Fans across the country will have an opportunity to watch up to six FKF Premier League matches in a single weekend, when the new 2024-2025 season kicks off this weekend.In a new plan described as a “great milestone” by FKF President Nick Mwendwa, the league’s broadcast partners Azam TV, and Government-owned TV Channel KBC, will each air three matches live every weekend, till the end of the season.##NAJAVA_MECA_8275719##The development, exclusively reported by SportsBoom, paves way for a departure from what was offered last season, which included airing of a total three matches in a weekend on both platforms.“Our Premier League will get even better next season,” Mwendwa said. “We will have six live matches, an increase of three matches from the previous season, and we are still talking to our broadcast partners to eventually make sure the next season after 2024/25, we will have all the nine weekend matches live on TV.” On the new deal, Mwendwa stated that it “was a great milestone since at first we used to have only specific matches for the top teams like Gor Mahia, AFC Leopards and Tusker”, and also thought that it would provide opportunity for “those fans not able to go the stadium to cheer their teams.”Kenyan defender Brian Mandela signs for new club in South AfricaMwendwa further announced that the “neglected” FKF Women Premier League will have a share of airtime on their broadcast partners.”We are not only increasing live matches for the men’s league, but we will also have the women’s Premier League live on TV for the first time ever,” said Mwendwa. “Most of their games last season were being transmitted live on the FKF social media pages, but we are now making another step to have at least two of their matches aired live by our broadcast partners.” BREAKING: FKF sign multi-million broadcast dealAs per the contract terms of the seven-year Ksh.145 million broadcast deal signed with Azam TV last year, FKF is this season set to receive an increase of 100,000 USD (Ksh.12,900,000).The new season begins on 24 August with an early kickoff double-header.
