Nigerians get month free pay-TV after tribunal fines MultiChoice
A Nigerian consumer tribunal fined the local unit of Africa's biggest pay-TV company MultiChoice Group (MCGJ.J) 150 million naira ($107,142.86) for contempt of court and ordered the company to offer its subscribers one month of free service. MultiChoice, which operates pay-TV services DSTV and GOTV in Nigeria, increased subscription rates by about 25% in May, drawing complaints from subscribers. The decision by the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) followed a lawsuit filed by subscriber Festus Onifade in April, who argued that MultiChoice's eight-day notice before the price hike was insufficient. Friday's CCPT ruling comes after MultiChoice Nigeria defied a previous order to…