Netflix has appointed Zimbabwean telecommunications tycoon Strive Masiyiwa to its board, adding its first African director as it looks to new markets for future growth.
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MultiChoice Group has another rival streaming service to its new DStv Ultra personal video recorder and satellite decoder – this time it’s Amazon Web Services.
Walt Disney Co is readying dozens of new shows for its Disney+ streaming service, aiming to keep up a growth run that has propelled subscriptions past 86.8 million.
Yet another deadline set by the South African government to complete the now 10-year-overdue migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television has been allowed to slide.
Australia finalised plans on Tuesday to make Facebook and Google pay its media outlets for news content, a world-first move aimed at protecting independent journalism.
The SABC said on Friday that it will issue notices of termination of lease agreements for its non-core properties and will sell these at an upcoming public auction.
After coming under political and union pressure, the SABC board has decided not to proceed with 400 planned job cut – needed as part of a plan to save itself from financial collapse – until at least January.
The SABC board said on Friday that a plan to retrench 400 employees as part of a restructuring to get the public broadcaster on a sustainable financial footing has been suspended for seven days.
MultiChoice Group chief financial officer Tim Jacobs has said in an interview with TechCentral that the pay-television broadcaster will “keep an open mind” to any approach by France’s Canal+.
MultiChoice Group has expanded its repertoire with an agreement to buy a 20% stake in Africa-focused sports-betting platform BetKing for as much as R1.8-billion.