International Companies shows interest in the broadcast of the NPFL
Representatives of a yet to be named major globalsports broadcast company reportedly arrived
Nigeria on the invitation of the League
Management Company (LMC ) in continuation of
talks said to have begun late last year.
The two officials of the company whose
organisation was not disclosed by our source
arrived Uyo , where they were said to have
inspected outside broadcast facilities of Nigeria
Television Authority (NTA) after a similar
inspection of Outside Broadcast (OB) Vans at the
National Stadium, Abuja .
Cited with the LMC Head of Special Projects , Harry
Iwuala, the two foreigners declined comments just
as Iwuala said he couldn ’t talk about the visit .
However, The Guardian can confirm that after a
first hand observation of the live broadcast of the
Match Day 1 fixture between Akwa United and
Rangers, the duo are due in Abuja today (Monday)
for further discussions with LMC top officials.
In Uyo , they were seen chatting with NTA
Engineers beside the Domestic Satellite News
Gathering (DSNG ) van that was deployed for the
match .The LMC last year executed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU ) with NTA with the
backing of the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed.
The signing of the MOU came on the heels of the
uncertainty of Supersport continued broadcast
since after the South African broadcaster raised
the value of its sponsorship fee on the South Africa
Premier Soccer League (PSL ) and the European
Champions League .
Even with the uncertainty of the broadcast
partnership of Supersport and the Nigeria
Professional Football League (NPFL ), perimeter
advertising boards of Supersport were spotted at
all NPFL matches held yesterday.