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Shinn to meet Carrim tomorrow, SABC a “decades long” problem
  • 14 days ago

    Shinn to meet Carrim tomorrow, SABC a “decades long” problem

    Yunus Carrim, South Africa’s latest communications minister, will tomorrow meet his opposite number, the Democratic Alliance’s Marian (more)

  • 14 days ago

    New task team set to bring stability to the SABC

    A new task team has been set up by Yunus Carrim, minister of communications, and Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, deputy minister, in a bid to (more)

  • 14 days ago

    DStv partners with cricket East African to showcase live matches

    SuperSport will be broadcasting the East African Cricket Competitions set for August after DStv announced the partnership.

  • 15 days ago

    ZNBC owes $7k to production company for documentary

    The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation reportedly owes Chanda Chimba, owner of Phibajo Productions, a sum of ZMW40,000 (US$7,300) for (more)

  • 15 days ago

    Digital migration rogue Botswana turns on signal

    Botswana has beaten its Southern Africa neighbours, including South Africa, to the switch-on of digital signal broadcasting, despite (more)

  • 16 days ago

    SABC’s 24 hour news channel needs clarity - Shinn

    The decision the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has taken to launch their new 24 hour news channel on MultiChoice’s (more)

  • 16 days ago

    Local channels resume on StarTimes platform

    Kenyans subscribed to the StarTimes platform can now access local television channels after their resumption on Friday evening.

  • 19 days ago

    Samsung offer decoders with new TVs in Kenya

    Samsung and MultiChoice have partnered to offer DStv decoders and subscriptions on the purchase of a Samsung television sets at various (more)

  • 19 days ago

    OPINION: Kenya might not realise digital migration as deadline looms

    With the October 30, 2013, deadline for East Africa's switch from analogue to digital broadcasting draws near, there are fresh and genuine (more)

  • 19 days ago

    Kenyan documentary flops in bid to raise funds

    The Unknown Runner documentary that has seeking funds through crowdfunding site kickstarter.com is headed for a flop having raised just 5 (more)

  • 19 days ago

    Uganda on verge of digital switch on

    Uganda is set to switch on its digital broadcasting signal in the next days after the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) announced its (more)

  • 20 days ago

    Kenya government says they never had a deal with COFEK

    The government and the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) have denied ever entering an agreement with the Consumer Federation of Kenya (more)

  • 21 days ago

    SA gets first 24h internet TV channel

    AlternaTV, South Africa’s first 24 hour online television (TV) channel, has been released, aiming to set a new trend.

  • 21 days ago

    GOtv turning Spanish in Kenya

    GOtv Kenya is set to expand its offerings to viewers by bringing additional content, including a new Spanish language channel.

  • 22 days ago

    COFEK withdraws from Kenya’s digital migration committee

    Kenya’s digital migration has had another setback after the Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) withdrew from the government-led Digital (more)

  • 22 days ago

    Zuku partners with Kenya Rugby Union

    Kenya’s pay TV provider Zuku has announced an exclusive broadcast partnership with Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) to air all local rugby (more)

  • 23 days ago

    SA to get new, free satellite TV

    The launch of a high definition (HD) satellite television (TV) broadcasting service for South Africa has been announced by Platco Digital, (more)

  • 26 days ago

    All DStv subscribers to view Premium channels over the weekend

    MultiChoice Africa has confirmed its Open Weekend plans in which DStv subscribers in other bouquets will be able to view selected DStv (more)

  • 27 days ago

    Zimbabwe gets independent TV station for election broadcasting

    A new privately-owned free-to-air satellite television station started broadcasting in Zimbabwe this week with the aim of airing (more)

  • 28 days ago

    DStv to launch more HD sports channels

    MultiChoice Africa has announced that DStv will soon be introducing two new high definition (HD) SuperSport channels.

  • 29 days ago

    MultiChoice announces ESPN channels in Africa to close

    MultiChoice Africa, parent company of satellite pay television DStv, has announced ESPN and ESPN Classic will be withdrawn from (more)

  • 29 days ago

    SABC and partners start messaging service for Mandela

    The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) together with Telkom and the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory has launched a messaging (more)

  • 29 days ago

    Kenya, SA dominate CNN/MultiChoice journalist competition nominations

    Kenyans and South Africans make up almost half of the finalists of prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist competition for 2013.

  • 1 month ago

    MultiChoice to reinstate Bloomberg on DStv

    Bloomberg TV will be reinstated on DStv as a 24-hour channel from Monday (July 15), Multichoice has announced.

