The SABC said MultiChoice had restricted the broadcast of the Cricket World Cup 2023 on the OVHD (eMedia Platform).
David Miller and Temba Bavuma will be key players for South Africa at the World Cup. Picture: Francois Nel/Getty Imagesand Supersport to sign the sub-licensing agreement which will allow all South Africans to watch the Cricket World Cup and our very own Proteas men’s cricket team.
“The agreement may not be the best commercially for both parties, but I appreciate that in the national interest they have found a win-win solution. Once more, I call for a permanent solution on the matter of sports broadcast rights which will allow all South Africans to watch sport of national interest,” Kodwa said. “I wish the Proteas men’s national cricket team everything of the best in the Cricket World Cup, as they begin their campaign against Sri Lanka on Saturday, 7 October 2023.
The Proteas will play nine round-robin matches before the two semi-finals and final take place, which will also be broadcast live by the state broadcaster on SABC 3 and on their streaming platforms sabcsport.com and SABC Plus.“The SABC has formally lodged a complaint with the Competition Commission regarding this behaviour of Multichoice.
This would have meant the matches would have only been available on SuperSport on DStv’s Premium package, with only around 1.3 million South Africans being able to watch the games.
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