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Zimbabwe gets independent TV station for election broadcasting
A new privately-owned free-to-air satellite television station started broadcasting in Zimbabwe this week with the aim of airing (more)
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2 days ago
DStv to launch more HD sports channels
MultiChoice Africa has announced that DStv will soon be introducing two new high definition (HD) SuperSport channels.
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3 days ago
MultiChoice announces ESPN channels in Africa to close
MultiChoice Africa, parent company of satellite pay television DStv, has announced ESPN and ESPN Classic will be withdrawn from (more)
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3 days ago
SABC and partners start messaging service for Mandela
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) together with Telkom and the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory has launched a messaging (more)
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3 days ago
Kenya, SA dominate CNN/MultiChoice journalist competition nominations
Kenyans and South Africans make up almost half of the finalists of prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist competition for 2013.
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6 days ago
MultiChoice to reinstate Bloomberg on DStv
Bloomberg TV will be reinstated on DStv as a 24-hour channel from Monday (July 15), Multichoice has announced.
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7 days ago
UCC wades into the decoder row
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has declared the first generation Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-T1) set top boxes still valid, (more)
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7 days ago
Kenyatta appoints communications team, establishes national press centre
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Manoa Esipisu as the first State House spokesman and director of the Presidential Press (more)
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7 days ago
Digital migration will boost internet penetration in Nigeria – NBC
Digital migration has the potential to boost the levels of internet and broadband penetration in Nigeria, according to Emeka Mba, director (more)
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7 days ago
SABC tries to stop its own documentary from being broadcasted
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has lodged an application with the High Court in Johannesburg to stop the broadcasting of (more)
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7 days ago
Carrim will not interfere with SABC press freedom
The Department of Communications (DoC) will not interfere with the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) editorial freedom, (more)
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7 days ago
Nigerian calls for organisation to give artists one voice
Tony Okoroji, chairman of the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), has blamed internet capabilities such as live streaming and downloads (more)
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8 days ago
Shinn: swift action needed by new communications minister
Marian Shinn, shadow minister of communications for the Democratic Alliance (DA), has said swift action must be taken by Yunus Carrim, (more)
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Kibera documentary seeks funding at crowdfunding site
Film documentary Slum Art Slam has turned to crowdfunding site Kickstarter as it is seeking US$2,700, with just US$11 raised with 10 days (more)
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8 days ago
TV is Mufasa and mobile is Simba
Simbarashe Mabasha, director of the Afrikan Dust Media Group, has said mobile video has the potential, through content, to accelerate the (more)
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M-Net increases series offering on DStv
MultiChoice has introduced three new channels to its M-Net series bouquet, a move it believes will transform the way subscribers watch the (more)
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StarTimes invests $31 million in Nigeria in 6 months, subscriber base hits 1.3 million
StarTimes director Maxwell Loko has announced the digital terrestrial television network has invested NGN5 billion (US$31 million) in its (more)
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SA operators taking on new spectrum will face obligations - ICASA
Players already operating in the broadband and mobile broadband space in South Africa will be required to meet universal obligations if (more)
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Mbabazi intervenes in digital migration process
Uganda’s prime minister Amama Mbabazi says he has intervened to ensure a smooth digital migration in Uganda as a result of claims from (more)
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TopTV porn channels delayed - report
South African pay-television operator TopTV’s launch of porn channels has been delayed by its ongoing business rescue process, according (more)
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DStv to air SABC 24-hour news channel
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and MultiChoice have signed an agreement for DStv to broadcast the SABC’s 24-Hour news (more)
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Benfica TV launches in Angola, Mozambique
Portuguese football club Benfica has launched broadcasting services in Angola and Mozambique through the implementation of pay-TV services.
