The End Of Hitv - Multichoice/dstv Wins Back Epl Coverage Rights In Nigeria
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DStv’s SuperSport is delighted to confirm that it has acquired the Nigerian rights to the Barclays Premier League for the next three seasons 2010/11 to 2012/13.

The arrangement includes 380 Barclays Premier League matches, plus the Premier League’s 24-hour content service in high definition. This seven-day-a-week service launches on August 13 and will be broadcast across the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria.

The Premier League has traditionally enjoyed outstanding viewership ratings on SuperSport and this commercial arrangement is expected to amplify the league’s popularity. The Barclays Premier League is the biggest continuous annual sporting event in the world, followed by more than 2.5 billion fans and broadcast to more than 500 million homes.

“Nigeria will be one of the very first countries to receive the 24-hour content service,” said Imtiaz Patel, CEO of SuperSport. “We are delighted to lead the way with our partners at the Premier League and associates in Nigeria.”

Commenting on the news, chairman of MultiChoice Nigeria, Adewunmi Ogunsanya, said: “We are happy to welcome back the English Premier League onto the DStv platform in Nigeria, to stand alongside the other exciting international soccer coverage we already provide to our subscribers here.

“However, our focus remains firmly on showcasing homegrown talent from the Nigerian Premier League and we will continue our investments in this regard.

“As a Nigerian business that is committed to providing our growing subscriber community across Nigeria with the world’s best channels and programming, we are pleased that SuperSport were able to take up the opportunity when it presented itself, to ensure that fans of this league will not miss any action from it.”

Premier League chief executive, Richard Scudamore, added: “We are pleased to extend our partnership with SuperSport into Nigeria and are confident they will continue to deliver a premium product that will showcase the Barclays Premier League to our many fans in the territory.”

/nige ,  or_Nigeria




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http://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/100722/SuperSport_acquires_EPL_rights_for_Nigeria


i think is for real what will happen to HITV right??

This can't be true!

www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-351304.0.html

It is either HITV or DSTV is not telling the truth.

If this is true, then HiTv is done for

is on supersport website,

waiting for some drama to unfold soon,

It makes no difference it would make HITV revert back to at least N3,500 subscription rate per month and we would sti stick to them,meanwhile TO WATCH ANY PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH ON DSTV ,U WOULD HAVE TO COUGH OUT N9,000

HITV has lost their premiership right in the worst possible way, they were not able to pay the amount they bidded to the FA, this effectively means that DSTV has 100% rights to the premiership.

too bad!

@ All

this is doom for HITV, how on earth are they goin to recover from this?

It was in the news last year that HITV won the rights to air EPL for the next 3 years. If DSTV is now saying they have the rights, it means HITV could not pay for the rights it won. Besides, there is no way the EPL will award the rights to the two DTH. A week ago, DSTV were also in the news telling Africa how they plan to show EPL in HD excluding Nigeria, and today they have come to say they have the right to air EPL in Nigeria, it clearly shows HITV has reneged in payment for the earlier EPL rights it won. My own assumptions though.

Adeexy:

@ All

this is doom for HITV, how on earth are they goin to recover from this?

It sure is real doom for them, instead of increasing their subscriber base with premium content they were busy mapping out strategies to milk Nigerians

for me, i prefer Hitv than Dstv thieves. Dstv love to make money in another country but they dont want other countries to make money in there country. all south africa company are thieve.

you prefer HITV TO DSTV

segunfms:

for me, i prefer Hitv than Dstv thieves. Dstv love to make money in another country but they dont want other countries to make money in there country. all south africa company are thieves.

Me too, no wonder I dont use MTN for anything since there are capable alternatives.

Bye hi wahala,pity d poor guys hittin d labour mkt soon.

Apart from EPL nothing for hithief, and without epl, they are gunner like other cable tv that came, saw and never conquer, u spent a lot of money on winning epl right through bank loan without good content to consumers, u'll definately loose,
Thank God for FTA,

Do u know the most happiest pple for this news? THE viewingcenters

twinstaiye:

It was in the news last year that HITV won the rights to air EPL for the next 3 years. If DSTV is now saying they have the rights, it means HITV could not pay for the rights it won. Besides, there is no way the EPL will award the rights to the two DTH. A week ago, DSTV were also in the news telling Africa how they plan to show EPL in HD excluding Nigeria, and today they have come to say they have the right to air EPL in Nigeria, it clearly shows HITV has reneged in payment for the earlier EPL rights it won. My own assumptions though.

@ Twinstaiye,

No assumption, na fact!, DSTV will never try put such kind of thing on thier site if its not true, do u know the legal implication of such thing? and our mr Subaiaru of Hitv is a lawyer or was a lawyer turned bizman, he will fight them hard, but now apa ti jabo, and the court case is still pending, am so so sorry for hithief, good concept, bad management/planning,

Why? Do you know what it means 2 them? 9k for subscription and probably need to get HD decoder.

And u love 6k for only epl with bad picture quality for champ league?
I love competition, but do it the right way? apart from epl, who will subscribe to hitv? but lot of pple will still hang on to dstv with 2500-4k a month without sport, ask why? Good content delivery,

@twinstaiye

Thanks for supporting our own company.

