Johannesburg – The National Prosecuting Authority had a number of conditions should media houses broadcast Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial.

However, the NPA would not say what these conditions were.

The North Gauteng High Court will on Wednesday hear an application by media houses to broadcast the trial.

The application is being brought by news channel eNCA who is being joined in its bid by MultiChoice and Eyewitness News.

A 24-hour TV channel dedicated to the upcoming trial will reportedly be launched on DStv a day before the star athlete goes on trial.

MultiChoice and EWN said it was proposing permission to use unmanned, remote controlled high definition cameras which would feed to all broadcasters, if the application was successful.

The NPA said it would not oppose the application.

Pistorius is accused of killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February last year. His trial is expected to be heard in the North Gauteng High Court from 3 to 20 March.

It was not immediately clear if Pistorius’s legal team would oppose the application.

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