A high-stakes legal clash between eMedia and MultiChoice over sublicensing rights for the Rugby World Cup is playing itself out in the high court.
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The SABC will air matches from the ICC Cricket World Cup after it reached a sublicensing deal with MultiChoice.
Openview parent eMedia Holdings looks set to face off with MultiChoice Group in court as soon as next Tuesday.
eMedia Holdings has filed papers against MultiChoice in the high court, MultiChoice confirmed on Sunday.
eMedia is threatening urgent action against MultiChoice Group over its sublicensing agreement with the SABC.
Netflix and other international streaming video providers may in future require operating licences in South Africa.
Openview, the free-to-air satellite platform owned by JSE-listed eMedia Holdings, has notched up nearly 3.2 million activations.
Openview, the free-to-air satellite television platform owned by eMedia, is launching a pay-TV satellite service called Ultraview.
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the cost to communicate in South Africa is “not decreasing at the pace that government wants”.
The SABC is Sentech’s biggest client. But that’s not stopping the state-owned signal distributor from formulating plans to compete with it.