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Our regulatory environment
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Our audit and risk committees completed an
internal review on the ANN7 contract and our
lobbying efforts. While the committees found
no irregularities, the review has enabled us to
strengthen our processes considerably:
h
We are formalising MultiChoice’s lobbying
process. In the absence of national
guidelines on lobbying and interacting with
regulators and government, management
will develop guidelines for approval by
the board.
h
We will not renew ANN7’s contract when it
ends in August 2018. An open bid process
is being followed for a replacement local
news channel.
h
Reputational risks and controversial issues
will be highlighted quarterly by
management to the audit and risk
committees.
eTV DTT policy review court application:
Government published its final policy on DTT
in March 2015 which provided for migration
without the need for encryption. eTV instituted
a court challenge to review the policy by,
mainly, alleging that the minister acted outside
her powers. MultiChoice joined the SABC
and the Department of Communications in
seeking to dismiss eTV’s review application.
The Constitutional Court heard the matter in
February and April 2017, and by a majority
decision, dismissed eTV’s appeal with the
costs of two counsels. The DTT project is
proceeding based on the current policy.
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