Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too:
■ Skeem Saam actor in court and granted bail after caught allegedly selling illicit cigarettes.
Mushi Sewetsi (44) played a pastor in the SABC1 soap and was arrested at a taxi rank in Polokwane on Wednesday after he was arrested for allegedly selling cigarettes which is illegal under South Africa's Covid-19 national lockdown regulations.
■ How the SABC and SABC Sport bungled and wasted the sports rights it acquired.
Sports commercials rights expert weighs in and says the SABC paid for rights to sports games and content it never showed, says "there are very few broadcasters who cannot generate significant returns on premium sport with a more strategic approach".
■ A lack of insurance now threatens the supply of films and TV shows coming from Hollywood in 2021.
Producers trying to get back to work are discovering that insurers have stopped providing the Covid-19 insurance coverage that they need in order to secure financing.
■ Everything wrong with Amazon Prime Video.
■ Meet the deaf speaker behind Kenya's sign language TV.
Michael Ashura (27) is behind Sign TV, Kenya's first sign language TV channel.
■ MultiChoice and SuperSport can't provide a half-baked product and still charge the same amount.
Nigeria open letter about MultiChoice that must reimburse DStv subscribers because of the lack of sports.
■ Netflix binge-watching costs billions in electricity.
■ Staff at the SABC in Bisho have to work from an outside broadcasting van because of Covid-19 cases.
SABC staffers angry about public broadcaster's managers "not properly managing the situation", were not told early enough when colleagues tested positive, and that no contact tracing is taking place.
■ What can new Nigerian video-on-demand platforms learn from the struggles of existing ones?
