TVSA Team 08 Sep 2023 12:36
From the SABC's statement: The SABC can confirm that the Corporation has in principle concluded an agreement with MultiChoice to broadcast all the Springbok games. A total of 16 games will be broadcasted on the SABC channels. This agreement will unfortunately exclude OVHD (eMedia) platform because of the restrictive conditions that MultiChoice is placing on the sub-licensing agreement for the Free-to-Air rights for the RWC 2023. This condition cuts off approximately 3.2 million South African households. The SABC regrets this irrational decision by MultiChoice, especially in light of Minister Zizi Kodwa’s emphasis that “rugby plays a critical role in nation building and social cohesion”. The SABC hopes that in the interest of nation building and social cohesion, MultiChoice will remove this restrictive condition to enable all South Africans to get behind the Boks.
charmed_dude 08 Sep 2023 18:32
So does the SABC have so schedule a second feed for their channels replacing Rugby with someitng else (???) Repeats of repeats for OpenView customers who basically can only watch SABC with anologue being poor and switched off?
TVSA Team 09 Sep 2023 15:01
Hi charmed_dude - good to "see" you. We've asked the SABC who say: "The SABC is providing alternative sports content". Interesting because we didn't think it was possible for channels to deliver different content on different platforms but clearly it is.
Lwethu2 10 Sep 2023 22:06
Yepp, this has been happening for a while now when it comes to PSL games. Those watching a PSL game on SABC 1 via Open View and SABC+ get an old repeat match while the rest who are watching the same SABC 1 on DSTV, DTT and normal areal TV watch tye match of the day.
TVSA Team 11 Sep 2023 17:02
Thanks for the insight Lwethu2 - scary stuff. It reveals how disempowered the SABC is in these relationships - they're literally at the mercy of DStv and OpenView when the channels are on these platforms. It's why it's so important that they're on their own digital satellite service and yet the chances of that happening are as likely as Eskom declaring the end of loadshedding.
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