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Icasa to review must-carry TV regulations
Communications regulator Icasa has announced it will conduct a regulatory impact assessment on television must-carry regulations following strenuous objections by the SABC.
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Podcasts
TalkCentral: Ep 235 – ‘MultiChoice 2.0’
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg unpack Naspers’s decision to unbundle MultiChoice to shareholders and list it on the JSE. What does this mean for the future of the pay-television operator?
In-depth
Cast off by Naspers, MultiChoice plots its own path
Discarded by its globe-trotting parent Naspers after more than three decades, African pay-television heavyweight MultiChoice Group is facing an uncertain future.
Podcasts
Call: Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk on the MultiChoice unbundling
Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk, together with Naspers video entertainment CEO Imtiaz Patel and MultiChoice South Africa CEO Calvo Mawela, held a media call on Tuesday morning to discuss the plan to unbundle MultiChoice. Listen to it here.
News
MultiChoice to list on the JSE as Naspers eyes pay-TV exit
Naspers has announced it plans to list its video entertainment business on the JSE while at the same time unbundling the unit to shareholders.
News
Newzroom Afrika to replace ex-Gupta TV channel
Newzroom Afrika will replace the formerly Gupta-owned and now-defunct Afro Worldview (previously ANN7) on DStv, MultiChoice South Africa CEO Calvo Mawela said on Tuesday.
In-depth
Naspers goes on a charm offensive
A charm offensive by Naspers directors quelled shareholder discontent at this year’s AGM, but corporate governance and remuneration remained high on shareholders’ agendas.
Podcasts
Interview: Bob van Dijk and Larry Illg on Naspers’s global investment strategy
In this episode of the podcast, Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk returns to the show, this time with Naspers Ventures CEO Larry Illg, to talk about the group’s global technology investments and strategies.
News
DStv Now apps come to more devices
MultiChoice has launched three new apps for its DStv Now streaming service, for Apple TV, media players running Android TV and Samsung smart TVs.
News
SABC, DStv sign new – and ‘clean’ – channel supply deal
The controversial channel supply agreement between the SABC and MultiChoice has run its course, with the two broadcasters signing a new deal that allows SABC News and SABC Encore to continue to be broadcast on DStv.