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The third edition on the continent of DISCOP AFRICA, the television market for the development of television content business in Africa, takes place in Dakar, Senegal, from 24 - 26 February.

A coproduction project between South Africa, Germany and The Netherlands won the Arte France Cinema Award for the Best CineMart Project 2010.

The court has ruled that Super5Media’s commercial launch can go ahead. A court interdict was brought against Super5Media, formerly known as Telkom Media, by licensed pay-TV provider On Digital Media (ODM) to block its entry into the market. ODM’s urgent interdict filed in January was dismissed with costs by the Johannesburg High Court.

According to research undertaken by Business and Arts South Africa, arts sponsorship has more than doubled since 2001 when the arts market was estimated at around R136 million, growing to nearly R360 million in 2009.

South African Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 has been nominated for four Oscars, including best film.

On 31 January in Los Angeles Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman in the history of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) to win the award for Outstanding Director of a Feature Film.

According to media reports Sentech is budgeting for a loss of R123m this year but the losses could be as high as R214m.

Nu Metro has issued a statement regarding a judgment by the Supreme Court of Appeal late in September 2009 which ruled in favour of Nu Metro Filmed Entertainment (Pty) Ltd and a number of international film studios.

Skin, the true story of Sandra Laing, the black woman born to white Afrikaner parents during South Africa’s apartheid regime...

Coca-Cola is co-sponsoring a new category in MIPTV's Content 360 cross-media competition as part of its endeavour to find new content ideas which will engage teen audiences with the brand.