Crunch talks in bid to sort out PSL-SABC impasse
Key stakeholders to resolve blackout of national soccer matches on the public broadcaster
21 August 2019 - 15:27
The standoff over broadcast rights to Absa Premiership matches will be high on the agenda when the government holds crunch talks with the Premier Soccer League (PSL)‚ MultiChoice and the SABC to discuss the long-running saga that has left millions of football fans in the dark.
The talks are set to be held by Thursday and communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams‚ her sports counterpart Nathi Mthethwa‚ PSL chair Irvin Khoza and MultiChoice executive chair Imtiaz Patel will meet the SABC in a bid to find common ground with the cash-strapped public broadcaster...
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