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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

A technical glitch connecting a satellite uplink station in Slovenia caused significant downtime for StarSat viewers on Monday and into Tuesday, but the company is confident the problem has now been

Pay-television provider StarSat has gone off-air, apparently because of technical problems. Viewers say the signal stopped transmitting on Monday afternoon. StarSat subscribers have called

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

An application for leave to appeal a court ruling on the licensing of three pornographic pay channels was dismissed by the Western Cape high court on Wednesday. Judge Lee Bozalek ruled that he correctly ordered that the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa

Judgment in an application for leave to appeal a court ruling on the licensing of three porn pay channels was reserved until 10 December by the Western Cape high court on Friday. On Digital Media wants permission to appeal

An application for leave to appeal a court ruling on the licensing of three pornographic pay channels will be heard in the Western Cape high court next month. The application by On Digital Media (ODM) will be heard by judge Lee Bozalek on 5 December. At the beginning of the month, Bozalek ordered

The content that will fill the airwaves after the digital terrestrial television (DTT) switch-on next year will be critical to the success of South Africa’s digital migration project and there are valuable lessons the country can learn from other

Broadcasting regulator Icasa was ordered on Monday to review its decision to license three porn pay channels. Handing down judgment in the Western Cape high court, judge Lee Bozalek said the decision taken last year by Icasa to

Judgment was reserved on Monday in the review application of On Digital Media’s licence to operate three adult channels on pay television. ODM operates the satellite pay-TV service StarSat. The Western Cape high court heard a concession from the group’s lawyer, Steven Budlender, that in fact