03-FEB-12
Season one of the hit Twentieth Century Fox comedy series Modern Family will premiere on e.tv on Sunday 5 February at 7:30pm, offering an honest and often hilarious look at the complexity of family life.
03-FEB-12
TechCentral reports that the founding CEO of satellite pay-TV operator TopTV, Vino Govender, is officially stepping down with Eddie Mbalo taking over as interim CEO until Govenders replacement is found.
03-FEB-12
Pay-TV channel M-Nets decision to move ground-breaking outdoor soap The Wild to a 7pm time slot on DStv is paying off, based on interaction from viewers in the past few weeks.
02-FEB-12
Pay-TV music channel Channel O and youth channel Vuzu will be airing a slate of specially created packages during a week-long build-up to the 54th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday 12 January.
01-FEB-12
A new drama, Thandi's Story, will screen as part of South African free-to-air channel e.tv's e Kasi: Our Stories strand on 6 February at 9pm.
01-FEB-12
Happy Ntshingila has been appointed CEO of South African pay-TV broadcaster SuperSport with effect from 1 April 2012. He will report to the MultiChoice South Africa Group CEO, Imtiaz Patel.
31-JAN-12
The first season of the American detective series with a difference, The Mentalist, begins airing on SABC3 from 9 February at 9.30pm.Created and executive produced by Bruno Heller (Rome), the series is produced by Warner Bros. Television and distributed internationally by Warner Bros. International Television.
30-JAN-12
Season three of popular US sitcom The Big Bang Theory will start on SABC3 on Thursday 2 February in the 8pm time slot.
27-JAN-12
In response to public demand, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has decided to broadcast all the remaining African Cup of Nations (AFCON) games live.
27-JAN-12
According to Business Day the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has refused permission for TopTV to broadcast three adult content channels.
27-JAN-12
Inkaba, the first locally produced telenovela, will launch on fast-growing Pay-TV local content channel Mzansi Magic on Monday 19 March.
27-JAN-12
Actor / writer / producer Seth Rogen (The Green Hornet, Kung Fu Panda) will host the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards which will be held as a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica on Saturday, 25 February.
27-JAN-12
A new local celebrity show promising to be 'shocking, scandalous and downright sexy' will start on Pay-TV youth channel Vuzu on Wednesday 15 February at 7:30pm.
26-JAN-12
The seventh annual Content 360 digital creativity competition at MIPCube, MIPTVs new innovation forum, has now opened its call for entries with a new viral video category created by MSN International and a general category for new transmedia concepts.
25-JAN-12
Pay-TV broadcaster M-Net has announced that entrants for season seven of reality-TV franchise Big Brother Africa must double-up if they want to compete for the USD 300,000 cash prize.
25-JAN-12
Business Day reports that Kopano ke Matla Investment Company, the investment arm of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), plans to pull its 20% stake in satellite pay-TV operator On Digital Media (ODM) if it persists in launching three porn channels on its TopTV platform.
24-JAN-12
South African television production executives wishing to enter the international MIPFormats event, which takes place on 30 and 31 March in Cannes, France have until 6 February to submit their entries
19-JAN-12
Trade union federation Cosatu has voiced its opposition to pay-TV operator Top-TVs three proposed 24-hour adult content channels
19-JAN-12
The MGM Channels Oscar Nights will be broadcast on South African pay-TV platform TopTV from 10 to 26 February to celebrate the 84th Academy Awards.
17-JAN-12
South African satellite pay-TV operator Top TV has issued the following statement in response to the South Gauteng High Courts granting an interdict to halt the broadcast of its planned stand-alone porn bouquet.
