After confirming that it had received over 5,000 media accreditation applications for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) was quick to add that it would protect the media (TV) rights holders by restricting filming of the competition by non-rights holders.
The 34th edition of the AFCON has been scheduled to be held in Ivory Coast from 13 January to 11 February 2024.
The media accreditation closed on 24 November and the African football governing body on its website confirmed that more than 70 nationalities have applied to cover Africa’s biggest event.
CAF also added that the over 5,000 media accreditation applications for the 2023 AFCON in Ivory Coast are 90 percent more than that received for Cameroon in 2021.
“The high demand has necessitated that CAF implement quotas for all the countries due to space demands”, read a statement on the CAF website.
“CAF remains committed to ensuring that fairness is applied across the board in allocation and implementation of quotas.
“CAF believes in creating access to media and promoting media freedom. To protect the media (TV) rights holders, CAF will introduce new guidelines for non-rights holders and enforce restrictions on filming and other activities”.
On its priority list and allocation, CAF said 30 percent of the quotas would be given to the host nation while participating countries would get 35 percent. Regional (neighbouring) countries will get 10 percent allocations while the rest of the world will be handed 25 percent.
