Showing posts with label Joe Heshu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joe Heshu. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

MultiChoice appoints Emma Gichonge as Showmax's first-ever general operations manager for East Africa.

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by Thinus Ferreira MultiChoice has appointed Emma Gichonge as the first-ever general manager for operations for East Africa for its Showmax ...
Thursday, October 19, 2023

Barry Dubovsky out at Showmax as MultiChoice's streamer loses COO just after CEO exit and before its Comcast's NBCUniversal relaunch: 'The optics look awful'.

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by Thinus Ferreira Barry Dubovsky is out as Showmax chief operating officer (COO) shortly after the abrupt exit of Yolisa Phahle as Showmax ...
Thursday, January 6, 2022

Joe Heshu gone from MultiChoice corporate comms and moved to MultiChoice regional director for Southern Africa in Zambia replacing short-stay Kobus Bezuidenhout.

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by Thinus Ferreira Joe Heshu has quietly been moved from his MultiChoice corporate affairs role in Johannesburg, South Africa to suddenly he...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020

South Africa's Competition Commission investigating MultiChoice over DStv plan to add rival video streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video alongside its own Showmax.

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by Thinus Ferreira South Africa's Competition Commission has started an investigation into MultiChoice that has announced plans and...
Sunday, August 18, 2019

As even more Mike Bolhuis racist slurs from the kykNET reality star surface including him using the 'k'-word, MultiChoice says it is still considering 'the reinstatement of the show'.

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As a flurry of more racist slurs and derogatory remarks made by Mike Bolhuis in audio recordings - including using the racist "k...
Sunday, August 11, 2019

MultiChoice canned the Bolhuis reality show on kykNET after investigator Mike Bolhuis used racist and derogatory language including the 'n'-word.

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Racism caused MultiChoice to can the kykNET show Bolhuis after a voice note with extremely racist and derogatory language by investigato...
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

WHEN DStv Now WENT DStv NOT: MultiChoice's crash of its DStv Now Sunday service didn't just paralyse its video streaming service - it also collapsed its communications, with MultiChoice confused and unwilling to talk about what happened.

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MultiChoice's latest crash of DStv Now  didn't just paralyse its video streaming service - it also collapsed its communications w...
Monday, May 13, 2019

MultiChoice on its DStv Now streaming crash still not fixed on Monday morning: 'We're doing everything we can' to fix it.

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While DStv subscribers on Monday morning continued to struggle to access the DStv Now streaming service that crashed for a 4th time the p...
Sunday, April 28, 2019

MultiChoice on why it helps community TV stations in South Africa like Bay TV in Port Elizabeth: 'We want a video entertainment sector that has many players who serve and understand the nuances of communities'.

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The MultiChoice Group that has been investing in and helping community TV stations across South Africa like Bay TV in Port Elizabeth with...
Saturday, April 27, 2019

Port Elizabeth's Bay TV community station officially unveils its upgraded studio and control room facilities with the help of MultiChoice.

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Port Elizabeth's Bay TV (DStv 260) officially unveiled its upgraded green-screen studio and adjacent control room facilities that are...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

MultiChoice orders the kykNET Ghoema Music Awards to remove Steve Hofmeyr as nominee, as kykNET dumps it as a live broadcast, after which singers now say they will boycott tonight's awards show.

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MultiChoice has ordered the kykNET Ghoema Music Awards for Afrikaans music and broadcast on M-Net's Afrikaans language channel kykNET...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

SuperSport to cooperate with the SA Human Rights Commission's inquiry into alleged racism at the sports broadcaster prompted by the Ashwin Willemse walk-off incident.

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SuperSport will cooperate with the South African Human Right's Commission's (SAHRC) upcoming inquiry into alleged racism at the s...
Monday, November 12, 2018

Competition Commission rules that MultiChoice and the SABC's TV channels contract for SABC News and SABC Encore amounts to a notifiable merger and should be declared.

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South Africa's Competition Commission on Friday ruled that the highly-controversial TV channels contract for SABC News (DStv 404) and...