SuperSport Announced That It Will Broadcast All 104 matches Of The FIFA World Cup 2026

The announcement was made during a sudden mid-game interruption while Kaizer Chiefs was playing Magesi FC, in a short ad starring Idris Elba.

DStv will broadcast the matches live across SuperSport on DStv, DStv Stream, GOtv, and GOtv Stream. Viewers can watch on mobile phones, laptops, and smart TVs.

Coverage will be available in English and Portuguese, as well as local African languages including isiZulu, Sesotho, Kiswahili, and Pidgin.

The tournament kicks off on 11 June 2026 on DStv, with the opening ceremony in Mexico City broadcast live on SuperSport.

The first match will see Bafana Bafana take on Mexico.

Coverage will run from pre-match build-up to the final whistle, bringing Africa together to watch.

May 2026 On Nickelodeon and NickToons Across Europe And Africa | Returning Shows Including Pinky Malinky And The Loud House | More

Nickelodeon

-- Brand new episodes of The Loud House season 10:

- 2026-05-04 10:00 10x03a Spy Dames

- 2026-05-05 10:00 10x03b Cupid's Harrow

- 2026-05-06 10:00 10x04a Clyde Can't Decide

- 2026-05-07 10:00 10x04b Shred of Evidence

- 2026-05-08 10:00 10x05a One False Move

- 2026-05-11 10:00 10x05b Personal Train Wreck

- 2026-05-12 10:00 10x08a My Phony Valentine

- 2026-05-13 10:00 10x08b Man Of My Schemes

- 2026-05-14 10:00 10x12a Student of the Jeer

- 2026-05-15 10:00 10x12b Bean Dreams

-- Brand new episodes of The Marsupilamis:

- 2026-05-25 09:45 1x06a The Heat is on

- 2026-05-26 09:45 1x06b Dig disaster

- 2026-05-27 09:45 1x07a Stan's showtime

- 2026-05-28 09:45 1x07b The Truth is Out There

- 2026-05-29 09:45 1x08a Howling Hope

- 2026-05-31 14:45 1x08b Mar-Smoothie-Lami

- 2026-05-31 14:55 1x09 Party Party / Mica's Robot

Nicktoons 

* Channel premiere for viewers outside Africa

-- The brand new show Pinky Malinky (channel premiere):

- 2026-05-01 14:30 1x10 Sensei / Hangout

- 2026-05-02 11:10 1x09 Fun / Brother

- 2026-05-03 11:10 1x11 Sock / Count

- 2026-05-05 14:30 1x12a Phone

- 2026-05-06 14:30 1x13 Friend / Gym

- 2026-05-07 14:30 1x14 List / Double

- 2026-05-08 14:30 1x15 Sight / Grounded

- 2026-05-11 14:30 1x16 Bestie / Smile

- 2026-05-12 14:30 1x17 Search / Individual

- 2026-05-13 14:30 1x18 Cranky / Weeds

- 2026-05-14 14:30 1x19 Song / Trophy

- 2026-05-15 14:30 1x20 Man / Eraser - season one finale

-- New episodes of *Rusty Rivets:

- 2026-05-05 02:40 1x15 Rusty Learns to Skate / Rusty's Rustic Adventure

- 2026-05-12 02:40 1x16 Rusty's Mechanical Animal / Rusty's Spaceship

- 2026-05-19 02:40 1x17 Rusty and the Bit Police / Rusty's Jam at the Dam

- 2026-05-26 02:40 1x18 Rusty's Botafort / Rusty's Bull Dozer

-- New episodes of *Shimmer and Shine:

- 2026-05-05 02:20 4x17 Sneaky Squeaky Chicken / Adara's Bracelets

- 2026-05-12 02:20 4x18 Nazboo Come Home / Surfing the Skies

- 2026-05-19 02:20 4x19 Journey to Zahramay Oceana

- 2026-05-26 02:20 4x20 The Sea Enchantress / The Dance of the Jellyfish

-- New episodes of *Top Wing:

- 2026-05-02 02:20 1x24 A Turtely Awesome Adventure / Brody Goes Home

- 2026-05-02 02:40 1x25 Birthday Bandits! / The Mystery of the Haunted Cave

--New episodes of *Winx Club (The Original Series):

- 2026-05-06 02:40 6x14 Mythix

- 2026-05-13 02:40 6x15 Mystery of Calavera

- 2026-05-20 02:40 6x16 Zombie Invasion

- 2026-05-27 02:40 6x17 The Curse of Fearwood

Nickelodeon and NickToons Global is available in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Poland, France, Germany, Africa, Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, Adria countries (Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia), Turkey, Arabia, France (as Nickelodeon Toon), across Asia.

Possible Canal+ Victims: SuperSportBET, SuperSport Park, SA20 League And SuperSport Schools

During the week, it was announced that MultiChoice ended it's sponsorship for the DStv Delicious Festival after 13 years. This forms part of Canal+'s cost cutting measures after acquiring the company by late 2025.

This news doesn't really come as a surprise to some outlets as Canal+ had been trying to exit services which has been deemed non-core to its strategy. And DStv Delicious Festival served as an unnecessary expense for the French broadcaster.

Other assets also at MultiChoice that could be under review come from SuperSport and this ranges from SuperSport Park, SuperSportBET, SuperSport Schools and SA20 League. 

SuperSport Park is a cricket stadium located in Centurion, It is the home ground of the Titans cricket team and hosts international Test, ODI, and T20 matches. This comes with a lot of physical expenses that the company doesn't need.