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CCK rural ICT levy collections begin this month
The Communications Commission of Kenya will this month begin collections of the 0.5 per cent levy on the revenue of Kenyan communications (more)
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Able Wireless plots coup on digital broadcasting space
Kenyan media startup Able Wireless is set to enter the digital broadcasting space, providing video on demand services to the middle and low (more)
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Matiangi publishes bill to reconfigure CCK
Kenyan cabinet secretary for Information Communication and Technology Dr Fred Matiangi has published a bill that will make industry (more)
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TV stations in Egypt shut down after president overthrown
Authorities raided Al Jazeera’s Egyptian news station offices and shut down other Islamist-run stations yesterday, shortly after (more)
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Rwanda sets December 2013 as deadline for analogue switch off
The Rwandan government, through its regulatory arm the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA), is planning to switch off analogue (more)
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Sentech scrambles SABC in Zimbabwe
Sentech, the South Africa-based signal carrier, has scrambled the three SABC channels made available through Zimbabwean free-to-air (more)
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Streamlining of Kenyan film sector can create 250,000 jobs
Kenya’s cabinet secretary for sports, arts and culture Hassan Wario has urged agencies involved in the film industry to rationalise if (more)
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Matiangi urges more local content
East Africa needs to invest in the production of quality local content for consumption within the region and the wider African market, (more)
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17 days ago
GTUC launches Takoradi campus
The Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) has established another campus with the aim of developing manpower in the Western region.
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18 days ago
Top TV cancels two channels
Top TV, one of South Africa’s satellite pay-TV services has lost the TV channel “Fox Retro” without warning and has replaced “Top (more)
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Technology builds readership, engagement - BBC
Online news streaming, social media and content availability through mobile have increased engagement with readers, Steve Martin, business (more)
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18 days agoGOtv launches new bouquet with free-to-air subscription
Entertainment channel provider GOtv has launched a new option, GOtv Open, designed to comply with new requirements to provide a minimum (more)
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21 days agoO3b launches cheap satellite internet
O3b Networks, a company with Google amongst its investors, has launched its first satellites, aiming to provide low-cost and high-speed (more)
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21 days agoSABC and e.tv quit SAARF
Both the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and e.tv have stated their reasons for supporting the National Association of (more)
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22 days agoBuni TV hopes to bring content through airtime
Buni TV is looking to take advantage of Africa’s unique attraction to mobile entertainment, rather than cinema and DVDs, and is almost (more)
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22 days agoDigital migration will boost Kenyan content providers - Signet
The amount of opportunities for local content providers will be increased once Kenya officially switches off from analogue transmission to (more)
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22 days agoBroadcasters could be made to pay multiple licences
Companies broadcasting in multiple countries might be forced to acquire multiple licences to ensure a trickle down of fees.
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22 days agoSABC defends appointments
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has hit back at claims by the Media Workers’ Association of SA (MWASA) they were (more)
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22 days agoShared satellite solution to East African digital migration - Intelsat
Delegates at the Broadcasting, Film and Music Africa (BFMA) conference in Nairobi, Kenya, have discussed today how to tackle the delays in (more)
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22 days agoPublic service broadcasting must remain relevant in digital environment
It is important that public service broadcasting remains relevant within the new digital environment, as the June 2015 deadline for global (more)
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23 days agoEA broadcasters worried digital migration deadlines will not be met
The East African Assembly of Broadcasting Operators has expressed concern that Tanzania is the country to have met its digital migration (more)
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23 days agoBranded content pulls on heartstrings and is the future
Branded content is the future of effective advertising, according to Launch Factory managing director Spero Patricios, who believes it is (more)
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23 days agoNaspers: MultiChoice is focusing on online content
Eben Greyling, chief executive officer (CEO) of Pay-TV Platforms at Naspers, has said MultiChoice is focusing on increasing its online (more)
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23 days agoInvestment needed to get Kenyan film industry to its potential 14% of GDP
The Kenyan film industry is not growing to its full potential, according to the Kenya Film Commission (KFC), which put the 2009/2010 (more)
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23 days agoCulture minister increases calls for 60 per cent local content broadcasting
Dr Hassan Wario, speaking at the opening ceremony of the Broadcast Film and Music Africa Conference (AITEC) in Nairobi, has called for (more)
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24 days agoNaspers records profit increase
South African multimedia giant Naspers has reported a full-year profit increase of 23 per cent following growth in DStv subscribers as well (more)
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24 days ago20th EACO Congress kicks off in Kenya
The 20th East African Communications Organisation (EACO) Congress kicked off in Nairobi today, expected to bring together postal, (more)