The television entertainment industry in South Africa is in for significant disruption in the next 18 months. And couch potatoes look set to be the biggest beneficiaries as competition intensifies between traditional broadcasters and new Internet streaming providers
StarSat parent On Digital Media (ODM) has no intention of withdrawing a complaint it lodged against MultiChoice in 2013 at the Competition Commission, in which it accused its rival of engaging
The 90-day period for public comment on the Film & Publication Board’s draft online regulation policy ended yesterday, and it is already clear that opposition to the draft policy from industry, civil
New SABC CEO Frans Matlala said the public broadcaster in future will tell the truth but will also be “balancing the perspective”. He further said that he will be spending the next three months talking to various
There was mixed reaction to the announcement that Frans Matlala had been appointed as the SABC’s new group CEO. The Democratic Alliance “tentatively” welcomed the appointment, which came
Frans Matlala has been appointed as the SABC’s new chief executive officer. A consultant to the public broadcaster for project management and strategic advisory services, Matlala has been a keen supporter of the
E.tv chief operating officer Mark Rosin has said the free-to-air broadcaster is “disappointed” after losing a high court application brought against communications minister Faith Muthambi over the use of encryption in
Communications minister Faith Muthambi on Tuesday laid into her critics in parliament, accusing MPs of flouting the constitutional separation of powers over legal opinion they sought over her decision
The ANC says it is satisfied with communications minister Faith Muthambi’s explanation that she and the SABC board followed all laws and procedures when board members were removed from
Opposition parties came out against President Jacob Zuma’s appointment of Mbulaheni Maguvhe as SABC chairman and Leah Khumalo his deputy. The Congress of People (Cope) has the dubbed the two “praise singers”. “Luthuli House will in effect
