ESPN goes multiplatform for World Cup
Wed, 02 Jun 2010
Broadcasting & Cable reports that sports broadcaster ESPN will provide multiplatform coverage of the 2010 Fifa World Cup through online, mobile, social media, fantasy, games and digital audio.Read More »
Al Jazeera provide Internet info free
Wed, 02 Jun 2010
While many media broadcast and press operations are planning how to charge for their information on the Internet, Al Jazeera will provide its content free of charge.Read More »
iPlayer gets social
Wed, 26 May 2010
The Guardian reports that thanks to deals with Facebook and Twitter, users of the upgraded version of the BBC's iPlayer video-on-demand service will be to share content with each other. Users will still have to sign up to the BBC’s own website ID service to connect via these social networking services.Read More »
Building an Information Society
Wed, 26 May 2010
South Africa remains committed to the building of a people-centred, development-oriented, inclusive information society. So said Deputy Minister of Communications Dina Pule at the fifth World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-10), which is taking place in Hyderabad, India until 4 June.Read More »
Gearhouse Broadcast’s new website
Tue, 25 May 2010
International broadcast service company Gearhouse Broadcast recently teamed up with web design and online solutions specialists Optix Solutions to develop a new web presence capable of keeping up with the demands of a fast-moving industryRead More »
World Telecoms and Info Soc Day
Fri, 14 May 2010
South Africa’s Department of Communications (DoC), in collaboration with Information and Communications Technology (ICT) stakeholders, will celebrate the World Telecommunications and Information Society Day on 17 May 2010 at the Makhado Sports Ground in Dube, Soweto.Read More »
ITU and UNESCO commit to broadband commission
Wed, 12 May 2010
ITU and UNESCO today announced the establishment of a top level Broadband Commission for Digital Development which will define strategies for accelerating broadband rollout worldwide and examine applications that could see broadband networks improve the delivery of a huge range of social servicesRead More »
Digital Signage Federation calls for members
Mon, 10 May 2010
Any South Africans involved in the digital signage industry are invited to become members of the not-for-profit trade organisationRead More »
An SA Internet success story
Fri, 07 May 2010
By virtue of the social networking that took place once new South African music act Die Antwoord’s first album, $O$, was posted on its websiteRead More »
ICASA deadline jeopardises Mobile TV for World Cup
Wed, 05 May 2010
THE Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) could face legal action if it did not reconsider its decision to give companies just three weeks to apply for the new digital mobile television service licenceRead More »
Consortium objects to Icasa Mobile TV deadline
Wed, 28 Apr 2010
The black-owned Mobile TV Consortium has filed a legal objection against the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (Icasa) deadline of 7 May for applications for the country’s first ever mobile television service licence.Read More »
ICASA to license mobile TV for World Cup
Tue, 20 Apr 2010
Interested parties have only three weeks to submit applications for mobile TV licences to South African broadcasting and telecoms regulator Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)Read More »
US’ national mobile DTV service
Wed, 14 Apr 2010
Latest news from NAB, the international broadcast technology trade show in Las VegasRead More »
Google on acquisition path
Tue, 13 Apr 2010
Search engine and content aggregator Google has purchased UK mobile visual search company Plink, as part of its plan to acquire at least one company a month.Read More »
“Promoted tweets”
Tue, 13 Apr 2010
Advertisers will now be able to place “promoted tweets” on micro-blogging website Twitter. The “promoted tweets” will appear when users do searches on Twitter.Read More »
Gordon against online news paywalls
Tue, 13 Apr 2010
The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown believes that online news should remain free, unlike media magnate Rupert Murdoch who plans to erect paywalls for the online versions of The Times and Sunday Times.Read More »
CTO focus on Cyber security in developing countries
Thu, 08 Apr 2010
The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) is organising a Cyber Security Forum on 17 and 18 JuneRead More »
Broadband satellite market survives recession
Thu, 08 Apr 2010
According to a report by international research company NSR, satellite broadband access was one of the biggest success stories of 2009.Read More »
Bebo on way out?
Wed, 07 Apr 2010
Social networking website Bebo (an acronym for ‘Blog early, Blog often’) has been dealt a potentially fatal blow by its parent company AOLRead More »
Murdoch’s campaign against Google
Wed, 07 Apr 2010
News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch is still campaigning against search engines such as Google for using news stories from his media platforms without paying for the content.Read More »