StarTimes agrees non-exclusive Major League Wrestling deal in sub-Saharan Africa

Pan-African pay-television broadcaster StarTimes has agreement to broadcast rights to US-based Major League Wrestling’s weekly hour-long program, MLW Fusion.



The deal is a non-exclusively in Africa on StarTimes. The partnership will commence this summer with weekly episodes of MLW FUSION.

"The African region is extremely important to Major League Wrestling, and we are thrilled to begin this partnership with StarTimes to bring MLW to our fans in Africa,” said Court Bauer, MLW's founder and CEO.

StarTimes Media, a well-recognized pay TV provider with over 9 million subscribers worldwide, has facilitated the transmission of more than 80 local and international channels over the StarTimes platform.

StarTimes has seven of their own original channels, with content covering news, sports, music, movies, TV series, entertainment and documentaries.

StarTimes services are available in over ten African countries, including Nigeria,Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Sudan, as well as two broadcasting centers in Dar es Salaam & Abuja.

StarTimes has been highly acquisitive in the last 12 months, picking up a range of predominantly football-related properties and capitalising on the financial difficulties faced by regional competitor Kwesé TV.