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The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) just dismissed the complaint that publishing group Caxton brought against pay TV platform MultiChoice and pay TV broadcaster M-Net.
Caxton brought a case against MultiChoice and M-Net, saying that MultiChoice/M-Net should not have been issued with a commercial subscription because MultiChoice allegedly contravened the Electronic Communications Act. Icasa has now dismissed the complaint that dates back as far as August 2007. Caxton said that MultiChoice/M-Net had too high levels of foreign control and share ownership.
I immediately reached out to MultiChoice for comment on the Icasa decision. ''We are happy that the Caxton complaint has once again been dismissed,'' says Jackie Rakitla, corporate affairs general manager at MultiChoice. ''There was never any merit whatsoever in the complaint.''
