Egypt's national TV to broadcast all Africa cup 2019 games: NMA

CAIRO - 8 January 2019: The head of the Egyptian National Media Authority (NMA), Hussein Zain, said in an official statement issued on Tuesday that the Egyptian National Television would broadcast all the games of Africa cup of nations 2019 in June.

“The National Media Authority confirms that Egypt’s National TV would broadcast all games of Africa cup of nations 2019 as they are being played in Egypt, the country that hosts the competition,” said the statement.

Zain congratulated the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) and the Ministry of youth for their efforts to have Egypt hosting the expected Africa cup of nations.

beIN network has announced earlier that it will cut its services in Egypt in objection to Egypt’s call to broadcast all the games of the tournament.

Cable Network Egypt (CNE) stated on Tuesday that beIN services in Egypt have been stopped from the source.

CNE statement added, “We are working to find a solution to the problem. However, the subscribers will get the remaining of their fees if we failed to reach an agreement."

beIN announced earlier on Tuesday that they had cut their services to the subscribers in Egypt after they failed to reach an agreement with CNE.