Imax Media secures broadcast rights for Women's Premier League

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced Imax Media as the official broadcast partner of the Ghana Women’s Premier League (WPL) for the next two seasons.

According to a GFA statement on Wednesday, the deal will see Imax Media produce and broadcast two live WPL matches per week on Max TV with plans to increase the number as the season progresses.

The agreement also enables the GFA to broadcast WPL matches across platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and the GFA App as we continue to develop the Women’s Premier League (WPL) by making it accessible to the public.

“The Ghana Football Association is pleased to announce Imax Media as the official broadcast partner of the Ghana Women’s Premier League (WPL) for a period of two seasons,” parts of the statement read.

“Imax Media will produce and broadcast the Women’s Premier League matches on Max TV. They shall produce a minimum of two live matches per week but plans to increase the number of live matches in the course of the season,” it added.

Imax Group is a fully-owned Ghanaian private multimedia broadcasting organization that operates one television and two radio channels, namely: Max TV – A digital terrestrial free-to-air channel based in Accra and Max FM – (Accra) and Maximum FM (Takoradi).

Imax is also a stakeholder with StarTimes, a broadcast organization that runs a Satellites pay TV service, and StarTimes on App.