Multichoice, the owner of #SuperSport in #SouthAfrica, which is the single biggest broadcaster of #sport in the country -- if not the continent -- sublicenses some content to the state broadcaster, the SABC.
However, it includes a clause in that sublicensing agreement that prevents the SABC from showing the content when broadcast over #OpenView, which is the only other satellite TV provider in the country.
The #SABC can broadcast that content over its terrestrial or digital networks, and on its own streaming service, but not over Openview.
This first garnered widespread attention during last year's rugby world cup, when, after getting all excited about the fact non-SuperSport subscribers would be able to see the South African games, we realised that we couldn't watch them on Openview.
Openview took #Multichoice to court over that, and now it seems like they're starting to get some relief....
https://techcentral.co.za/bloody-nose-multichoice-sports-fight/242956/?utm_source=MastodonAfrica
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