President of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana, SWAG and a veteran sports commentator Mr Kwabena Yeboah and a number of ex Black Stars players on Tuesday congregated at the Silicon House production studio to support the official launch of a free-to-air TV channel.

SCOOORE HD brings live football, highlights, news and insights from top international leagues, cups and tournaments to SES HD PLUS Ghana.

The introduction of the programme is a partnership between SES HD PLUS Ghana and Sportainment Media  Group, to bring  SCOOORE HD on channel 151 of the HD +Ghana direct to home ( DTH) platform.

Scooore HD which will operate as a 24-hour Channel, targets fans of football from around the world at no extra cost to existing customers receiving the HD +Ghana service.

Mrs. Adelaide Abbiw-Williams, CEO of SES HD PLUS Ghana said, “We are pleased to announce the launch of SCOOORE, a world-class free-to-air Football Channel created to connect Football fans in typical Ghanaian homes more deeply with thrilling live matches from around the world. “

Mr. Gisbert Wundram, CEO Sportainment Media Group said, “The cooperation with SES HD PLUS Ghana is a very important milestone for us in the expansion strategy of our Sportdigital Football Channel concept. We are all the more pleased that we have succeeded in taking this first step with SCOOORE HD in such an interesting TV sports market as Ghana and would like to thank all those involved in the project who have made this possible. “

Bendix Eiermann, COO Sportainment Media Group said: “SCOOORE HD will offer a buffet of highlights,  delivering more 400 hours of live football matches in 2023, including the  German Bundesliga, DFB Pokal  (German Cup) and the Portuguese League as well as the Argentinean League and Cup. In addition,  news, and insights from the top international tournaments in high-definition picture quality.“

Commenting further on this new value offer, Adelaide Abbiw-Williams said “HD+ is the first TV service in Ghana to introduce the SCOOORE HD channel in Africa and we are pleased about the excitement this channel will bring to Ghanaian homes,  especially active HD +Ghana customers who are looking for premium Football content in HD quality.”

HD Ghana offers compelling features such as the PVR function on the HD+ Ghana Decoder; the ability to watch TV on the go with free data every month; to control to catch up on shows aired in the last 448 hours on the My HD PLUS mobile app; the first 4K channel in Ghana; as we as the introduction of multi-feed function to allow active HD +customers to choose between two live video feeds on single HD+ Ghana channel.

HD+ Ghana decoders can be purchased at all authorised HD+ Ghana dealers or Electroland outlets across the country and activated on any mobile network by dialing *879# to the HD viewing experience.

Existing HD+ customers can continue to enjoy the HD+FeeliFeeli Experience by purchasing a package via the HD+USSD code for GHc35 a month. Customers who opt for quarterly and yearly payments will be able to enjoy further discount from the standard monthly package, using the same USSD short code.

Some of the old Black Stars players who were present are; Augustine Arhinful, Nii Odartey Lamptey, Fatau Dawda, Ibrahim Tanko, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu, Godwin Atram.

Senior sports writers and administrators in the likes Mr Kojo Fianu, Charles Osei Asibey, Kojo Moshosho, Mavis Amanor of Asempa Sports were also present.