The move to digital terrestrial television isn’t simply a chance for set-top box manufacturers to make a quick buck. It presents a unique opportunity to introduce new competition in the broadcasting market where, until now, consumers have had precious little choice. In terrestrial broadcasting
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Black-owned investment company Kagiso Media would like to launch both subscription and free-to-air television services but will only do so if the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) crafts digital terrestrial broadcasting regulations to create
New players in the SA television market should only be allowed to begin operating after the country has successfully made the migration from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting, the SABC says. The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) should consider the implications
Communications minister Dina Pule is in the spotlight after a dossier of allegations against her was leaked to the Mail & Guardian this week. The dossier, substantial elements of which were independently confirmed to the M&G by communication department officials familiar with the circumstances, paints a picture
In February, communications minister Dina Pule announced that the digital television switch-on was being moved from April to September. When a country switches from analogue television to digital, there are two important dates. The first is when digital television signals are launched and the second is when the analogue
Six months after Lulama Mokhobo took over as the group CEO of the SABC there is little indication that the state broadcaster can turn around its moribund news offering while rival e.tv takes the gap to bag viewers. Although the figures do fluctuate because of many variables, e.tv’s 7pm news
Fast food franchise Nando’s has turned down an offer by DStv to flight its anti-‘xenophobia advertisement initially banned by the pay channel, Business Day reported on Monday. Nando’s marketing manager Thabang Ramogase said it seemed as if DStv wanted to flight the advertisement only
The ANC wants scarce radio frequency spectrum to be made available to new players seeking to provide telecommunications services and it also wants to increase competition in the broadcasting industry, especially in pay television. These are two of the key points raised in the ruling party’s
For 22 years, the battle has raged in parliament, the government executive and various courts and tribunals, with long periods of deceptive calm between each episode. Now SA record companies are finally closing in on the R561m they say local radio stations owe them — and the extra R50m-plus that will be
The opposition Democratic Alliance has slammed cabinet for its decision not to support a proposed plan by Telkom to sell 20% of the company’s equity to Korea’s KT Corp. In a prepared speech that would have been delivered in parliament on Tuesday — it wasn’t given after opposition parties walked out in an