BBC Brit partners DStv on African player award

BBC Brit will simulcast the live announcement of African Footballer of the year from BBC World News on DSTV for the first time on Monday December 12 2016 at 6:30 pm.

It will broadcast a fifteen minutes programme fronted by world news focus on Africa presenter, Peter Okwoche, and feature player profiles, highlights from the award's launch programme and the live telecast of this year's winner.

The hugely popular award, which celebrates the best African player of the year, has been run by the BBC for over two decades . This is the first time that BBC Brit has shown the announcement live on the channel. It will be a change to the advertised schedule featuring a double bill of popular quiz show, pointless.

Joel Churcher, Vice president and General Manager for BBC World wide Africa said: "We are delighted to bring such a key sporting moment to the BBC Brit audience in Africa. We are looking to increasingly stretch our channel offering to viewers, and this event is a start of more exciting things to come."

BBC Brit partners DStv on African player award BBC Brit partners DStv on African player award Reviewed by Unknown on Sunday, December 11, 2016 Rating: 5

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