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Pay TV provider loses bid to tame pirated content

Kenneth Oyolla, General Manager Commercial, MultiChoice East Africa and Simon Kariithi, GOtv General Manager during the MultiChoice press briefing at the Stanley Hotel. [PHOTO: JAMES WANZALA/STANDARD]

Safaricom internet subscribers will continue viewing ‘free’ content from MultiChoice on their smart television, computer or mobile phone.

This is after the pay television provider suffered a major setback in its quest to tame pirated online content. Court of Appeal temporarily lifted orders requiring Safaricom to block the sites, which majorly run sports like premier league football.

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