Multichoice Ordered By Court To Sublicense Its Channels
July 14, 2022
2:02 pm
The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt has finally given a verdict which ordered the South African company, MultiChoice to sublicense some of its channels to Metro Digital.
Metro Digital had sued the operators of DStv and Gotv in Nigeria, while relying on the code of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The NBC and the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture were co-defendants.
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The applicant took MultiChoice to court in 2021 after the latter rejected a sub-license.
Metro Digital initially lost the suit at the High Court, but filed an appeal …
