Now eMedia withdraws rugby rights high court challenge

eMedia has withdrawn its case against MultiChoice over the right to broadcast the Rugby World Cup.

eMedia took MultiChoice to court after it emerged that a sublicensing deal between the pay-television broadcaster and the SABC to flight Rugby World Cup matches specifically precluded those games from being shown on Openview –eMedia’s free-to-air satellite platform that carries the SABC channels.

“Almost immediately after filing an application before the Competition Tribunal, eMedia has now formally abandoned its high court litigation and will have to pay MultiChoice’s legal costs. This confirms our view that the eMedia litigation was entirely without merit,” a MultiChoice spokesman told TechCentral.

We will reconsider the high court matter in due time. We are still confident of the merits of the caseeMedia said on Tuesday that it had filed a complaint with the Competition Commission and papers with the Competition Tribunal over MultiChoice’s refusal to allow Rugby World Cup and Cricket World Cup games sublicensed to the SABC to be carried on Openview.of its court challenge, with the court finding that the matter was not urgent.

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