Communications minister Solly Malatsi is developing an Audio and Audio-Visual White Paper that could make certain sporting events featuring national teams free in South Africa. The proposal, which aims to amend the Sports Broadcasting Rights Regulations, faced backlash from industry stakeholders who rely on revenue from exclusive broadcasting rights.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi has said his department is working on an Audio and Audio-Visual White Paper to determine which sporting events featuring national teams should be free in South Africa .to do so in its proposed amendments to the Sports Broadcasting Rights Regulations in 2021, this received backlash from industry stakeholders.
Given that the Minister is working on new regulations, MyBroadband contacted MultiChoice to determine its position on which events should be freely accessible to all South Africans. MultiChoice said that according to the current regulations, sports bodies package their broadcasting rights as they see fit, and it is up to broadcasters — both subscription and free-to-air — whether they invest in the rights or not.
However, if certain broadcasting rights have to be granted to free-to-air broadcasters, it is reasonable to expect compensation for the viewers they would lose. “Selling rights exclusively maximises the income to sports bodies, and without this income, sport in SA cannot be sustainable,” MultiChoice recently told MyBroadband.
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