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13 days agoMultiChoice distances itself from failed TopTV bid
MultiChoice, the financial backer of Dynamic TV’s bid to take over troubled TopTV, appears to have withdrawn its support for the (more)
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14 days agoStarTimes wins bid for TopTV
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15 days agoMixed reactions to Top TV’s adult content approval
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Twitter backlash over Mandela footage
Twitter users in South Africa have widely attacked footage of former president Nelson Mandela, demanding the country’s politicians leave (more)
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16 days agoSA consortium chasing TopTV deal
A rival South African consortium has reportedly emerged in the bidding for struggling pay television company TopTV.
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17 days agoAirport.tv celebrates one year of operation
Airport.tv remains the only digital television network operating in all nine of South Africa’s Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) (more)
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20 days agoSABC pays suspended staff full benefits
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) paid suspended pair Phil Molefe and Gugu Duda full benefits totalling ZAR3.7 million (more)
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20 days agoPule blames digital migration delays on e.tv, SABC
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21 days agoICASA allows TopTV to broadcast adult channels
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has given financially distressed pay-television firm TopTV permission to (more)
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22 days agoNetwork Radio to broadcast live from 88mph Demo Day
Fast growing internet station Network Radio will be broadcasting live from the 88mph Demo Day in Cape Town on Thursday, as it bids to (more)
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27 days agoODM co-founder against StarTimes’ TopTV purchase
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28 days agoStarTimes in takeover talks with TopTV
TopTV owner On Digital Media (ODM) is in talks with StarTimes over the sale of the struggling pay-TV firm.
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29 days agoTopTV drops movies and kids channels
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1 month agoSABC’s new interim board aims for stability
Ellen Zandile Tshabalala, chairperson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board, says the board’s immediate (more)
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1 month agoMuslims against TopTV’s pornographic bid
The Muslim Judicial Council and Deen TV, an Islamic TV channel part of TopTV’s bouquet, have joined the fight against TopTV’s bid to (more)
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1 month agoSentech to return spectrum to ICASA
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1 month agoZuma endorses interim SABC board
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1 month agoSABC2 fined for rebroadcasting three year old content
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1 month agoWMACA slams TopTV’s pornography proposal
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1 month agoNando’s releases spoof SABC news show advert
South African restaurant chain Nando’s has released a new television advertisement featuring a spoof South African Broadcasting (more)
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1 month agoUniversal Channel apologises for premature broadcasting of Mandela’s obituary
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1 month agoSABC hits a blunder with BRICS translations
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1 month agoICASA approves Google to use white space
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1 month agoSmile 90.4 FM to go live in Cape Town on Monday
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1 month agoICASA approval of TopTV will be ‘unconstitutional’, says pastor
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1 month agoRape survivor pleads for TopTV opposition
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1 month agoUSAASA applies to Treasury for more set-top box subsidation funds
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1 month agoSABC replacements expected
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1 month agoChristian protest against porn continues with boycott
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1 month agoSamsung backtracks on DStv decoder deal
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1 month agoGovernment could dissolve SABC board
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1 month agoAnother six directors ditch SABC, just three remain
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1 month agoIPTV in Africa should be part of affordable triple play services
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1 month ago70% of SA has digital signal - Sentech
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1 month agoBetter planning is required for digital migration
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1 month agoIndustry figures must be “fearless” - Turbo Worx CEO
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TopTV has told the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) it would be “unconstitutional” to prevent it from (more)
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2 month agoInvestment talks surround TopTV
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2 month agoMotsoeneng removal stands - SABC board
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