This is a great news. That HITV nonsence will stop now.

Source: http://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/100722/SuperSport_acquires_EPL_rights_for_Nigeria

What happen to HITV, I thought they have exclusive right for this new season

Ah .  .  .  ! my HiTV Shares o . . .

I dey fear for HITV o with this news because apart from premiership HITV is shit

Hurray!!!!

This is one great news I am glad to hear!

Good for them, maybe they should fight for NPL right

Apart from Supersport website, can anyone else confirm this cos i know that HITV said they had gotten the rights some time in November last year

I love this.
Goodbye to HiTV.Nonsense station

check channel 200 on your DSTV decoder to confirm the news l am very happy to see sure news God bless DSTV down Hitv make l go throw my HITV decoder for inside bush

Well, they still have the UCL.
I am getting a Strong decoder this weekend. I go catch Champions League on FTA.

Bleep HiTV jare, for letting that kind of cash cow slip away

you guys should stop booing hitv. it all started with the monopolistic nature of dstv who came to nigeria to reap us off. the fight actually started in the year 2005 when the first nigerian satellite station fstv started offering premiership matches on its network. management of dstv rose up against them and the matter went to court. during the trial, dstv made us to understand that they have the sole right to premiership till 2007, with a numbers of stations such as cnn, discovery station, fashion tv, cartoon network, just to mention a little. this angered nigerian govt that how can a foreign company comes to buy off our right without even consulting the govt. this lead to the coup in which the company hitv was formed to bid for the premiership matches. the bidding was so competitive and highly cotly that dstv bidded out of the nigerian market. in other to give other services stations, they went for low cost foreign stations whose quality is far below expectation. well, its a pity that they have not yet recoup their initial investment and thus are on the brim of collapsing.

no need for story.
HiTV had the monopoly for 3 seasons and couldn't do anything with it.Instead they went on a price hike spree.
I don't care too much about them anyway.It means my decoder will be gathering dust in my living room till whenever they decide to get back the EPL rights.
If I were programs like AY-TV,I'd quickly switch over to Africa Magic.

Na wa O, When HiTv came Nigerians were shouting good riddance and South African this and that

Nweke Junior was all over the place shouting victory for nigerian companies

Now its the reverse

Nigerians keep complaining of South African Companies but they still have the biggest share of the nigerian market cos their know their stuff!!

Watch out for SA banks!!!

^^^ SA Banks like ABSA abi Standard Bank?

abi which one?

that was some years back mehn

our BS now are *20 of what it used to be years back. they aint coming to do jack

maybe HSBC, BNP and ING
maybe those ones

so Mr Tkb what exactly happened to Hitv I know you know something about before

the two of them has the right to transmit the game, the choice is now left for nigerians to choose

^^ really?

So guess Hitv will be reviewing their price and scampering for more channels to add

why dont all these small Paytv work together anyway?

Thomas mlambo of super sport 3 just confirmed it on facebook. . .

Dis Guy:

so Mr Tkb what exactly happened to Hitv I know you know something about before

They couldnt get Bank Guarantees for the outstanding 80milla for year 2 and year 3 rights

awon south africans get pepper

tkb417:

They couldnt get Bank Guarantees for the outstanding 80milla for year 2 and year 3 rights

awon south africans get pepper

U see wetin ur SLS cos?

na_so:

U see wetin your SLS cos?

i see am o

but how come they didnt apply for this thing early enough?
cos according to the bank, the thing was gonna be ready if they allow for 4 more days

na wa

tkb417:

i see am o

but how come they didnt apply for this thing early enough?
cos according to the bank, the thing was gonna be ready if they allow for 4 more days

na wa

But I have it on good authority that the bank was going to bleep them up anyway.

no pain, no gain

AjanleKoko:

But I have it on good authority that the bank was going to bleep them up anyway.

why?
The banks MD and Multichoice are at daggersdrawn so i heard

so the MD would ordinarily want the deal to go through?

besides, why would the bank not support one of their good customers?