Reruns and more reruns, that’s how Premier Soccer League broadcast partners SuperSport will respond to the circumstances that have led to there not being any live domestic football due to the spread of the Coronavirus outbreak.
It was on Thursday that PSL chairman Irvin Khoza confirmed the suspension of the league until further notice after he’d already announced three days earlier that matches that had been scheduled this weekend had been called off.
SuperSport, as the television rights holders, have not been able to beam live local matches since Sunday March 15 following the quarterfinals of the Nedbank Cup.
A statement from the broadcaster confirmed “working closely” with its partners to “mitigate” the absence of live sport.
Gideon Khobane, the SuperSport CEO added: “All of our partners have reached out to explain their measures, which we appreciate. Live sport is massively impacted, we are combatting this by acquiring the best award-winning sport documentaries from around the globe, among other top programming. We will use our various platforms to communicate this to viewers.”
There will be reruns of PSL games and other leagues in Europe where SuperSport were broadcast partners like the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga and Serie A in Italy.
