Introduction
Interactive audience voting has been set-up on behalf of Electronic Media Network (Proprietary) Limited (“M-Net”) by MultiChoice Support Services (Pty) Ltd to enable viewers of The Voice Nigeria to vote for their favourite contestants to win this competition. The voting has been set up to encourage viewer participation in the show and give viewers a say in the results of the competition.
Guidelines
Voting Platforms
Voting must take place via SMS or WeChat services.
To use the SMS option, a vote can be made by texting the exact details of your favourite contestants according to the instructions provided in The Voice Nigeria programme - your service provider’s SMS charges will apply. Votes (SMSs) containing text that does not match the prescribed voting text (as advertised on the programme) cannot be allocated to the contestants correctly and cannot be counted towards the results, but the service provider will still charge for these. Similarly, if SMSs/votes are not received within the stipulated voting period they will not count towards the results, but the service provider will still charge.
Each SMS vote costs N50; free SMS bundles do not apply.
To use the WeChat option, download the WeChat application on your mobile phone - data costs of your internet service provider will apply. Please ask permission from the bill payer prior to voting. No refunds will be offered at any time.
Number of votes and voting periods
The number of votes that may be submitted per viewer is limited per vote period and vote platform as follows:
Voting periods are from Sunday at 21:00 WAT to Wednesday at 22:00 WAT :
Votes received outside of voting periods will not be counted. You will however still be charged by your service provider for submitted SMSs/votes.
Voting terms and conditions
M-Net reserves the right to change voting rules at any time and may suspend, withdraw or re-set voting at its sole discretion. Where M-Net does change the voting rules, this will be advertised on Africa Magic showcase (Channel 151) and Africa Magic Showcase (channel 153). The updated voting rules will also be published on the Voice Nigeria website.
M-Net reserves the right to disqualify votes if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent voting has occurred or if it considers that there has been any attempt to manipulate the voting. Viewers will be limited to 100 votes per voting platform per voting period for SMS and WeChat. Votes in excess of 100 on SMS will be charged for but will not be counted.
After the voting lines have closed, the result of the vote will be established from all valid votes received. LATE VOTES, OR VOTES NOT RECEIVED BY THE TIME THE RESULT IS CALCULATED, WILL NOT BE COUNTED BUT WILL BE CHARGED BY YOUR SERVICE PROVIDER WHERE APPLICABLE.
The voting shall be limited to persons 18 years old and above. Any voter under 18 years of age shall obtain consent from their parent or legal guardian to participate in voting.
M-Net and/or its subsidiary and/or its affiliates shall not be held liable for any excess charges made by the service providers during the voting process.
MULTICHOICE, M-NET AND THE PRODUCERS OF THE VOICE NIGERIA, INCLUDING THEIR HOLDING AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SPONSORS AND SUB-CONTRACTORS ("THE INDEMNIFIED PERSONS") DO NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY TECHNICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OR ANY OTHER PROBLEM WITH ANY MOBILE NETWORK, SYSTEM, SERVER, PROVIDER, SOFTWARE OR OTHERWISE WHICH MAY RESULT IN ANY VOTE BEING LOST OR NOT PROPERLY RECEIVED, REGISTERED OR RECORDED OR NOT BEING RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSING TIME OF THE RELEVANT VOTING PERIODS.
M-NET IS COMMITTED TO OPERATING FAIR VIEWER VOTING AND TO PREVENTING ABUSE OF ITS SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS THOSE OF ITS AGENTS AND SUB-CONTRACTORS. HOWEVER, M-NET DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE MOBILE NETWORKS AND OTHER NETWORKS USED IN CONNECTION WITH VOTING WILL BE FREE FROM ERRORS OR OMISSIONS NOR THAT THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED AND IN A FULLY OPERATING CONDITION. IN THE CASE OF SYSTEM FAILURE OR REPAIR OR FOR REASONS BEYOND THE REASONABLE CONTROL OF M-NET, THE SYSTEM AND/OR VOTING SERVICE MAY BE SUSPENDED TEMPORARILY AND WITHOUT NOTICE. THE INDEMNIFIED PERSONS WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO ANY PERSON IN THE EVENT THAT ALL OR ANY PART OF THE SYSTEM AND/OR VOTING SERVICE IS DISCONTINUED, MODIFIED OR INTERRUPTED IN ANY WAY.
BY VOTING YOU HEREBY RELEASE AND/OR INDEMNIFY THE INDEMNIFIED PERSONS (AS DEFINED ABOVE) FROM ALL LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY; OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE (INCLUDING LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY); WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL, ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE VOTING IN TERMS HEREOF, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WHERE ARISING OUT OF THE FOLLOWING: (A) ANY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES OR EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION; (B) ANY THEFT, UNAUTHORISED ACCESS OR THIRD PARTY INTERFERENCE.
M-Net will not have a say in the outcome of the vote, but judges’ voting may be considered. In the event that the vote outcome cannot be reasonably determined (due to a technical failure or other circumstance beyond M-Net’s reasonable control and the data is irrecoverable), then M-Net reserves the right to use its discretion to make any decision that is necessary under the circumstances to ensure fairness to all affected parties or postpone the result show or exclude the results from the system that failed, unless the data can be recovered.
M-NET RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AMEND THESE VOTING TERMS AND CONDITIONS WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. ANY CHANGE WILL BE POSTED ON http://africamagic.tv/thevoicenigeria AND SUCH POSTING SHALL BE ADEQUATE NOTICE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE VOTING. ACCORDINGLY, YOU HEREBY UNDERTAKE TO CHECK THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS EACH TIME YOU WISH TO VOTE.
These terms and conditions shall be governed by Nigerian law.
