Technology

There are a couple of areas of concern regarding the UK government’s recently released Digital Britain Report , said FremantleMedia CEO Tony Cohen speaking at the Westminsiter Media Forum in London this week.

Thirty government ministers and ICT regulators from over 20 countries will congregate in Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambia from 25 to 27 August to look beyond ICTs and discuss how they can bypass the infrastructure difficulties to achieve connectivity.

The social networking site Twitter, which offers instant messaging and therefore word of mouth, is influencing the opening weekend box office performance of new releases in the US.

Cape Town filmmaker Lindy Wilson’s documentary For Which I am Prepared to Die based on the story of how her uncle Roger Bushell masterminded an escape from Stalag Luft III in Zagan, Poland, during the Second World War, drew a nearly full house when it premiered last week at the Encounters Film Festival in Cape Town.

Everyone’s talking about the economic slump. And why not? It’s big. In the US, formally formerly middle-class families are on the street and, in the UK, everyone blames Gordon Brown. Again.

In a bid to empower disadvantaged or financially challenged students, creative media training provider SAE Institute Cape Town is offering 15 scholarships for its September intakes for Audio Production, Film Production and Digital Animation.

According to Bloomberg’s newly released table of inflation-adjusted US box-office figures, Titanic (1997) is not the biggest earner of all time in America and in fact only comes in at number six.

Hulu, the website that offers commercial-supported streaming video of TV shows and movies from several US studios and networks, is reportedly negotiating content deals with UK broadcasters for a local launch.

Top South African director Jurgen Alan has pledged his support to the efforts of Caitlins Castings founder Addi Lang, who launched the character agency with the purpose of distributing her agent’s commission to charity.

After an incredible 10 weeks in release, the new South African film White Wedding has made R4.9m and is still in Ster-Kinekor’s Top 8 box office performers.