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Imagine a local bakery that has served the neighbourhood for decades, only for a massive, high-tech franchise bakery to open next door and take all the customers. Instead of trying to close the bakery, the city council now wants both stores to start co-owning the bread they sell.
That best describes the latest push by South African lawmakers to force a collaboration between the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), the struggling state-owned broadcaster, and the streaming giant Netflix.
Originally published by TechCabal.