da 888casino： The South African cricket team’s matches in Bangladesh will not be broadcastto fans in South Africa because neither the SABC nor SuperSport was able toreach agreement with the host broadcaster in Bangladesh on the rights forthe tour
UCBSA Press Release11-Apr-2003The South African cricket team’s matches in Bangladesh will not be broadcastto fans in South Africa because neither the SABC nor SuperSport was able toreach agreement with the host broadcaster in Bangladesh on the rights forthe tour.”It is unfortunate, but we were unable to reach agreement with the rightsholders,”, said the head of SABC Topsport, Mvuso Mbebe. SuperSport’sdirector of Enterprises and Production Imtiaz Patel said: “We negotiatedwith the rights holder but were unable to solve issues around the rights. Weare disappointed that we cannot bring the matches to the screens of SouthAfricans as we have always tried to ensure that South Africans can watchtheir team wherever they are.”International broadcast rights are owned by the host country’s CricketBoard, which then sells them to a host broadcaster which in turn receivesbids from broadcasters in other countries for the right to broadcast thegames in their own countries. The UCBSA does not hold or control the rightsto any cricket which is played outside South Africa.”It is unfortunate that South Africans will be unable to watch or listen tothe matches in Bangladesh involving our team. Both SuperSport and the SABChave always tried to keep South African fans in touch with their team and weare disappointed, but understand that they are unable to do so on thistour,” said UCBSA CEO Gerald Majola. “Unfortunately, this is a situationwhich is beyond our control and we will endeavour, via the media, to keepthe public updated daily on our team’s progress,” he added.