It can be recalled that last month,
MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, owners of DSTV announced a 20% price increase for all its satellite pay TV bouquets in Nigeria. Well, The Federal High Court in Nigeria has ordered MultiChoice to back off from its arbitrary monthly increase of DSTV subscription fees which would have come into effect from April 1st.
In the Federal High Court in Lagos,
Judge C.J. Aneke granted an interim order against the subscription increase, ordering MultiChoice not to implement its new rates. He also ordered the details of the case and the interim injunction to be published in national newspapers in Nigeria.
Osasuyi Adebayo and
Oluyinka Oyeniji are challenging MultiChoice's DStv subscription increases in a first "class action" case. Then in a second case, they also want the Federal High Court to order National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to implement "pay per view" where DStv are allowed to choose only the TV channels they wish to watch and pay for – something known as an "a la carte" offering in the pay-TV business through a process known as "unbundling".
"An order of interim injunction is hereby granted to the parties to maintain the status quo restraining the 1st defendant (Multichoice/DStv) from giving effect or enforcing its planned increase in cost of the different classes of viewing or programmes bouquet, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice," reads the injunction.
The case will be heard on 16 April.
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