MultiChoice has hit back at eMedia’s arguments over satellite bandwidth capacity being a reason for the Pay-TV broadcaster dropping four E-tv channels from its DStv bouquets.
MultiChoice has hit back at eMedia’s arguments over satellite bandwidth capacity being a reason for the pay-TV broadcaster dropping four E-tv channels from its DStv bouquets.
She explained that eMedia’s founding affidavit claimed MultiChoice had no constraints regarding the channels it could carry on DStv. Norton said eMedia’s subsequent responding affidavit then “shifted the ground” because its experts had chosen to calculate capacity on one of the satellites used by DStv — Intelsat IS-20 — to prove there was enough room to broadcast E-tv’s channels.eMedia’s experts estimated that DStv supposedly had enough satellite capacity for 230 high definition channels on IS-20, and that it was only broadcasting 155.
MultiChoice said to ensure the matter with the tribunal could be heard on time, it only responded with a 4-page affidavit explaining errors in the calculations on this satellite. Norton said these negotiations could be finalised “any time now”, contrary to eMedia’s claim that the channels could still take long to begin airing.
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