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Could this be the end of Super Rugby and the Rugby Championship?
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 1008233" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>I don't think there will be a difference to what the arrangement is now.</p><p></p><p>Look at the article's 2nd last paragraph before they list what must be shown: "ICASA listed the following events which must be broadcast <strong>"live, delayed-live, or delayed"</strong> by free-to-air broadcasting licenses".</p><p></p><p>The part in Bold is of particular importance. Because what this means is if Supersport has an agreement with sporting governing bodies in place, with regards to the broadcasting rights, they will remain in place, and Supersport will have the rights to premier those events live on their platform. Then there will have to be some sort of agreement between Supersport and the National Broadcaster, SABC, as to the broadcasting of same event on the Free-to-Air tv. Which will mean it will be delayed-live or delayed matches.</p><p></p><p>It's precisely what is currently going on now in SA.</p><p></p><p>All that this regulation is going to do, is to widen the umbrella of events being showed.</p><p></p><p>It's not going to affect SARU at all, well at least not with it's agreement with Supersport. </p><p></p><p>It's much the same as with Cricket South Africa and their recent deal with Star India Broadcasting. Which was a billion Rand investment which will pump in huge amounts of money into SA Cricket. That broadcasting deal will remain in place, even with CSA's agreements with Supersport and other broadcasting companies, as the non-free-to-air platforms are more focused on the international viewership. While still keeping a big chunk of the SA population's craving for sport in tact as the local sport lover knows the quality of the broadcasting, and what they will be able to enjoy watching.</p><p></p><p>I do however think that whoever works at ICASA, needs to update their knowledge of sporting events and the involvement of SA in some of these events. The idea of the free-to-air broadcasting rights, is to get the local population, who don't own/can't afford paytv, to watch South Africans compete in these events. Yet there won't be many South Africans playing Super Rugby anymore....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 1008233, member: 40658"] I don't think there will be a difference to what the arrangement is now. Look at the article's 2nd last paragraph before they list what must be shown: "ICASA listed the following events which must be broadcast [B]"live, delayed-live, or delayed"[/B] by free-to-air broadcasting licenses". The part in Bold is of particular importance. Because what this means is if Supersport has an agreement with sporting governing bodies in place, with regards to the broadcasting rights, they will remain in place, and Supersport will have the rights to premier those events live on their platform. Then there will have to be some sort of agreement between Supersport and the National Broadcaster, SABC, as to the broadcasting of same event on the Free-to-Air tv. Which will mean it will be delayed-live or delayed matches. It's precisely what is currently going on now in SA. All that this regulation is going to do, is to widen the umbrella of events being showed. It's not going to affect SARU at all, well at least not with it's agreement with Supersport. It's much the same as with Cricket South Africa and their recent deal with Star India Broadcasting. Which was a billion Rand investment which will pump in huge amounts of money into SA Cricket. That broadcasting deal will remain in place, even with CSA's agreements with Supersport and other broadcasting companies, as the non-free-to-air platforms are more focused on the international viewership. While still keeping a big chunk of the SA population's craving for sport in tact as the local sport lover knows the quality of the broadcasting, and what they will be able to enjoy watching. I do however think that whoever works at ICASA, needs to update their knowledge of sporting events and the involvement of SA in some of these events. The idea of the free-to-air broadcasting rights, is to get the local population, who don't own/can't afford paytv, to watch South Africans compete in these events. Yet there won't be many South Africans playing Super Rugby anymore.... [/QUOTE]
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