Naspers-controlled pay-TV operator MultiChoice, which owns DStv and SuperSport, may soon face a probe by South Africa’s competition authorities after rival On Digital Media (ODM), which owns TopTV, accused it of anticompetitive abuses. TechCentral can reveal exclusively
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In this week’s episode of TalkCentral, your regular hosts Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson delve into the news, which TechCentral broke on Friday, that MultiChoice and SuperSport could be facing a probe soon by the competition authorities after On Digital Media, owner of TopTV, lodged a complaint against the companies
The most memorable image from Microsoft’s reveal of the Xbox One was an animated German Shepherd with Kevlar armour and a high polygon count. Motion-captured from a retired Navy Seal dog to serve as a player companion in this year’s iteration of Call of Duty, the pooch is an apt mascot for the console. The dog
Green, barcoded identity books will be replaced with identity smart cards from July, home affairs minister Naledi Pandor said on Thursday. “We will begin with the issuing of the cards to new applicants and those who need reissuing of identity documents from July this year,” she told reporters in Pretoria. Altech Card Solutions had
Tablet computers running full versions of Windows 8 were, at least according to Microsoft, meant to provide the portable computing power business users demand. Unfortunately, Hewlett-Packard’s Elitepad 900 fails to live up to that promise because of a lack of processing clout, a hefty price tag and the need for
The GSMA Association, which represents most of the world’s mobile operators, has opened a permanent office in Nairobi in Kenya. The office, housed at the city’s iHub, will allow the association to work more closely with its members throughout the continent. The move shows a
Michael Jordaan is leaving First National Bank after 10 years as CEO to pursue his passion for technology and entrepreneurship. FNB parent FirstRand Group announced on Wednesday that Jordaan would step down at the end of the year, with the head of the bank’s business banking arm, Jacques Celliers, to take
Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, is at a crossroads. The company, with Microsoft, dominated the client-server era of computing. Its chips power most servers and PCs sold today. But the action in the computing industry is no longer in desktops and laptops, but rather in smartphones
Could pay-TV operator MultiChoice, which owns DStv, be forced to allow rival broadcasters access to premium sports and entertainment content that it has bought rights to? If communications minister Dina Pule gets her way, this could happen.Pule told parliament on Tuesday
