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. This follows four
extensions to date.
Of the four licensees above, only On Digital Media has launched a service, namely
TopTV. Walking on Water Television (Wow TV) is still reportedly planning to launch a
service while e.Sat (owned by e.tv) opted to provide a 24-hour news service on the
DStv platform instead.
Super 5 Media was granted a network licence in 2010 but has since retrenched
most of its staff, amid media reports of the company’s dire financial situation.
The company is owned by Shenzhen Media SA (a consortium controlled by Imbani
Media), which bought out Telkom Media.
