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The 3rd South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAS) will take place in early February 2009 at the State Theatre in Pretoria. Previous editions of the SAFTAS took place in October 2006 and October 2007.

Discovery Communications’ Founder and Chairman John Hendricks and President and Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav today rang the opening bell at the NASDAQ stock exchange to commemorate the first day of trading as a public company for the world’s number one nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in over 170 countries.

Tech companies have put on the strongest showing, and financial companies the weakest, in an annual study on the most popular brands in the world.

Executives at the Goldman Sachs Communicopia Conference said that, while there was no doubt the pending US downturn would impact customers...

The UK’s second public broadcaster, Channel 4, is potentially facing a cash shortage by 2012 of £100m (R1,500m) according to UK regulator Ofcom (pictured, left).

The sitcom 30 Rock scored three awards at the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held on 21 September at the Nokia theatre in Los Angeles.

Any South African filmmakers out there despondent about not being able to find finance for their films may take scant comfort from the fact that even filmmakers of the stature of Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones franchise) and Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings franchise) sometimes get turned down.

While progress on the construction of South Africa’s Hollywood-style film studios, the Cape Town Film Studios project, slowly continues...

The 6th Annual Tri Continental Film Festival concluded successfully in Durban on the 11 September 2008.

Aspirant music video creators across the African continent are being given the opportunity to shine at the first ever MTV Africa Music Awards with the My Video award and with the support of Zain (MAMAs).