Chances are, if you’re on a mailing list connected to the media industry, you would have received numerous (digital) links to studies and reports hailing the success of paywalls by various publishers around the world. And in light of the spectacular failure of digital publishing to offer a sustainable business model in its first 20
The Media Workers’ Association of South Africa on Friday welcomed the SABC’s decision to exclude an encryption system based on conditional access in digital set-top boxes. “This unexpected statement represents a rare glimpse or signs of an SABC regaining consciousness of its role as the premier provider
The CEO of the company tasked with collecting e-tolls in Gauteng has resigned, it was reported on Thursday. Electronic Tolling Collection (ETC) CEO Salahdin Yacoubi resigned with immediate effect on Thursday, Fin24 said. Roads agency Sanral confirmed the resignation
The government’s biggest challenge is to make maths and science exciting and popular for school pupils, president Jacob Zuma said on Friday. “Science offers students the ability to access a wealth of knowledge and information, which will contribute to an overall understanding of how and why things work
Despite facing a lawsuit from two of its minority shareholders and not yet concluding a business rescue process, troubled pay-television operator On Digital Media (ODM) is pressing ahead with plans to relaunch its TopTV brand as StarSat. This follows an agreement
SABC’s digital terrestrial television (DTT) set-top boxes will not include a control system, the broadcaster said on Thursday. “As a public service broadcaster, we have taken the decision not to support conditional access of set-top boxes, as this is the most suitable option for us as a free-to-air broadcaster,” it said in a
Telkom is again upping speeds for broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) users and, in some cases, is also adjusting its prices. The move comes just a day after group CEO Sipho Maseko told TechCentral that speeds of up to 10Mbit/s may soon represent the entry-level tier of broadband offered by
Telecommunications regulator Icasa’s new draft regulations on local-loop unbundling are “too vague” and “too broad” to be implementable, Dimension Data division Internet Solutions has warned in a submission on the proposed regulations. IS says that the only way to
New research by TeleGeography shows Africa will lead the world in international bandwidth demand in coming years. The data, from the company’s global bandwidth forecast service, suggests that demand for international bandwidth from Africa will rise at a compound annual rate of 51% between 2012 and 2019
Finnish digital music store Spinlet is expanding its presence on the African continent with plans to set up shop in South Africa. The company boasts a catalogue of almost 700 000 artists, which, according to the company, represents the largest catalogue of African
