Naspers is in talks with MTN Group to supply pay-TV content to the mobile operator’s subscribers, Naspers said on Monday. "We are in discussions with MTN regarding a content supply agreement," Naspers spokesperson Meloy Horn said in an e-mail. If agreed, the deal could boost returns for Naspers’s pay-TV unit, which is grappling with rising costs and currency swings. Horn declined to comment on speculation Naspers was considering the sale of its pay-TV operations outside SA. For MTN, a deal would be a major step forward in the strategy of new CE Rob Shuter to convince some of its more than 220-million subscribers to use their phones for everything from paying bills to streaming live football matches. MTN was not immediately available to comment. Reuters
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