IOC puts TV bids for Olympic Games on hold
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) may wait until a location has been chosen for the 2016 summer games...
IP for beginners in music industry
The Cape Music Industry Commission is hosting a series of workshops on the intricacies of Intellectual Property in the burgeoning Music Industry.
History of Cannes film festival celebrated
3DD has signed a co-production deal with ITN Source, a leading provider of broadcast footage, to create a series that celebrates the history and glamour of the Cannes Film Festival.
Lola Kenya Screen productions nominated for AMAAs
Films made by children aged between six and15 years during Lola Kenya Screen film production workshops have been nominated for the Africa Movie Academy
Awards (AMAAs)...
“Slumdog’ is here!
The much hyped and multiple Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire blitzed the South African box office in its opening weekend (6 to 8 March), making R1.4m.
Nokia’s Niklas Savander keynote at MIPTV 2009
Niklas Savander, executive vice president, Services, Nokia, will give the Mobile Media Keynote at MIPTV 2009 under topic title "Social Location is Changing Digital Consumption Habits.
UK channel’s “comprehensive restructuring’
Commercial broadcaster Channel Five is axing a quarter of its workforce (some 87 jobs) as a result of the dire global economy.
Planned IT budgets increase
Reports have revealed that companies globally plan to keep their IT budgets flat which will means there will be no growth in 2009.
Big job cuts at Sony Pictures
More bad news on the global economic meltdown front is the slashing of 300 jobs by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
DISCOP Africa attendance figures released
The inaugural edition of DISCOP AFRICA, which took place in Dakar, Senegal, from 25 - 27 February, was attended by 457 participants according to Patrick Jucaud, General Manager...
