@solo1ng1

you are right, but i want you to know something, when Dstv clock 4 years do you know Dstv then? and they dont have good stations then and there station is not up to 32. but Hitv just clock 4 years and we are complaining. i tell you most of this Dstv station are FTA station.

@all
let us welcome our own company and stop all this foreign company to carry our money to there country. support Hitv. Hitv have good plan for us.

segunfms:

@twinstaiye

Thanks for supporting our own company.

@solo1ng1

you are right, but i want you to know something, when Dstv clock 4 years do you know Dstv then? and they dont have good stations then and there station is not up to 32. but Hitv just clock 4 years and we are complaining. i tell you most of this Dstv station are FTA station.

@all
let us welcome our own company and stop all this foreign company to carry our money to there country. support Hitv. Hitv have good plan for us.

@Segunfm,
Let me tell you that competition is not by force but by choice…u need to read economics very well…also know what we called substitute value…so you want me to wait till the next ten year to enjoy good content from HITV? Men wake up…in this fast growing technology era?
Do you know when GLO came out? That was yrs after ECONET & MTN…Glo came with good competitive value…reduction in sim card rate, call rate, per seconds billing… no down time…bros, n pple start rushing to Glo as the savior…that is a good Nigeria company…MTN has no choice than to come to reality of life that Nigerian are not meant to be milked…HITV did not realize that…they have good intention…but bad delivery manner and bad management/planning…
I know a good and vibrant Nigeria cable will still come to compete with DStv with time and they will carry their equipment back to SA…but for now we have no choice…dstv now own the right…
But with FTA, the sky is the limit…enjoy bros…

Well time shall tell,

I think solo is very right. If u can remember before the era of hitv, some star matches are been aired in some cable tv's. But now if u air, u get sued. Hitv was even kickin nilesat 4 there limited signals in naija(imagine).
I just hope other cable tv's get back there rights. FTA 4 ever!

@ solo1ng1
why u say viewing centers go happy, is dstv subsc not more than hitv

segunfms:

@solo1ng1

you are right, but i want you to know something, when Dstv clock 4 years do you know Dstv then? and they dont have good stations then and there station is not up to 32. but Hitv just clock 4 years and we are complaining. i tell you most of this Dstv station are FTA station.

MultiTV Free To Air better picture quality than HiTV

I have not seen anything built on nothing that stands.
I can remember my comments about HITV when they started out,
No company succeeds as opposition company just as no party has succeed as opposition party.
You build a company to compete not to oppose! I even prefer Mytv to Hitv with their EPL.
All Mr Subair wanted to do was to disgrace Dstv, in doing this he left his constituency which happens to be his subscribers.
He gave the money he was suppose to use in building a virile company to the EPL organizers.
Dstv survived without the EPL, lets see Hitv do it too. This might be a blessing in disguise for Hitv, with the pressure of the EPL off their shoulders, they can now build a DTH company that we will all be proud of, even without EPL.

@bodejohn


I hope they can read that

@bodejohn

you are right.

bodejohn:

. . . Dstv survived without the EPL, lets see Hitv do it too. This might be a blessing in disguise for Hitv, with the pressure of the EPL off their shoulders, they can now build a DTH company that we will all be proud of, even without EPL.

well said,considering that we in naija here love to milk each other dry

solo1ng1:

Apart from EPL nothing for hithief, and without epl, they are gunner like other cable tv that came, saw and never conquer, u spent a lot of money on winning epl right through bank loan without good content to consumers, u'll definately loose, 
Thank God for FTA,

Do u know the most happiest pple for this news?  THE viewingcenters

@solo1ng1
Time shall tell

I hate DSThieves

oliss:

@ solo1ng1
why u say viewing centers go happy, is dstv subsc not more than hitv

@Oliss,
U are wrong, go confirm the price wella,
Apart from that put dsty channels n htfy channels on price ratio n tell me where u get value for money, expecially now that dsty now own right to the inevitable epl,

spacevice:

I hate DSThieves

@spacevice,

Wel, for now, enjoy dstfy while it last we no get choice as those htfy guys don fumble,

bodejohn:

I have not seen anything built on nothing that stands.
I can remember my comments about HITV when they started out,
No company succeeds as opposition company just as no party has succeed as opposition party.
You build a company to compete not to oppose! I even prefer Mytv to Hitv with their EPL.
All Mr Subair wanted to do was to disgrace Dstv, in doing this he left his constituency which happens to be his subscribers.
He gave the money he was suppose to use in building a virile company to the EPL organizers.
Dstv survived without the EPL, lets see Hitv do it too. This might be a blessing in disguise for Hitv, with the pressure of the EPL off their shoulders, they can now build a DTH company that we will all be proud of, even without EPL.

@bodejohn,
Htfy made a deposit of $40m of its bid price of $115m…but as they could not provide the balance on the due date or guarantee in paying the balance, dsty were called and promptly wrote a cheque of $100m and the deal was signed…
Do you know the sad story for Htfy? The $40m bid deposit is gone…it has been forfeited to owners of epl right…So how will Htfy pay back that $40m loan without epl? Who will subscribe to htfy again…I hope they are not going down to their grace early ooo