Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams said that as part of its turnaround strategy, the SABC will turn to “over-the-top” or streaming services in a bid to help the public broadcaster up its revenue.
The SABC said on Monday that is has secured broadcast rights for the Rubgy World Cup final between South Africa and England after reaching an agreement with MultiChoice.
It is not the SABC’s intention to compete with Netflix. Its video streaming plans are a smart move by management that deserve praise, not scorn. By Duncan McLeod.
In a potentially serious blow to state-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech, the SABC has said it wants to make much more extensive use of direct-to-home satellite technology for digital broadcasting.
The SABC plans to go big on Internet streaming, offering all its content on its own online video platforms, group CEO Madoda Mxakwe has said.
South Africa’s embattled public broadcaster is to receive R2.1-billion on 7 October as part of an initial tranche of a R3.2-billion bailout from the government.
The SABC has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in recent times. The question that needs answering is: what needs to be done to fix it?
The SABC board has slammed the leaking of an internal memorandum authored by two non-executive directors. The document makes a series of serious allegations against the broadcaster’s CEO and chief financial officer.
Icasa’s proposal to force sporting bodies to make “games of national interest” freely available to the SABC will have unintended consequences not only for sports but also for constitutionalism. By Martin van Staden.
The SABC is technically insolvent and is struggling to honour payments to service providers and contractual obligations, its chief financial officer has said.