The urgent application by eMedia against MultiChoice over Rugby World Cup rights has been struck off the roll.
eMedia group for legal and business affairs Philippa Rafferty said the judge agreed that the matter was urgent, “so we are obviously very disappointed that the court struck the matter and did not want to engage on the merits of the case”.
MultiChoice issued a statement in which it said: “The effect of the high court’s decision is that the position remains that the Springbok matches at the Rugby World Cup will continue to be broadcast only on SuperSport and the SABC. The matches are not broadcast via Openview because eMedia has at no stage purchased or even attempted to purchase the rights concerned.”
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