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South Africa
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MultiChoice taps Arris for new DVR
South African pay TV provider MultiChoice tapped technology provider Arris to provide its recently-launched DStv…
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South Africa finally begins digital switchover
South Africa has begun the process of digital switchover, with the Square Kilometer Array areas…
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South African minister faces grilling over SABC crisis
South African communications minister Faith Muthambi is to face parliamentarians today amid criticism of her…
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SABC boss resigns, criticises ‘corrosive’ broadcaster
The acting head of the SABC, Jimi Matthews, has resigned, saying there is a “corrosive…
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South African regulator launches pay TV probe
South African regulator ICASA has launched an enquiry into pay TV in the country to…
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Trace Sport Stars launches on South Africa’s OpenView HD
Sports lifestyle channel, Trace Sport Stars, is due to go live this week on South…
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A+E appoints African channels boss
A+E Networks has named a new general manager for Africa. Yusuf Nabee will take up…
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BBC trials new responsive news site
The BBC has launched a new responsive news website designed to present content on mobile…
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MultiChoice launches GOtv in South Africa
South Africa’s MultiChoice has launched its GOtv digital-terrestrial pay TV service in its home market…
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Naspers, Samsung tipped to take on Netflix
Africa-based media giant Naspers is going to roll out its Showmax SVOD service in a…
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MultiChoice partners with Elemental for streaming, VoD
African pay TV provider MultiChoice has partnered with Elemental for the live streaming and video-on-demand…
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Arris-Pace acquisition gets Portuguese clearance
Arris’ planned acquisition of set-top box rival Pace has received “unconditional merger clearance” from the…
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South African SVOD service buys BBCWW shows
South African subscription on-demand platform MTN FrontRow has acquired BBC Worldwide shows Sherlock and Planet…
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MTN acquires pay TV licence as Nigeria outlines new DSO steps
South African telco MTN has acquired a licence to provide digital-terrestrial pay TV services in…
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South African Netflix rival launches
South African SVoD platform ShowMax has launched with “more than a year’s continuous viewing” for…
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BBC Worldwide launches new channels in South Africa
BBC Worldwide is launching its three new channel brands in Africa for the first time…
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South Africa’s Altech to sell pay TV venture after failing to woo consumers
Technology group Altech is to sell its Altech Node pay TV venture in South Africa after…
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FilmBox expands in African with OVYtv
SPI International/Filmbox has agreed with African operator OVY Network to extend their channel distribution agreement,…
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Warner Bros. shows set for African TVOD service
South African video-on-demand service Altech Node has scored a wide-ranging programming deal with Hollywood studio…
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South Africa’s Siyaya TV accuses SABC of lying about football rights
A row has broken out in South Africa between state broadcaster SABC and pay TV…
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South Africa’s SABC launches international news channel
South African public broadcaster has launched its news channel internationally on the Multichoice pay TV…
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South Africa targets 84% of population in digital switchover
South Africa will now aim to cover 84% of the country’s total population with its…
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Viacom to launch localised BET channel in South Africa
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa has partnered with African pay TV provider MultiChoice to…
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South Africa delays analogue switch-off
South Africa’s Department of Communications has said that the country will not meet an agreed…
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DStv adds three channels to mobile TV service
MultiChoice-owned DStv is adding ShortsTV, Ginx TV and Eurochannel to its mobile TV service DStv…
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A+E to open South Africa office, hires former DStv exec
A+E Networks is to open a Johannesburg office as part of its expansion strategy across…
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Pay TV revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa to hit US$6.22 billion
Pay TV revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa will more than triple in the decade starting 2010,…
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New African deals for Box TV
UK-based music channel provider Box TV has struck four new distribution deals in Africa. Box…
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DStv adds internet-powered TV services
Africa’s MultiChoice has unveiled suite of internet-connected services for its pay TV service DStv, including…
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Fox hires Wananchi’s Bekker to run African operation
Fox International Channels (FIC) has named former Wananchi Programming managing director Hannelie Bekker as managing…