WGA strike gets more political
According to The Hollywood Reporter, US Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards will make an appearance at the Burbank, California Writers Guild of America (WGA) picket line to address strikers.
Naspers gets to own M-Net and SuperSport
The Competition Tribunal overruled objections from media company Caxton and unconditionally approved the sale of Johnnic Communication's (Johncom's) 38% stake in M-Net and SuperSport to Naspers.
Sasani Africa sold to e.tv subsidiary
Sasani Africa (Pty) Limited has been sold to Sabido Properties (Pty) Limited, a subsidiary of e.tv holding company, Sabido Investments.
Spielberg to receive top honour
In the run-up to Hollywood awards season comes the news that double Oscar-winner Steven Spielberg (Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan) will become the first director to receive the Cecil B DeMille Award...
Indy producers and WGA strike
Studio Briefing reports that 85 independent film producers have distanced themselves from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers...
DIFF’s 29th edition
South Africa's longest running film festival, the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), has announced that its 29th edition will take place from 23 July to 3 August 2008.
How the other half lives
According to research by Global Media Intelligence and Merrill Lynch, back-end participation deals with top directors, producers and actors in Hollywood are the main reason the film industry has gone into an annual loss.
Box office action
The Jamie Foxx/Jennifer Garner action thriller The Kingdom was the biggest earner for the weekend 9 to 11 November. This new release took R680 932 over the weekend.
Google may compete with broadcasters
Britain’s Guardian newspaper reports that Google has been negotiating with Simon Fuller, creator of The Spice Girls and American Idols about the possibility of creating original broadcast quality content.
Study shows US tops in global pay-HDTV market
An international study on high definition (HD) television by SNL Kagan revealed that the US leads the global pay-HDTV market with 6 million homes expected to access those services via cable...
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