Friday, September 12, 2025

MasterChef SA from Primedia Studios and Homebrew Films moves to e.tv for season 6 as entries open for a month

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Thinus Ferreira Primedia Studios and Homebrew Films are switching the cooking reality show MasterChef South Africa from the SABC to e.tv, wi...

National Film and Video Foundation falters as its leadership instability continues

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by Steve Kretzmann, GroundUp Over  the past two-and-a-half years, the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has had six chief executive ...

Judge throws out Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magadumana interdict application to block Netflix SA and Storyscope from releasing Beauty and the Bester doc series

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by Thinus Ferreira On Friday morning Judge Sulet Potterill, as expected, dismissed the urgent court interdict application  brought by convic...

GfK to take over as South African TV ratings tabulator at Broadcast Research Council in wake of Nielsen's shock exit

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Thinus Ferreira The Broadcast Research Council of South Africa (BRCSA) has appointed GfK, an NIQ company, to take over as South African TV r...
Thursday, September 11, 2025

Netflix will only have half an hour time on Friday morning to halt global release of hot take doc series Beauty and the Bester if Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magadumana court interdict is maybe granted

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Thinus Ferreira On Friday morning Netflix will literally have about half an hour or less to toggle its South African documentary series from...

Apple TV+ renews Foundation for season 4

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Thinus Ferreira Ap ple TV+ has renewed the science fiction drama series Foundation based on Isaac Asimov's book series for a fourth sea...

Primedia brings more localised format shows to South African television with Denim Richards' Opulent Entertainment

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Thinus Ferreira Primedia Studios that has proven success with bringing and placing localised and adapted global format shows on South Africa...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

In South Africa TV ratings crisis looms as Nielsen announces market exit

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Thinus Ferreira TV ratings tabulator Nielsen is exiting South Africa after decades, a change that could plunge the country's TV ratings ...
Thursday, September 4, 2025

BBC's Bluey barks in Zulu and Nigerian Pidgin for Africa

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Thinus Ferreira The BBC's Bluey is now barking in Zulu, Afrikaans, Swahili and Nigerian Pidgin with BBC Studios that is making the belo...