DStv parent MultiChoice did not force the SABC to agree not to carry its free-to-air channels on broadcasting platforms that use encryption and a clause to this effect in a channel supply agreement
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MultiChoice has come out swinging against Caxton after the newspaper publisher and two public broadcasting advocacy groups accused the pay-television operator of concluding a deal with the
South Africa still hasn’t switched on commercial digital terrestrial television broadcasts, but that isn’t holding back the broadcasting industry from running trials to test digital radio broadcasts based on Digital Audio Broadcasting and Digital Radio Mondiale
Pro-government newspaper The New Age received an advertising injection of more than R2m from the department of higher education, which joins a host of other departments in directing advertising
Yunus Carrim’s appointment as minister of communications in July 2013 was greeted with apprehension. The avowed communist’s expertise lay with the local government sector. He knew nothing about technology. In fact, he joked at the time that he barely knew
The SABC is set to spend R100m more on staff salaries and paying board members. This is according to the public broadcaster’s new corporate plan for 2015/2016 to 2017/2018, which also says revenues are “constrained” amid advertisers cutting back “as a result of
President Jacob Zuma is trying to resolve issues with the SABC board, his office said on Monday. “The president, who appoints members of the SABC board on the advice of the national assembly
Two more SABC board members were removed on Thursday, the public broadcaster said. “The SABC board of directors today [Thursday] convened a meeting to conclude the business of the special board meeting that was adjourned on 12 March,” the broadcaster said in a
The Universal Service & Access Agency of South Africa has slammed remarks by the department of communications’ head of digital migration, Solly Mokoetle, that the agency’s tender process for television set-top boxes was flawed and could be taken away from
Government should make better use of regulatory tools and legislation to foster a more competitive environment in South Africa’s pay-television industry rather than requiring that conditional access technology be included in state-subsidised set-top boxes. That’s the