{"id":507562,"date":"2023-09-11T16:06:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=507562"},"modified":"2023-09-11T16:09:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:09:16","slug":"sabc-rugby-streaming-problems-fix-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/507562-sabc-rugby-streaming-problems-fix-in-the-works.html","title":{"rendered":"SABC Rugby World Cup streaming problems \u2014 fix in the works"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SABC says it is working on a solution for its video streaming capacity problems that prevented many South Africans from watching the Springboks\u2019 first Rugby World Cup match last night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SABC has noted some users experienced disruptions in transmission on the SABCPlus App,\u201d said acting corporate affairs and marketing head Mmoni Seapolelo.<\/p>\n

Seapolelo said there was a huge traffic peak 5 minutes before the start of the game that caused performance issues and bottlenecking issues for those users.<\/p>\n

\u201cA temporary solution was implemented during the games, and we are in the process of resolving the problem with a permanent fix.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement comes after viewers took to social media<\/a><\/strong> to voice their frustration at being unable to livestream the match between South Africa and Scotland on SABC+ or the SABC Sport website.<\/p>\n

Trying to open the SABC 2 live channel on the SABC+ website showed an authentication error, while the SABC Sport website returned a server error \u2014 \u201c504 Gateway Time-out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attempting to log in via the mobile app yielded a \u201cConnection error\u201d message.<\/p>\n

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The public broadcaster secured the rights to broadcast several matches a day before the World Cup kicked off on Friday, 8 September 2023.<\/p>\n

According to a statement issued by MultiChoice<\/strong><\/a> on Thursday, the deal is for 16 live matches. However, the SABC Sport website states<\/a><\/strong> it has secured the rights to 19 games.<\/p>\n

The matches are being broadcast on SABC 2, with selected games live-streamed on SABC Sport\u2019s online channel.<\/p>\n

The announcement came after a sub-licensing stand-off with MultiChoice over the past few weeks, in which the SABC reportedly refused to pay $2 million (R38 million) for the rights to broadcast all confirmed and potential Springboks matches.<\/p>\n

While the SABC did not have the money to buy the rights, three companies helped finance the last-minute deal<\/strong><\/a>, which ended up costing them $3 million (R58 million).<\/p>\n

In addition to the opening match between New Zealand and France and the Springboks\u2019 pool games, the agreement includes two quarter-final matches, one semi-final, the bronze final, the final, and the closing ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u201cShould the Springboks not qualify for the knockout stages, the above matches will, in any event, be available for broadcast,\u201d MultiChoice said.<\/p>\n

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Controversially, the deal blocks the SABC<\/strong><\/a> from broadcasting the matches on Openview\u2019s free-to-view satellite TV platform.<\/p>\n

Openview\u2019s parent company is eMedia, which also owns E-tv. SABC 1, SABC 2, SABC 3, and SABC Sport are available on the satellite TV platform.<\/p>\n

As a result of the ban, the public broadcaster could not show the Springboks\u2019 first match on SABC 2\u2019s digital terrestrial television channel, as it uses the same feed as Openview.<\/p>\n

To ensure digital TV viewers could still catch the game, it moved the broadcast to its SABC News channel, which is not available on Openview.<\/p>\n

eMedia has said it does not generate any advertising revenue from SABC\u2019s channels on its platform.<\/p>\n

It called MultiChoice\u2019s restriction \u201covertly anti-competitive\u201d and said it undermines the national imperative of South Africa\u2019s migration from analogue to digital TV.<\/p>\n

\u201c3.2 million digitally migrated South African households will be deprived from viewing the Rugby World Cup on Openview,\u201d eMedia said in an open letter addressed to MultiChoice executives and various government ministers.<\/p>\n

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Now read: These 3 businesses funded the SABC\u2019s World Cup broadcasting rights<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The SABC has responded to questions about problems with its SABC+ streaming platform during the Springboks’ first Rugby World Cup game on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":507012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[35,475,50823,61003,19949,3516],"class_list":["post-507562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-headline","tag-multichoice","tag-openview","tag-rugby-world-cup","tag-south-african-broadcasting-corporation-sabc","tag-supersport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}