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Times Media Group has poached respected News24 editor-in-chief Andrew Trench to be its new digital editor. Trench will drive the digital content strategy for the group’s online titles, including TimesLive, SowetanLive and and BDLive. “Andrew is an editor we have had
Independent information and communications technology company Vox Telecom has acquired a majority stake in enterprise-level marketing cloud company Everlytic for an undisclosed sum. The Vumela Fund, which is managed by First National
MultiChoice will this week unveil its new digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform in South Africa, becoming the first broadcaster in South Africa to launch commercial DTT services. Using the GOtv name, the same branding it’s using for its DTT offerings
MWeb said on Monday it plans to close its five retail stores around the country and upgrade its online sales channel at the same time “allowing customers to shop when it suits them”. The Internet service provider, which is owned by DStv and
South Africa’s highly competitive subscription video-on-demand (VOD) landscape has claimed its first victim. Less than a month after Netflix announced it was expanding to markets across the world, including South Africa, Times Media Group has shuttered Vidi
Telkom is moving aggressively to get its copper-based broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) users onto its new fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in the areas where it’s already deployed fibre infrastructure. On Monday, the company launched an offer to
Former MTN South Africa CEO Zunaid Bulbulia has joined listed telecommunications provider Huge Group as an independent nonexecutive director with immediate effect. Huge Group said on Friday that Bulbulia, who was most
Durban-headquartered technology services group Adapt IT expects headline earnings per share (Heps) to rise by as much as 47,4% in the six months ended 31 December 2015, it said in a statement on the JSE’s stock exchange news service on Thursday. The fast-growing
Well-known ICT sector businessman Andile Ngcaba has warned that South Africa’s mobile networks “risk redundancy” if they fail to develop innovative ways to benefit from over-the-top technologies. Ngcaba, speaking in his capacity as chairman of the Wi-Fi Forum
Rand Merchant Bank Holdings (RMBH) and Rand Merchant Insurance Holdings have launched a new hub for “next-generation financial services entrepreneurs” in Sandton. Called
