The Ghana Football Association on Wednesday announced that the tv rights for the ongoing Ghana Premier League and the FA Cup has been awarded to StarTimes and disclosed that the deal is worth US$ 5,250,000 for 5-year period.
The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has revealed that its bid for the Ghana Premier League (GPL) and the FA Cup TV rights was better than StarTimes, so it comes as a surprise that the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has awarded the deal to the latter.
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There has been mixed reaction regarding the deal from the football fraternity with some praising the GFA while others have criticised them.
But GBC released a statement on Thursday expressing shock their bid was overlooked even they have the requisite technical capacity.
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"The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation put in a bid which we are certain was superior to what the StarTimes is said to have submitted. As published on the GFA website, StarTimes offered to pay US$ 5,250,000 which comes up to US$ 1,050,000 annually whilst GBC made a financial offer of US$ 1,100,000 annually," the release said.
"It is for this and other reasons that we received the news with disappointment and shock.
"Apart from GBC's superior financial offer, we thought that the Premier League and FA Cup content would have been treated like a national treasure and given to the national broadcaster and a consortium of local broadcasters.
"GBC wishes to put it on public record that the national broadcaster and the local TV Consortium have been treated unfairly and unjustly.
''The GFA decision will gravely impact on Ghanaians' access to the Ghana Premier League and FA Cup live games on Free-to-Air (FTA) broadcast.
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"Apart from GBC's superior financial offer, we thought that the Premier League and FA Cup content would have been treated like a national treasure and given to the national broadcaster and a consortium of local broadcasters.
"GBC wishes to put it on public record that the national broadcaster and the local TV Consortium have been treated unfairly and unjustly. The GFA decision will gravely impact on Ghanaians' access to the Ghana Premier League and FA Cup live games on Free-to-Air (FTA) broadcast."
