SABC is not only broke, it’s a bad sport too
Public broadcaster’s last-minute announcement that it won’t broadcast the Rugby World Cup seems intended to create maximum negativity towards SuperSport
17 September 2019 - 17:40
Pay Channel Sky TV in New Zealand had for years controlled rugby broadcasting in that country. But when RWC 2019 rights went out for tender Sky NZ lost out to a new streaming service called Spark New Zealand.
It is a straight battle for the rights to a sporting event New Zealanders hold sacrosanct. A 21st-century tech company with little track record beat the might of Sky TV to show one of the biggest global sporting events in the world...
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