Thursday, October 30, 2025

South Africa's Top 25 TV channels in prime time under viewers most sought by advertisers

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Thinus Ferreira The list of top 25 South African TV channels that advertisers are most interested in includes eMedia's e.tv, eExtra, SAB...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Paramount Global starts retrenchment of 1 000 workers, shutters CBS News Johannesburg news bureau with Debora Patta

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Thinus Ferreira Paramount Skydance has started its retrenchment process to get rid of the first 1 000 of 2 000 staffers  and it is shutting ...

SABC revives Soul City and Soul Buddyz as Shayi’ndlela for SABC+ in 2026 with Lillian Dube set to reprise Sister Bettina role

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Thinus Ferreira The South African public broadcaster is reviving the long-running 1990s edutainment series Soul City and Soul Buddyz as Sh...
Tuesday, October 28, 2025

MultiChoice Botswana adds Route 2, Abashwe and The Prophet as 3 local films to Mzansi Magic in November

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Thinus Ferreira MultiChoice Botswana is adding three locally-produced films - Route 2 , Abashwe and The Prophet - to Mzansi Magic during N...

MultiChoice Namibia adds more locally filmed Namibian films like The Long Road, Oppiplaas and Crossover Hearts

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Thinus Ferreira MultiChoice Namibia has added more localised content produced in Namibia to DStv, ranging from films like The Long Road and...

TV CRITIC's NOTEBOOK. Who knew? MultiChoice Talent Factory class of 2025 had 2 films - Ditaba and Gogo's Heist - on DStv's Mzansi Bioskop in October.

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Thinus Ferreira Two films of the 2024/2025 class of MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) student filmmakers - Ditaba and Gogo's Heist - we...

Amazon getting rid of 14 000 workers across all division including Prime Video, says artificial intelligence (AI) is making their jobs redundant

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Thinus Ferreira Amazon on Tuesday confirmed that it is getting rid of 14 000 corporate workers, a total that could increase to 30 000, sayin...

Canal+ looking into buying out Comcast's stake in MultiChoice's struggling Showmax

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Thinus Ferreira Canal+ is reportedly looking at possibly buying out Comcast's stake in MultiChoice's relaunched Showmax video stream...

Paramount Skydance to get rid of 2 000 workers in the United States and globally, also affecting Africa

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Thinus Ferreira On Wednesday, Paramount Global will reportedly start by letting go of at least 1 000 workers in the United States, followed ...