South Africans do love a good moan. Whether it’s Eskom’s rolling blackouts or the state of the country’s politics, we seem to find a measure of comfort in a good old groan, whether it’s done quietly
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Though MultiChoice remains strongly opposed to the use of encryption, or conditional access, for South Africa’s free-to-air digital television migration project, it has not yet decided whether it will challenge
The ANC decided at its lekgotla last week that cabinet’s decision in favour of the use of a conditional access system based on encryption was the right one for South Africa’s digital terrestrial television project
Things used to be simple: a life with MultiChoice or a life without it. But South African television viewers will soon be spoilt for choice, even if some options are more appealing than others — and some a lot more
MultiChoice has been fined R40 000 for airing two promotions deemed unsuitable for children, the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa has ruled. The first complaint was lodged by Charlene Baptiste in August
After extensive piloting, MTN South Africa has launched FrontRow Services, a video-on-demand platform that provides customers with access to movies and television shows for R179/month. MTN FrontRow Services is made up of FrontRow Club and
It was another busy year in South Africa’s technology industry. From the drama at the SABC to the drama over the splitting of the department of communications, it’s been an interesting news year, but a frustrating one for the sector. We know what our favourite stories were in 2014
Telkom and DStv parent MultiChoice have reached an agreement in terms of which subscribers to the telecommunications operator’s Telkom Internet ISP will get a “free”, Internet-connected high-end Explora personal video recorder (PVR) decoder. Under the promotion, which will run for six months from 23 November
DStv operator MultiChoice has debuted “remote recording”, allowing its subscribers to go online to set recordings on their personal video recorder (PVR) set-top boxes remotely. At the same time, the broadcaster, which is owned by JSE-listed
Driven by the rise of broadband, the era of linear television broadcasting will draw to a rapid close in the next decade. New media empires will be built on the back of this change. Established broadcasters that don’t adapt will crumble. A revolution is at hand — a revolution that is going