Ghana's Fly TV in contempt of court over continuing to broadcast Premier League football matches although the rights belong to MultiChoice and SuperSport.

Ghana's Fly TV, operated by Nour Vision Ltd, is in contempt of court after continuing to broadcast English Premier League (EPL) football matches in the West African country despite the licensing rights belonging to MultiChoice Africa and SuperSport.

In June MultiChoice Ghana secured an injunction in Ghana's high court against Nour Vision, barring them from airing the 2018 World Cup in Ghana over Fly TV's unauthorised broadcast on the pay-TV service of World Cup matches, other sports content as well as other TV licensing rights violations.

Fly TV stopped, and then MultiChoice Ghana again went to the high court to get an injunction against Nour Vision Ltd to also prevent Fly TV from specifically broadcasting EPL matches.

When the EPL started in early August, Nour Vision Ltd literally disregarded the injunction and started broadcasting EPL football matches in Ghana despite not having the rights to do so, and despite several prior warnings from MultiChoice Africa to other broadcasters to stop the pirate broadcast of specifically sport content.

Rabih Fahs and El Akhrass Akoghe, Nour Vision Ltd directors, have now been cited for being in contempt of court, with an application seeking their imprisonment that will be heard on 28 August.

Cecil Sunkwa Mills, MultiChoice Ghana general manager said the pay-TV operator will continue to work with local authorities to enforce the protection of acquired and licensed content from operators who steal it for illegal rebroadcast.

MultiChoice Ghana doing a 'price freeze' on DStv and GOtv subscription fees as the latest African country outside of South Africa that won't be hiking monthly fees from April.

MultiChoice Ghana is doing a "price freeze" on the subscription fees for DStv subscribes and GOtv subscribers in Ghana with subscription fees that is being lowered for commercial DStv subscribers in the west African country where MultiChoice won't be hiking subscription fees on 1 April.

In contrast to South Africa where MultiChoice is again increasing hiking DStv subscription fees from 1 April, Ghana has joined the growing number of African countries where MultiChoice Africa has either lowered DStv and GOtv subscription fees the past few months, or kept it unchanged.

MultiChoice Ghana in a statement says "in the last two years we have offered the best value entertainment by combining both quality and variety at a reduced rate to ensure everyone has access to great family entertainment. Consistently we have remodeled our business and adjusted our pricing and content to best suit the varied lifestyle of our subscribers".

MultiChoice Ghana says it is doing "a price freeze on all DStv and GOtv packages for our residential subscribers however our commercial subscribers will get some decreases effective 1 April 2018".

Cecil Sunkwa-Mills, MultiChoice Ghana general manager also revealed that MultiChoice will be adding a 24-hour World Cup channel, SuperSport 13 (DStv 213) as "an appetiser" of the 2018 FIFA World Cup starting later this year in Russia.

All 64 matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup will be available on all DStv packages.