08-FEB-12
TopTV CEO Vino Govender has announced that he will be stepping down with immediate effect and Eddie Mbalo, chairman of ODM, will fill the role of interim CEO until a replacement for Govender is appointed.
08-FEB-12
South African satellite pay-TV operator TopTV has lined up a host of romantic movies for its Top Movies channel (100) in February to celebrate Valentine’s Day. First up is the Mike Meyers / Jessica Alba comedy, Love Guru, on 10 February at 7pm.
08-FEB-12
Africa, represented by pay-TV broadcaster M-Net, is one of the 195 territories that have purchased clearance rights to broadcast the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, which take place on Sunday, 12 February.
08-FEB-12
Advertiser Funded Programming (AFP) is being used by clients of ComutaNet, South Africa’s largest commuter media owner, to communicate brand messaging on Rank TV, a television network targeted at the country’s taxi, bus and rail commuters.
07-FEB-12
SABC1 Mzansi Fo Sho and the popular Friday-night music show, Live, present Phase 1 of the Live Talent Search process by calling on all aspiring presenters to enter the national auditions process online via the channel’s website, at www.sabc1.co.za.
07-FEB-12
South African zef-rap duo Die Antwoord performed live on top US talk show The Late Show with David Letterman on Monday, joining guest Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cruel Intentions) on the line-up.
03-FEB-12
Popular soap star Dumisani Mbebe will play one of the lead roles in Mzansi Magic’s first homegrown telenovela, due to launch on the channel on Monday 19 March at 8:30pm.
03-FEB-12
Season one of the hit Twentieth Century Fox comedy series Modern Family premiered 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
Pay-TV channel M-Net’s 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, MIPTV’s 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.
