STAMFORD, Conn.: WWE and MultiChoice Wednesday announced a major broadcast partnership that will see Showmax – the leading streaming service available in Sub-Saharan Africa – become the new home of WWE Network in Africa.
The partnership, financial terms for which were not disclosed, incorporates all WWE premium live events, including WrestleMania, as well as WWE Network’s library of original and archived programming available to stream on-demand.
Additionally, SuperSport, the sport broadcasting subsidiary of South Africa headquartered video entertainment platform MultiChoice, will continue to broadcast live weekly episodes of Raw, SmackDown and NXT as well as all of WWE’s premium live events in a multi-year extension.
The weekly programming will continue to be broadcast 52 weeks a year. SuperSport recently launched a new localized WWE content series called JAMBO WWE, and the expanded WWE and MultiChoice partnership will see additional partnership initiatives leveraging WWE IP announced during the term.
The Showmax service is available throughout sub-Saharan Africa and to selected diaspora markets worldwide.
