ashuaibu Wed 17 Jul 2013
MultiChoice has announced that
ESPN and ESPN Classic Television
Channels in Africa will be closed
this month end to its DStv
subscribers.
According to MultiChoice, DStv
subscribers will not watch ESPN
and ESPN Classic Television
Channels due to a notification
from ESPN that it intends to close
the ESPN and ESPN Classic
Television Channels in Africa on
31 July 2013.
This appears to be a business
decision by ESPN affecting all its
channels in Africa, Europe and
Middle East, MultiChoice added.
MultiChoice said it will keep its
subscribers informed on any
new developments from ESPN.
Based in Bristol with over 7,000
employees worldwide ESPN is a
global leader in multinational
and multimedia sports and
entertainment news with over
50 business entities. ESPN is 80
percent owned by ABC, Inc., an
indirect subsidiary of The Walt
Disney Company. ESPN was
working with MultiChoice as its
distributor in Africa.
Recently, MultiChoice viewers
complained about the closure of
Bloomberg on DStv. However,
the firm announced Bloomberg
reinstatement on DStv channel
411 as a 24-hour channel from
today, July 15. ESPN might also
be reinstated if DStv subscribers
ask for it.
http://
techmoran.com/2013/07/15/
espn-to-close-its-channels-in-
africa-july-31/