Broadcaster e.tv says the most recent draft digital terrestrial television (DTT) regulations published by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) will make it impossible for free-to-air services to compete with DStv and other pay-TV operators. It says the draft regulations, published in July
The black economic empowerment (BEE) companies established by DStv owner MultiChoice are being paid ordinary and special dividends to the tune of R1bn in the current financial year, the pay-TV broadcaster said on Wednesday. The empowerment
DStv, the satellite pay-TV product owned by Naspers-controlled broadcaster MultiChoice, will launch 13 new channels, including seven new high-definition (HD) channels, on 1 October as it migrates to a new, higher-capacity satellite. MultiChoice will
The fight for what SA consumers’ television future will look like is hotting up. The broadcasting regulator’s new draft regulations for digital terrestrial television, the migration to which is already years behind schedule, came under fire this week at public hearings and could result in further delays. Nigeria, Namibia
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
MultiChoice subsidiary M-Net wants access to more radio frequency spectrum than it has provisionally been allocated in the draft digital terrestrial television (DTT) regulations, it said at Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) hearings on
The eNews Channel, the 24-hour television news service available on MultiChoice’s DStv platform, will launch on the Sky digital satellite platform in the UK in coming weeks. The service will target the sizeable expatriate community. A launch date has not yet been confirmed. Sky has more than 10m subscribers in the UK
Intelsat 20, a new communications satellite that will serve the future needs of MultiChoice, which owns pay-TV service DStv, blasted successfully into space overnight aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from Kourou in French Guiana. Lift-off occured at 10.54pm SA time on Thursday night. At 28 minutes after launch, at
As the Zambezi River surged past in the background, destined to plummet 100m down the Victoria Falls a mere 15 minutes’ walk away, the Zambian government last week launched GOtv in Livingstone, the country’s fourth largest city. GOtv is MultiChoice Africa’s new offering, which plays in the digital terrestrial television space. It offers consumers
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
