fbpx
Thursday, March 28, 2024
HomeNewsBreaking News: Econet Wins Kwese TV Court Battle

Breaking News: Econet Wins Kwese TV Court Battle

www.263chat.com

Econet Media has won a court battle against the Broadcasting Association of Zimbabwe allowing the KweseTV to air its content in Zimbabwe. The victory comes at a time when BAZ had recently nullified KweseTV’s partnership with Dr Dish to have its content accessible to the Zimbabwean television viewers.

263Chat spoke to Econet Media & Communications Executive, Mr Fungai Mandiveyi, who confirmed the news saying, “l can confirm that the High Court has ruled in favour of KweseTV’s content distribution partner, Mr Dish, for it to legally distribute KweseTV content in Zimbabwe” said Mandiveyi, without giving any further details.

Dr Dish in partnership with Econet Media lawyers had made an urgent court application to challenge BAZ’s recent move to revoke KweseTV’s rights to air their content riding on the former’s 2012-13 issued licensed.

Kwese TV has been fighting a brave battle to penetrate into the Zimbabwean satellite television space  for some time now and has encountered various setbacks which saw its first content sharing deal with ZBC faltering last year. The second attempt saw them trying to gain entry through partnering Dr Dish, a move which was nullified by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe before today’s victory.

Emirates

Interestingly, the Econet Group has already started installing KweseTV sets for all its employees across Zimbabwe in recent weeks. This also include employees from Econet’s sister companies such as as Liquid Telecom Zimbabwe, ZOL and Steward Bank.

ALSO ON 263Chat:  I was corrupt: Lumumba

Below is the official Judgment for the Urgent Court Application pitting Dr. Dish and BAZ: available for you to dowload exclusively from 263Chat.

Judgment – Dr Dish v BAZ

Share this article
Written by

Shingie Lev Muringi is a Technology Analyst & Digital Media Strategist by profession. He is a qualified Cisco Certified Network Engineer & a BTech. E-Commerce alumni with the Harare Institute of Technology. Shingie is a very passionate technology enthusiast who is driven by a burning desire to be a leading strategist in this digital revolution era where every organization needs to impress the paradigm shift with urgency. He has previously worked for TN Holdings, Steward Bank, Econet Wireless - Ecocash and TechnoMag before joining 263Chat as a Journalist

No comments

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.

You cannot copy content of this page