A 12-year-old competition case lands on Canal+’s desk

A 12-year-old competition case lands on Canal+’s desk

The Competition Commission has signalled it is open to settlement talks with MultiChoice over its allegation that the pay-TV operator entered into a 2014 market-division pact with set-top box manufacturer Altech UEC. The regulator’s head of cartels has explicitly invited MultiChoice’s new French parent, Canal+, to negotiate rather than face full prosecution at the Competition…

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The case for unbundling SuperSport

The case for unbundling SuperSport

Inside a SuperSport outside broadcast truck on match day SportyTV, a streaming-only platform most South Africans have never heard of, this week announced it has secured pay-television rights to all 104 matches of the 2026 Fifa World Cup. For the first time, a streamer without a satellite fleet and legacy cost base is grabbing a…

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Bolt SA tightens controls after fatal profile misuse case

Bolt SA tightens controls after fatal profile misuse case

Bolt’s driver identity verification checks are now conducted multiple times a week. Bolt has intensified its crackdown on driver profile sharing in South Africa, introducing stricter enforcement measures by increasing driver identity verification checks on the driver app. In 2023, the e-hailing firm introduced the Bolt Driver Selfie Verification feature on its mobile app to…

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