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Showing posts with label Ian Plaatjes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ian Plaatjes. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Former SABC COO Ian Plaatjes fights 'hidden agenda' firing over SABC+, reveals conflict with CEO.

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by Thinus Ferreira The former SABC COO Ian Plaatjes is fighting his firing after he was axed in June  over a controversial and secretive ad ...
Sunday, July 7, 2024

FIRED. SABC axes COO Ian Plaatjes and head of video entertainment Merlin Naicker over secret SABC+ ad revenue kickbacks.

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by Thinus Ferreira The South African public broadcaster has fired both its suspended chief operating officer (COO) Ian Plaatjes and suspende...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

CWU notifies SABC of strike in wage dispute, demands investigation into secret Discover Digital profit-sharing deal for SABC+.

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by Thinus Ferreira The Communications Workers' Union (CWU) has warned the beleaguered South African public broadcaster that its members ...
Sunday, February 11, 2024

SABC COO Ian Plaatjes and TV boss Merlin Naicker suspended, ad boss Reginald Nxumalo resigns over undisclosed 7.5% profit-share deal with Discover Digital running SABC+.

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by Thinus Ferreira The South African public broadcaster's COO Ian Plaatjes and head of video entertainment Merlin Naicker have both been...
Saturday, January 6, 2024

SABC, StarTimes and StarSat sublicense full 2023 Afcon tournament from New World TV widening the cracks in MultiChoice's SuperSport dominance.

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by Thinus Ferreira In a challenge to the sports content dominance of MultiChoice and SuperSport, the South African public broadcaster and Ch...
Thursday, September 7, 2023

SABC blames data prices and ad integration problems for underperforming SABC+ that 'hasn't grown to levels anticipated'.

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by Thinus Ferreira The South African public broadcaster's SABC+ video streaming service it launched in November has not performed to exp...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023

BREAKING. SABC posts a loss of R1.1 Billion for 2022/2023 financial year, broadcaster struggling to even pay for 'critical expenditure' to keep SABC on-air.

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by Thinus Ferreira South Africa's beleaguered public broadcaster on Wednesday for the first time confirmed its massive loss-making proje...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

SABC: Boardless for 3 months and counting as loss-making public broadcaster's revenue generating plans slip away.

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by Thinus Ferreira This week marks an unprecedented three months - and counting - that the unstable and cash-strapped SABC has been without ...

Public broadcaster to launch a SABC TV Licence loyalty programme with tiered-rewards to try decrease licence fee evasion rate.

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by Thinus Ferreira South Africa's public broadcaster will launch a SABC TV Licence loyalty programme, with tiered-rewards, in an attempt...
Friday, December 2, 2022

SABC hopes to earn R37.5 million from SABC+ in its first year, adds 15 000 new users per day.

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by Thinus Ferreira South Africa's public broadcaster hopes to earn R37.5 million from its just-launched video streaming service SABC+ du...
Friday, March 4, 2022

The SABC plans to launch its video streamer as well as new TV channels from September, promises 'compelling new content' as it shakes up its content acquisition process.

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by Thinus Ferreira   The South African public broadcaster has had to delay the launch of its own video streaming service but now plans to do...
Monday, August 23, 2021

The SABC plans to launch its own video streaming service before the end of its current financial year that ends 31 March 2022.

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by Thinus Ferreira After a decade and a half of underinvestment in technology and content the South African public broadcaster plans to laun...
Friday, March 26, 2021

eMedia Investments' Openview adds SABC Sport, 19 SABC radio stations and 2 further SABC TV channels in 'ground-breaking' carriage agreement.

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by Thinus Ferreira Openview is adding the South African public broadcaster's SABC Sport channel, along with its 19 SABC radio stations, ...
Saturday, November 21, 2020

Black Friday: SABC News anchors all wear black to protest against broadcaster's retrenchment plan as concerns over a possible on-air blackout grows.

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by Thinus Ferreira As concerns about a possible on-air SABC blackout and "black-on-air" situation grows, SABC News anchors and rep...