The Federal Government has banned exclusivity rights in broadcasting sporting events in the country.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed who made this known in a statement in Abuja directed the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC to implement a new regulation mandating broadcasters and exclusive licensees to share such rights with other broadcasters.
It also directed the Commission to immediately implement measures aimed at sanitising and re-positioning the broadcast industry.
The Minster said the new regulation is contained in the report of the committee which he set up to work out the modalities for implementing the recommendations approved by President Muhammadu Buhari to re-position the broadcast industry.
He also stressed that the break in monopoly would boost reach and also maximise utilisation by all broadcasters of premium content, in order to grow their platforms and investment in other content.
