M-Net extends Egoli contract for 17th year
For the seventeenth consecutive year, pay-television operator M-Net and Franz Marx Films, producers of South Africa's evergreen soap, have renewed their production agreement on the production of Egoli.
Mail & Guardian silenced
In the early hours of Friday morning, 20 July in the Pretoria High Court, Judge Lettie Molopa interdicted the M&G from publishing the details of a final draft of an internal report into alleged corruption, abuse of power and intimidation at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).
Free project development mentoring
Little Pond Production Trust offers free mentoring on the development of projects and projects about to go into production.
Public called on to vote on ROSCARS
The Durban Wild Talk Africa Film Festival is calling on the public to vote on this year’s wildlife, travel and cultural film entries.
Ad spend up in UK
It would be interesting to know whether South Africa is following the same ad spend trend as in the UK where media has experienced yet another upbeat quarter-year in terms of ad spend.
NFVF Short Film Contests
After a long and arduous process, the NFVF has finally short-listed a set of projects in both the Indigenous Language and Woman Helmers contests.
US writers strike looming
The Writers Guild contract with the Hollywood studios expires in October but negotiations as set to begin on Monday 23 July and there is already an enpasse.
Doccy makers and mobile TV
In a panel discussion held at the Johannesburg leg of the Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival on 18 July, documentary filmmakers were encouraged by Emma Kaye, CEO Gate 7 New Media, to produce and distribute films on cell phones.
EC backs Nokia broadcast TV standard
The European Commission (EC) announced on Wednesday 18 July, its backing of Nokia’s DVB-H mobile broadcast TV standard.
Mobile suite to launch at IBC
Associated Press will introduce the ENPS Mobile Suite to the European market at IBC 2007 in Amsterdam this September.
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