ESPN Classic (DStv 231) will have it's last day on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform on 31 July according to ESPN which is ending ESPN Classic as a TV channel for South Africa and Africa. MultiChoice says it isn't confirmed.
In February TV with Thinus reported that ESPN was considering ending ESPN Classic as a TV channel in Africa and other territories following a new contract with BT in the United Kingdom, resulting in a scaled-back ESPN presence for South Africa and Africa.
In May TV with Thinus reported that ESPN Classic will likely go dark at the end of July when ESPN confirmed that it has decided to cease broadcasting ESPN Classic as a TV channel across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Now ESPN tells TV with Thinus in answer to a media enquiry that indeed ESPN Classic's "last day will be the end of this month - 31 July".
Responding to a media enquiry, MultiChoice says "we do not have confirmation as yet about the future of ESPN on DStv. We will make the necessary announcements when we are ready."
