GTV to broadcast live Uganda football into successUgandan football fans will soon enjoy live local football league matches on television following a landmark deal between Gateway Television Broadcasting and the Federation of Uganda Football Association in Kampala. “GTV will be showing live Uganda football. We want to get people back to the stadium to watch our own local football and those who cannot, we'll take it to them so that they appreciate our games,” Daniel Kagwe, the general manager Gateway Television Broadcasting (GTV) Uganda told www.bizcommunity.com https://www.bizcommunity.com. Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) has been broadcasting the national team's live matches, but it has also been a disappointment on several occasions, due to technical difficulties. “We want to revitalize Ugandan football, which I think is more or less a social responsibility from us because we will be broadcasting premiership football and Italian football. So it's just fair that we make it possible that even the local people can achieve that level of professionalism and that they can even play in those European leagues that we show,” Kagwe explained. If Uganda succeeds in sending a good number of football stars overseas, analysts say the soccer cash could contribute a reasonable percentage to the country's GDP. The screening of the games starts in October this year when the national league resumes. The 80% exclusive rights to broadcast the English Premier League have already given GTV a competitive edge in terms of sales. In past few months, the pay television has registered more than 4000 customers in the districts of Kampala, Jinja, Mbarara, Mbale, Gulu and Mukono among others. “… We expect to sign up more than 12,000 subscribers before the end of this year,” Kagwe said. |