DStv dropping ANN7

[Newsfeed]

DStv dropping ANN7

 

[Creag]

MultiChoice has announced it will stop broadcasting ANN7 on DStv when its contract ends on 20 August 2018

Why so long to wait?

 

[Sinbad]

Why so long to wait?

probably the word "contract"

 

[supersunbird]

Why so long to wait?

Contract.

 

[R13...]

probably the word "contract"

And the fact that the Guptas are out of favour.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Seems more like a face-saving exercise.

They've had all this time to do it, but they're only doing it now because the Gupta's days are numbered. I hope that they're implicated and will be called to account for their actions...

 

[supersunbird]

Manji won't be happy to hear that.

 

[Pitbull]

Didn't some poor sod just buy ANN7?

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Didn't some poor sod just buy ANN7?

"Buy"

Yeah Manyi "bought" ANN7...

 

[system32]

Sounds like MultiChoice is deflecting the issue by dropping ANN7 off the air (censorship).
Not that I'm in favour of ANN7.

What I want to know, is why MultiChoice was paying ANN7 R141m.
Was it a bribe/money laundering for influence with Guptas?
see:
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/guptaleaks-how-multichoice-paid-the-guptas-millions-20171124

Also why did MultiChoice pay SABC (Cloudy deal) so much money wrt to encryption of DTT?

What's being done to punish MultiChoice?

 

[Pitbull]

"Buy"

Yeah Manyi "bought" ANN7...

Jirre, the Guptas saw him coming a mile away

 

[McGuywer]

The news channel must be owned, managed, and run by a black South African company – free from any political or other interference, said MultiChoice.

I think that since it must be owned, managed, and run by a black South African company, it cannot be free from any political or other interference.

 

[upup]

probably the word "contract"

No, Cyril phoned, he said his new buddy wants a TV channel, so they are just helping out.