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Kwese TV to broadcast Winter Olympics

- By Zakariyya Adaramola

Kwese TV says it is bringing the Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChan­g 2018, live to its audiences from 9 - 25 February 2018.

The Winter Olympics will see ninety teams participat­ing in different games including; figure skating, freestyle skiing, snowboardi­ng, ski jumping, and bobsled, and Kwese TV subscriber­s will be able watch the Nigerian bobsled team - Seun Adigun, Akuoma Omeoga and Ngozi Onwumere and skeleton athlete, Simi Adeagbo as they make history at PyeongChan­g 2018.

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RObiomah said the pay TV firm had signed a multi-year deal with the Internatio­nal Olympic Committee (IOC) for the broadcast of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChan­g 2018, the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Kwese TV’s broadcast rights include exclusive free-to-air (FTA) rights for sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa) as well as non-exclusive payTV rights for the same markets.

Kwese TV’s broadcast of the games will kick-off with the opening ceremony at the PyeongChan­g Olympic Stadium on 9 February on Kwese Free Sports.

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Darren Fletcher of Stoke City and Riyad Mahrez of Leicester City battle for possession during the Premier League match between Stoke City and Leicester City at Bet365 Stadium on November 4, 2017

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