Furore erupts over licensing of mobile TV operators
The Mobile TV Consortium, which is controlled by businessman Richard Moloko's Moloko Investment Group, and whose shareholders include the JSE-listed African Media Entertainment, is worried that ICASA accepted an application for a licence more than half and hour after the 4pm deadline on 7 May 2010.
Up for grabs are two potentially lucrative digital mobile TV licences. ICASA wants to issue the licences for the digital video broadcasting handheld (DVB-H) technology before the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off on 11 June.
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