South Africa: Now eTV Puts One Past SABC

Johannesburg — THE SABC continued to be left out in the cold yesterday in the aftermath of the sale of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) broadcast rights to SuperSport International, with the pay channel deciding to sell the rights to the season-opening Telkom Charity Cup to free-to-air channel eTV.

Sources said the SABC was given first option to buy the rights to the annual one-day extravaganza last Friday -- but the public broadcaster ignored the offer.

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