Communications regulator Icasa has rejected all five applicants, including the Gupta-controlled Infinity Media Networks, that were seeking new free-to-air television broadcasting licences in South Africa
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The price of DStv’s most popular bouquets will rise by between 8% and 10% on 1 April 2016, with parent MultiChoice blaming the sharp devaluation in the value of the rand over the past 12 months
Gideon Khobane has been named as the new CEO of MultiChoice subsidiary SuperSport. He will take the reins from Brandon Foot, who has been acting as CEO for the past two years and who now take over as
The Competition Tribunal found on Thursday that a 2013 deal between the SABC and MultiChoice that would give the pay-television company the right to air two of the public broadcaster’s
Local Internet video service ShowMax is not increasing its monthly R99 subscription rate despite the weak rand impacting its business. Multinational media and Internet company Naspers launched ShowMax on 19 August last year as a TV series and movie video-on-demand service.
It’s finally happened. South Africa this week launched digital terrestrial television, ushering in a new chapter in the country’s broadcasting history, but one that has arrived many years later than
With little fanfare, South Africa this week kick-started the process of “dual illumination”, a significant milestone in the switch from analogue to digital terrestrial television and a move that
MultiChoice will this week unveil its new digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform in South Africa, becoming the first broadcaster in South Africa to launch commercial DTT services. Using the GOtv name, the same branding it’s using for its DTT offerings
MWeb said on Monday it plans to close its five retail stores around the country and upgrade its online sales channel at the same time “allowing customers to shop when it suits them”. The Internet service provider, which is owned by DStv and
Naspers-owned video-on-demand platform ShowMax has reached a deal with Internet service provider MWeb in terms of which users will get three months of “free” ADSL along with three months of complimentary access to ShowMax. The offer is