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SUBSCRIPTION TV: COMPETITION ‘EFFECTIVE’, BUT – ICASA
- 06 January 2025
- Communications & Digital Technologies
- SA Legal Academy
Please note: On 11 March 2025, ICASA gazetted a notice allowing stakeholders until 24 March 2025 to comment on the document. No reference is made to the absence of a deadline when the paper was published on 6 January 2025.
Following an inquiry into the subscription television market, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has gazetted a supplementary discussion document concluding that – while competition was found to be ‘effective’ – this is a ‘preliminary view’ open to further input from stakeholders and members of the general public. However, no deadline has been provided.
According to the document:
- the authority’s preliminary view applies to the wholesale market for premium sport, movies and series content, as well as non-premium content, and
- new ‘over-the-top’ market entrants ‘have continued to grow their market share despite not having access to premium sports’.
Please click the link below for more information:
- supplementary discussion document
Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch
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