“And the SABC has a new person who is responsible for the sport, with whom I have scheduled a meeting to discuss the other outstanding issues between the SABC and the PSL, to ensure that we balance the game plan before the start of the season. When asked about clarity, Van den Berg explained the agreement on the SuperSport deal with SABC. The guilt game has begun. The public accused SuperSport, accusing it of being the tyrant who crushed the little guy in the playground, but Khoza and the sports department negotiated a solution bringing a five-year peace deal between the two channels. Madoda Mxakwe, Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of sabc, said: “In line with our public service mission, we are pleased to have reached an agreement in the interest of south African public opinion. Most importantly, this commercially viable agreement is geared towards the goal of a financially viable public broadcaster. The impasse that threatened to exclude fans from the Premier Soccer League (PSL) without access to pay-TV was finally resolved when the SABC reached an agreement with Multichoice over the local league`s broadcasting rights. PSL President Dr Irvin Khoza assured the nation at his press briefing earlier this week that the agreement signed between the League, SABC and SuperSport will remain unchanged. When rugby turned professional in 1995, an agreement was reached between sanzar and Rupert Murdochs News Corporation.

In South Africa, SuperSport has obtained the exclusive broadcast rights for the Super 12 competition as well as the Tri Nations. After this agreement, rugby gradually stopped broadcasting on the SABC, while SuperSport became a vector for live rugby broadcasts…