New Idols SA auditions in February
09-JAN-12
Season eight of M-Net and Mzansi Magics singing competition Idols SA will kick off with auditions in February 2012.
DTH markets to converge with OTT services
06-JAN-12
In its Global Direct-to-Home Markets 4th Edition report, Northern Sky Research (NSR) points out that over the top (OTT) TV services are coming to direct to home (DTH) TV markets around the world.
New series highlights some of SAs most shocking crimes
06-JAN-12
A 13-part 44-minute crime scene docu-drama with a three-tiered message produced by Clive Morris Productions will soon be broadcast on pay-TV channels M-Net and M-Net HD.
Free State communities get to switch on
05-JAN-12
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) together with the Department of Communications (DOC), parastatal signal distributor Sentech and the Free Sate Provincial Government switched on a low power transmitter in Jagersfontein on 20 December.
Big Brother Africa returns in May
04-JAN-12
Pay-TV broadcaster M-Net has kicked off the year with the announcement that the
seventh season of Big Brother Africa will hit DStv screens in May 2012.
Super 5 Media still alive
04-JAN-12
TechCentral reports that Super 5 Media, which began life as Telkom Media, one of
the four satellite pay-TV operators licensed by the Independent Communications
Authority of South Africa (ICASA) way back in 2007, has requested a further six-
month extension to its licence in order to launch its service.
Serial killer doccy series
15-DEC-11
South African documentary production house Mzansi Moving Media has just wrapped shooting on Episode 1 of the serial killer documentary series The Blackheart Diaries.
MIPFormats Pitch calls for entries
14-DEC-11
The MIPFormats Pitch 2012 call for entries is now open. Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP), the exclusive sponsor of the competition, will oversee pre-selection to choose the final competition contestants and will spend up to 25,000 to develop the winning project of the MIPFormats Pitch.
Tjakastad gets SABC services
14-DEC-11
On 15 December the Department of Communications (DoC) in collaboration with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and parastatal signal distributor Sentech will switch on a low power transmitter in the community of Tjakastad in the Municipality of Chief Albert-Luthuli, Mpumalanga Province.
Opposition to TopTV's proposed porn channels
14-DEC-11
Times Live reports that according to the Family Policy Institute, six Christian groups in South Africa plan to boycott satellite pay-TV operator TopTV following reports that it plans to launch adult content channels.
A window on wine-making
06-JAN-12
The South African wine industry will be getting a new, fresher face when local reality series Exploring the Vine introduces viewers to the ins and outs of the industry through the eyes of three up-and-coming winemakers, Stuart Botha, Howard Booysen and James Corder.
Getting the read that you want
06-JAN-12
A diminutive figure in top-to-toe black from New York, who has directed the likes of the late Marlon Brando, proved a masterful presence at the recent PromaxBDA Africa in Johannesburg, as she guided six local actors to deliver the ideal promo read.
Branded Entertainment programme at MIPTV
05-JAN-12
Jonathan Mildenhall, Vice President Global Advertising Strategy and Content Excellence for The Coca-Cola Company will deliver a keynote on 2 April headlining MIPTV 2012s Branded Entertainment programme.
SAs first local English telenovela
04-JAN-12
Pay-TV broadcaster M-Nets local content channel Mzansi Magic is the first South African channel to commission a locally produced telenovela in English. It will comprise over 208 episodes to be broadcast from Mondays to Thursdays in the 8.30pm time slot.
SABC responds to media reports re Athletics South Africa
04-JAN-12
On 31 December the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) issued the
following statement in response to statements reported in the media and attributed
to Athletics South Africa.
TopTV statement re 'Adult Pack'
15-DEC-11
In response to the public furore around reports that South African pay-TV platform TopTV is to launch three Playboy channels, TopTV has released the following statement:
Comms Minister meets ICT industry working group
15-DEC-11
On 8 December South Africas Minister of Communications, Dina Pule, and her deputy, Stella Tembisa Ndabeni, met the ICT Industry Working Group for the first time.
Travel doccy with a difference
14-DEC-11
Last week saw the first episode of the 13-part Afrikaans travel documentary series, Rof of Spog (Rough or Smooth), aired on SABC2.
Germany's digital switchover forges ahead
14-DEC-11
With South Africa's long overdue digital terrestrial television (DTT) migration yet to commence, Broadband TV News reports that an average of 18,700 German households switched to digital reception every day in November.
SuperSport acquires Olympic broadcast rights
14-DEC-11
All 26 sports of the 2012 Olympics will be covered by South African pay-TV broadcaster SuperSport, which has secured the rights to broadcast the Games, running from 27 July to 12 August 2012.