12 November 2018

The Competition Commission has found that an agreement between the SABC and Multichoice enabled Multichoice to “influence the strategic direction” of the public broadcaster.

In a statement, it said it had filed a report with the Competition Tribunal where it found that the SABC and Multichoice had implemented a merger transaction without notifying the Commission. This was in contravention of the Competition Act. The report was filed on Friday.

This follows a Constitutional Court judgment on September 28, which granted the Commission the right to investigate whether the Commercial and Master Channel Distribution Agreement between the public broadcaster and Multichoice on July 3 2013 constitutes a notifiable merger. The Commission was then tasked with filing a report to the Tribunal within 30 days.

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