Naspers’s pay-TV operator MultiChoice said on Monday at least 60 parties were interested in taking over ANN7’s slot on DStv. In January, MultiChoice said it would not renew its contract with the controversial news channel when it expired in August 2018. MultiChoice said at the time it would replace ANN7 with a local black-owned news channel that should broadcast predominantly in English and be "unbiased" and "critical". "More than 60 parties have registered an interest to bid for a proposed new, black-owned channel since MultiChoice invited interested parties earlier this month," the company said on Monday, adding that it had opened the tender process. The parties that had registered had until the end of April to respond to MultiChoice’s request for proposals, while other parties could still register their intention to bid by April 20. The successful bidder would be notified before the end of July. MultiChoice SA CEO Calvo Mawela said MultiChoice was "encouraged that we’ll be able t...
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