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The SABC and MultiChoice will launch its rerun entertainment channel, called SABC Encore, on 11 May on DStv. The launch of SABC Encore, which formerly would have been called SABC Entertainment

MultiChoice has hit back strongly at claims by another media group Caxton and by two public broadcasting advocacy groups that its 2013 deal with the SABC over the supply of two television

Gallo Images is looking into possibly purchasing the South African Press Association (Sapa), the news agency’s chairman said on Thursday. “Gallo is doing a due diligence process, where they are looking at the model, the production issues, the IT requirements, and they are also looking how it could be possible for

Caxton and CTP Publishers has sold its entire shareholding in the Times Media Group to the Blackstar Group, it was reported on Tuesday. The sale was announced on Monday by TMG. This brings Blackstar’s holding in TMG to 32,3% of the

Though he’s mostly been out of the headlines in recent years, Primedia founder William Kirsh didn’t disappear into early retirement when he resigned in September 2009 as CEO of the media empire he led and helped build. Rather, he’s been hard at work creating a new business – with his father

Wealthy South African businessman Johann Rupert has made a R2,3bn offer to buy a company which holds a large stake in Caxton, the Sunday Times reported. Rupert made the offer to buy ElementOne, which holds a 40% stake in Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers, through his company Remgro

JSE-listed telecommunications specialist FoneWorx has renewed a service provider agreement with Telkom on which the company’s fax to e-mail service is based. The contract will run for five years, until August 2018, FoneWorx says in a statement to investors. “This will

Justin Arenstein, 42, is an award-winning journalist, digital media strategist and media rights activist who believes the media’s role may become less one of reportage and more one of analysis as digital media grows and traditional media is forced to adapt or close shop. Key to the shift that Arenstein believes is

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has rejected a three-year-old complaint by publishing company Caxton over foreign ownership of MultiChoice and M-Net. Caxton lodged the complaint in August 2007, claiming the broadcasters were in breach of the Electronic Communications Act.