  • 1 month ago

    UCC wades into the decoder row

    The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has declared the first generation Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-T1) set top boxes still valid, (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Kenyatta appoints communications team, establishes national press centre

    Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Manoa Esipisu as the first State House spokesman and director of the Presidential Press (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Digital migration will boost internet penetration in Nigeria – NBC

    Digital migration has the potential to boost the levels of internet and broadband penetration in Nigeria, according to Emeka Mba, director (more)

  • 1 month ago

    SABC tries to stop its own documentary from being broadcasted

    The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has lodged an application with the High Court in Johannesburg to stop the broadcasting of (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Carrim will not interfere with SABC press freedom

    The Department of Communications (DoC) will not interfere with the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) editorial freedom, (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Nigerian calls for organisation to give artists one voice

    Tony Okoroji, chairman of the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), has blamed internet capabilities such as live streaming and downloads (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Shinn: swift action needed by new communications minister

    Marian Shinn, shadow minister of communications for the Democratic Alliance (DA), has said swift action must be taken by Yunus Carrim, (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Kibera documentary seeks funding at crowdfunding site

    Film documentary Slum Art Slam has turned to crowdfunding site Kickstarter as it is seeking US$2,700, with just US$11 raised with 10 days (more)

  • 1 month ago

    TV is Mufasa and mobile is Simba

    Simbarashe Mabasha, director of the Afrikan Dust Media Group, has said mobile video has the potential, through content, to accelerate the (more)

  • 1 month ago

    M-Net increases series offering on DStv

    MultiChoice has introduced three new channels to its M-Net series bouquet, a move it believes will transform the way subscribers watch the (more)

  • 1 month ago

    StarTimes invests $31 million in Nigeria in 6 months, subscriber base hits 1.3 million

    StarTimes director Maxwell Loko has announced the digital terrestrial television network has invested NGN5 billion (US$31 million) in its (more)

  • 1 month ago

    SA operators taking on new spectrum will face obligations - ICASA

    Players already operating in the broadband and mobile broadband space in South Africa will be required to meet universal obligations if (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Mbabazi intervenes in digital migration process

    Uganda’s prime minister Amama Mbabazi says he has intervened to ensure a smooth digital migration in Uganda as a result of claims from (more)

  • 1 month ago

    TopTV porn channels delayed - report

    South African pay-television operator TopTV’s launch of porn channels has been delayed by its ongoing business rescue process, according (more)

  • 1 month ago

    DStv to air SABC 24-hour news channel

    The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and MultiChoice have signed an agreement for DStv to broadcast the SABC’s 24-Hour news (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Benfica TV launches in Angola, Mozambique

    Portuguese football club Benfica has launched broadcasting services in Angola and Mozambique through the implementation of pay-TV services.

  • 1 month ago

    CCK rural ICT levy collections begin this month

    The Communications Commission of Kenya will this month begin collections of the 0.5 per cent levy on the revenue of Kenyan communications (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Able Wireless plots coup on digital broadcasting space

    Kenyan media startup Able Wireless is set to enter the digital broadcasting space, providing video on demand services to the middle and low (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Matiangi publishes bill to reconfigure CCK

    Kenyan cabinet secretary for Information Communication and Technology Dr Fred Matiangi has published a bill that will make industry (more)

  • 1 month ago

    TV stations in Egypt shut down after president overthrown

    Authorities raided Al Jazeera’s Egyptian news station offices and shut down other Islamist-run stations yesterday, shortly after (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Rwanda sets December 2013 as deadline for analogue switch off

    The Rwandan government, through its regulatory arm the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA), is planning to switch off analogue (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Sentech scrambles SABC in Zimbabwe

    Sentech, the South Africa-based signal carrier, has scrambled the three SABC channels made available through Zimbabwean free-to-air (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Streamlining of Kenyan film sector can create 250,000 jobs

    Kenya’s cabinet secretary for sports, arts and culture Hassan Wario has urged agencies involved in the film industry to rationalise if (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Matiangi urges more local content

    East Africa needs to invest in the production of quality local content for consumption within the region and the wider African market, (more)

  • 1 month ago

    GTUC launches Takoradi campus

    The Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) has established another campus with the aim of developing manpower in the Western region.

  • 1 month ago

    Top TV cancels two channels

    Top TV, one of South Africa’s satellite pay-TV services has lost the TV channel “Fox Retro” without warning and has replaced “Top (more)

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