Author: Editor

Gaming is the biggest entertainment industry in the world, bigger than even Hollywood. It’s the biggest in SA, too. It seems if you want to make money in entertainment, you’d be better off learning to code than trying your luck on Idols. Though sales of CDs, cinema tickets and DVDs have declined

Some Christian organisations plan to boycott TopTV after it announced it would launch 24-hour pornography channels next year, said the Family Policy Institute on Tuesday. “The Christian denominations and church affiliations support the view that the broadcasting of hardcore pornography on television

Telkom’s plan to sell a stake in its business to KT Corp (formerly Korea Telecom) and to form a strategic venture with the Korean company appears to be progressing well. The JSE-listed fixed-line operator said on Monday the two companies had signed a memorandum of understanding

Cape Town audio tour guides company Tourism Radio has signed a deal with Renault that will result in it supplying an application for Android-powered tablets the French car maker intends including in its vehicles from next year. CEO Mark Allewell says the app, which will offer

Assuming there are no launch delays or other problems, DStv operator MultiChoice will switch to a new orbital satellite in 2012 on which it has secured significantly more capacity for new channels and high-definition broadcasts. The Intelsat 20 (IS-20) satellite will replace two satellites

SA-headquartered IT services giant Dimension Data grew revenues in constant currency by 14,8% to US$5,8bn in the year to 30 September 2011, with operating profit climbing by 10,8% on the back of the strong improvement in sales. In reported currency, Didata’s revenue line grew

This is our pick of the films screened in SA cinemas during 2011. The list excludes 2011 films such as Hugo, The Descendants and The Artist that have yet to be released in SA. By Lance Harris

It will be decades before three-dimensional television (3D TV) becomes a mainstream way of consuming entertainment, much like it has taken high-definition TV decades to become commonplace in people’s homes. That’s the view of Gerdus van Eeden, chief technology officer at MultiChoice

Listed companies whose empowerment share schemes have come out of their lock-in periods have largely shunned the JSE’s black economic empowerment (BEE) trading platform for their own options. The stock exchange’s BEE platform, launched in February

Samsung’s latest compact camera, the MV800, is squarely aimed at people who love taking self-portraits. Its biggest selling point is its “MultiView” 3-inch touch display that rotates 180 degrees so it can be viewed while simultaneously looking into the lens. But even without the