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Interactive audience voting has been set-up on behalf of Electronic Media Network (Proprietary) Limited (“M-Net”) by MultiChoice Support Services (Pty) Ltd to enable viewers of The Voice Nigeria to vote for their favourite contestants to win this competition. The voting has been set up to encourage viewer participation in the show and give viewers a say in the results of the competition.
Guidelines
Voting Platforms
Voting must take place via SMS or WeChat services.
To use the SMS option, a vote can be made by texting the exact details of your favourite contestants according to the instructions provided in The Voice Nigeria programme - your service provider’s SMS charges will apply. Votes (SMSs) containing text that does not match the prescribed voting text (as advertised on the programme) cannot be allocated to the contestants correctly and cannot be counted towards the results, but the service provider will still charge for these. Similarly, if SMSs/votes are not received within the stipulated voting period they will not count towards the results, but the service provider will still charge.
Each SMS vote costs N50; free SMS bundles do not apply.
To use the WeChat option, download the WeChat application on your mobile phone - data costs of your internet service provider will apply. Please ask permission from the bill payer prior to voting. No refunds will be offered at any time.
Number of votes and voting periods
The number of votes that may be submitted per viewer is limited per vote period and vote platform as follows:
- SMS – 100 votes on this platform
- WeChat – 100 votes on this platform
Voting periods are from Sunday at 21:00 WAT to Wednesday at 22:00 WAT :
Votes received outside of voting periods will not be counted. You will however still be charged by your service provider for submitted SMSs/votes.
Voting terms and conditions
M-Net reserves the right to change voting rules at any time and may suspend, withdraw or re-set voting at its sole discretion. Where M-Net does change the voting rules, this will be advertised on Africa Magic showcase (Channel 151) and Africa Magic Showcase (channel 153). The updated voting rules will also be published on the Voice Nigeria website.
M-Net reserves the right to disqualify votes if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent voting has occurred or if it considers that there has been any attempt to manipulate the voting. Viewers will be limited to 100 votes per voting platform per voting period for SMS and WeChat. Votes in excess of 100 on SMS will be charged for but will not be counted.
After the voting lines have closed, the result of the vote will be established from all valid votes received. LATE VOTES, OR VOTES NOT RECEIVED BY THE TIME THE RESULT IS CALCULATED, WILL NOT BE COUNTED BUT WILL BE CHARGED BY YOUR SERVICE PROVIDER WHERE APPLICABLE.
The voting shall be limited to persons 18 years old and above. Any voter under 18 years of age shall obtain consent from their parent or legal guardian to participate in voting.
M-Net and/or its subsidiary and/or its affiliates shall not be held liable for any excess charges made by the service providers during the voting process.
MULTICHOICE, M-NET AND THE PRODUCERS OF THE VOICE NIGERIA, INCLUDING THEIR HOLDING AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SPONSORS AND SUB-CONTRACTORS ("THE INDEMNIFIED PERSONS") DO NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY TECHNICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OR ANY OTHER PROBLEM WITH ANY MOBILE NETWORK, SYSTEM, SERVER, PROVIDER, SOFTWARE OR OTHERWISE WHICH MAY RESULT IN ANY VOTE BEING LOST OR NOT PROPERLY RECEIVED, REGISTERED OR RECORDED OR NOT BEING RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSING TIME OF THE RELEVANT VOTING PERIODS.
M-NET IS COMMITTED TO OPERATING FAIR VIEWER VOTING AND TO PREVENTING ABUSE OF ITS SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS THOSE OF ITS AGENTS AND SUB-CONTRACTORS. HOWEVER, M-NET DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE MOBILE NETWORKS AND OTHER NETWORKS USED IN CONNECTION WITH VOTING WILL BE FREE FROM ERRORS OR OMISSIONS NOR THAT THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED AND IN A FULLY OPERATING CONDITION. IN THE CASE OF SYSTEM FAILURE OR REPAIR OR FOR REASONS BEYOND THE REASONABLE CONTROL OF M-NET, THE SYSTEM AND/OR VOTING SERVICE MAY BE SUSPENDED TEMPORARILY AND WITHOUT NOTICE. THE INDEMNIFIED PERSONS WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO ANY PERSON IN THE EVENT THAT ALL OR ANY PART OF THE SYSTEM AND/OR VOTING SERVICE IS DISCONTINUED, MODIFIED OR INTERRUPTED IN ANY WAY.
BY VOTING YOU HEREBY RELEASE AND/OR INDEMNIFY THE INDEMNIFIED PERSONS (AS DEFINED ABOVE) FROM ALL LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY; OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE (INCLUDING LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY); WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL, ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE VOTING IN TERMS HEREOF, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WHERE ARISING OUT OF THE FOLLOWING: (A) ANY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES OR EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION; (B) ANY THEFT, UNAUTHORISED ACCESS OR THIRD PARTY INTERFERENCE.
M-Net will not have a say in the outcome of the vote, but judges’ voting may be considered. In the event that the vote outcome cannot be reasonably determined (due to a technical failure or other circumstance beyond M-Net’s reasonable control and the data is irrecoverable), then M-Net reserves the right to use its discretion to make any decision that is necessary under the circumstances to ensure fairness to all affected parties or postpone the result show or exclude the results from the system that failed, unless the data can be recovered.
M-NET RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AMEND THESE VOTING TERMS AND CONDITIONS WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. ANY CHANGE WILL BE POSTED ON http://africamagic.tv/thevoicenigeria AND SUCH POSTING SHALL BE ADEQUATE NOTICE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE VOTING. ACCORDINGLY, YOU HEREBY UNDERTAKE TO CHECK THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS EACH TIME YOU WISH TO VOTE.
These terms and conditions shall be governed by Nigerian law.
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