Because Canal+ can't retrench anyone for three years that doesn't block them from selling SuperSport Park. In the event of a sale, workers would fall under the new owner's jurisdiction and not that of MultiChoice and SuperSport.

SuperSportBET is an online sports betting and casino platform launched in January 2024 by MultiChoice Group in partnership with KingMakers (Betking). It still operates at a loss compared to established brands like Betway and HollywoodBet.

If it's situation doesn't improve there's a strong chance that Canal+ will discontinue its services.

The SA20 (officially Betway SA20) is South Africa’s premier domestic T20 franchise cricket league, launched in 2023 as Cricket South Africa’s (CSA). It forms part of a venture with MultiChoice and SuperSport with them having minority stake.

The reason this comes under the microscope is due to the stake as Canal+ serves a distributor of sporting events. They're not the type to offer grassroot events or sponsorships which is where SuperSport Schools also factors in.

Not that Canal+ also owns SuperSport Schools, if they were to be paying for a separate production facility, travel costs for some of the players and other accomodations. Those could form part of the cost cutting measures at MultiChoice.

Sporty TV Secures Rights To The Upcoming FIFA World Cup Games

Sports broadcasting service SportyTV has announced it has secured the rights to show all 104 matches of the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026 in South Africa on a pay-TV basis.

SportyTV inked the deal one year after launching in the South African market, and it said all World Cup matches will be streamed on its streaming platform.

It has apps for Android and iOS, as well as support for major TV brands. Currently, accessing SportyTV requires creating a SportyBet account.

SportyTV also has a channel on Openview, which it launched in 2025. However, Openview is a free-to-view satellite TV platform, and SportyTV has secured the pay-TV rights to the FIFA World Cup.

The company has made no explicit announcement about whether it will or will not show the matches on eMedia’s Openview platform.

“Having entered South Africa with a bold statement through the broadcast of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, the platform now acquires the biggest sporting event on the planet,” SportyTV announced.

“This move firmly establishes its dominance in one of Africa’s most competitive media landscapes.”

SportyTV said the production will match the scale of the rights and that it will deliver comprehensive pre- and post-match coverage from its studios in Cape Town and Madrid.

A lineup of commentators and football pundits will be revealed soon, with the company adding that it will deploy crews in the United States, Canada and Mexico to follow the South African national team.

“Beyond live coverage, the platform will execute a fully integrated 360° content strategy, combining always-on digital output, social-first storytelling, and real-time fan engagement.”

Elias Gallego, SportyGroup’s VP of business development, marketing, and media, said that the 2026 World Cup is the perfect stage to showcase the company’s digital content ecosystem in South Africa.

“With this agreement, SportyTV is revamping the model for sports broadcasting in emerging markets, combining accessibility, premium production, and integrated monetisation at scale.”

Alongside the upcoming FIFA World Cup games, SportyTV also provides live content, original programming and digital-first experiences in South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria.

According to its website, the company’s programming is available on Openview’s channel 125. Its app has over five million downloads across its markets on Android and iOS.

SportyTV said that it wants to position itself as the “definitive home” of the FIFA World Cup 2026 in South Africa.

Could Canal+ Look To Discontinue GOtv As They Restructure DStv Packages?

As readers already heard, Canal+ is looking to restructure it's DStv packages because MultiChoice offered about 17 of that in SA. To top it off in other MultiChoice territories, they distribute GOtv which adds another layer of complexity in those plans.

Since 2023, MultiChoice had lost over 3 million subscribers and that the new owners have taken upon themselves to stop further price increases. They're trying to cut down on expenses and make MultiChoice's services affordable.

In Canal+ Afrique territories, their packages are a lot cheaper and it was revealed by the French giant that MultiChoice charges way too much.

Getting back to the packages, MultiChoice offers both DStv and GOtv, and now under French hands there's a strong possibility that one of the two likely GOtv will be put out of its misery.

If the plan here is to make DStv affordable to a point where inflation is very minimal as seen with Canal+ Afrique. There really wouldn't be much need for a GOtv as it was structured by MultiChoice as lightweight or lower budget version of DStv.

If you're folding this structure on DStv possible case scenario here is that Canal+ opts to consolidate the two under one brand if not also opt to keep either DTT or DTH onboard.

Like I mentioned, there is a lot of overlapping between these two.

Take for instance, DStv Compact Plus and GOtv's most expensive offering Supa Plus both carry the same sporting events. Then there's DStv Compact and GOtv Supa/Max that offers a mix of local and international content. 

Followed by DStv Access and Family alongside GOtv Jolli and Jinja which are all aimed at families and kids with a couple of local channels and kids stuff.

All these packages are priced similarly and in the event this restructure takes place it's less likely that Canal+ will try to make these packages rival each other. They've already decapitated Showmax after criticising MultiChoice for making it rival with DStv.

If I had to guess how this could as well pan out maybe Canal+ will merge DStv Compact+ and GOtv Supa Plus with DStv Premium. They've made a majority of channels on these packages accessible to DStv Compact and GOtv Supa customers.

Then there's DStv Family and GOtv Max maybe Canal+ will look to merge that with DStv Compact and GOtv Supa. Just like DStv Premium, MultiChoice has made a couple of channels viewable on there and I mean the entire kids and music lineup.

This would leave DStv Access and GOtv Jinja/Jolli I'm expecting for this to go unscatched considering the pricing and the fact there's minimal overlaps with other DStv and GOtv packages.