e.tv to show Jozi Test
15 Jun 2012
SuperSport and e.tv have reached a once-off agreement to broadcast Saturday’s Test between South Africa and England at 10pm.
As reported on Thursday, e.tv is set to replace SABC as the ‘free-to-air’ broadcaster of rugby in South Africa. SABC wanted live rights, but SuperSport could never agree to this because they are the lifeblood of pay TV.
On Friday, Happy Ntshingila, CEO of SuperSport, said he was pleased that attempts to make the match available to free-to-air TV viewers has come to fruition. At this stage it is just for the Test in Johannesburg.
Monde Twala, Group Head of e.tv Channels Division, said that although this is a once-off deal, e.tv would welcome the opportunity to ensure that the majority of South Africans watch the Boks play in future.
‘We would have liked to have the opportunity to broadcast the Test matches a bit earlier, but given our schedule and time constraints, this was impossible,’ Twala said, referring to the delayed 10pm broadcast.
The match will be broadcast live on SuperSport from 5pm.
10 Comments
15 Jun 2012, 16:57 pm
Tonight on e… he was the coach who lost out through politics, he had one chance to make it right…
15 Jun 2012, 18:56 pm
Been critical of SA Rugby’s absence in this whole issue and I know they had a hand in making this happen.
Kudo’s to them, well done SA Rugby. (& SuperSport)
15 Jun 2012, 23:02 pm
cant believe this crud – back when I was a kid all Bok matches were always on SABC for free for everyone – now all of a sardine Supersport has all rights and others have to show it 5 hours later? What a load of horsecrock! Supersport should be buying rights off SABC – what a disgrace when you cant watch your national team for free on your effing tv set which you pay a fee for anyway. Disgrace all round.
15 Jun 2012, 23:03 pm
And before anyone starts with their bs about free markets etc – we arent talking super 14 here – its the NATIONAL team – nation building stuff – not only for the few who are welathy enough to own a decoder. Funny how we just accept all the cr@p that gets shoved down our throats nowadays.
15 Jun 2012, 23:55 pm
@Slumtown – You are 100% correct, it is a total load of ***** that the nation cannot watch their national team play. It is disgrace that endorsements, sponsors etc came well and truly before the fan that pays for them. It is hardly surprising Rugby is viewed the way it is when a massive percentage of SA citizens cannot watch the game. It makes a mockery of the castle ad where all manner of supporters are gearing up for a game when in reality none of them can actually watch it.
16 Jun 2012, 03:23 am
@GaB(GaB)-5: Well said – when I read about it in the papers (currently living in Spain) I was flabbergasted. Certain events should always be on national tv and any tests where the national team of a country plays should be televised live by the free to air channels in the country. Supersport should be ashamed of themselves.
16 Jun 2012, 06:35 am
@Slumtown(Slumtown)-4: @Slumtown(Slumtown)-6:
100% in support of you fellows. Rugby is for everyone – A NATIONAL SPORT!!!
16 Jun 2012, 09:28 am
Yes totally agree. SABC should have the rights to all major national sport.
16 Jun 2012, 09:30 am
Sasuke….what!!!!! Are you drunk?
16 Jun 2012, 21:12 pm
well guys i agree with all of you -you speak truth.But lets go one step backwards here-the sponsorship deals that allow this to happen should never have been signed and the result is that the bulk of south Africans cannot watch their national team play live.
what has driven this-GREED.
We have to make do with seconds (if we are lucky) then we have to totally withdraw from society for several hours so we don’t know the score so as not to ruin the game-o then my son is so tired he is in bed already.
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