MultiChoice hauls Icasa to court over plans to make sports broadcast rights more accessible

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Pay-TV MultiChoice takes Icasa to court over plans to make sports broadcast rights more accessible.

The regulator said MultiChoice conceded that sports rights have become increasingly expensive, having spent R2.3bn on local sports content in 2018 alone. “The increasing cost of premium content is now beyond the reach of many broadcasters and new, smaller, local over-the-top service providers,” it said.

The current agreement between MultiChoice and the PSL runs for five years, through to the 2023/2024 season. The English Premier League agreement has been renewed until 2022.

 

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Icasa must not take chances. SABC cannot pay PSL clubs that allowance which Supersport pays every month,even now it does not broadcast Cosafa. We are not sure about Afcon.

Greed.

Anti competitive behavior

Multichoice must just stop being greedy and accept the challenge

Good, the Multichoice dominance is not healthy

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