimes
StarTimes is the leading digital-TV operator in Africa, covering
80% of the continent's population with a massive distribution network of 200
brand halls, 3,000 convenience stores and 5,000 distributors. StarTimes owns a
featured content platform, with 320 authorized channels consisting of news,
movies, series, sports, entertainment, children's programs, fashion, religion
etc. The company's vision is "To enable every African family to afford and
enjoy digital TV" StarTimes achieves this by combining satellite and
terrestrial DTV systems to provide an open and secure digital wireless
platform. The company provides a robust signal transmission service for public
and private broadcasters that offers consumers outstanding pay-TV programs,
mobile multimedia and wireless Internet connectivity-A MIKE CERUTTI REPORTING
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