Communications minister Solly Malatsi wants both state-owned companies to make better use of their resources.
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An independent mediator will facilitate talks between the SABC and Sentech over the former’s growing debt to the latter.
Newly appointed communications minister Solly Malatsi has promised policy stability as a cornerstone of his tenure.
The SABC’s streaming platform is tracking well, with nearly five million unique streams in the first three weeks of June alone.
Freevision Play is Sentech’s new streaming platform, and it promises a range of video and audio channels at no cost to viewers.
The SABC is headed to the Competition Tribunal over its allegations that Sentech is charging it excessive prices.
The planned new state-owned holding company will own and manage at least 13 of the country’s SOEs.
Sentech interim CEO Tebogo Leshope said the SABC’s unwillingness or inability to pay its signal distribution fees is of “great concern”.
The SABC owes Sentech more than R700-million – or about half of the broadcasting signal distributor’s annual revenue.
Sentech, South Africa’s state-owned signal distribution operator, is in search of a new CEO.