Showing posts with label Kwesé TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kwesé TV. Show all posts
Monday, September 2, 2019

Cell C black blackout as all its channels abruptly disappear without warning or explanation and customers fear a product implosion similar to Econet Media's shuttered Kwesé TV.

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A blackout has hit Cell C black with all of the video streaming service's TV channels that have abruptly disappear without warning or...
Sunday, August 25, 2019

Struggling Econet puts its shuttered and debt-riddled Econet Media and Kwesé up for sale in 29 countries including its 20%-stake in South Africa's new free-to-air Kwesé Free TV licensed venture.

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Zimbabwe's struggling Econet Wireless Ltd. - that has seen its ambitious pay-TV business Kwesé TV implode under a mountain of debt wi...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

The shutdown of the embattled Econet keeps rippling as it abruptly shutters its whole Econet Media division which includes Kwesé iflix as latest victim.

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The expanding shutdown of the embattled Econet's divisions keeps rippling through the embattled business with Econet that has now abr...
Sunday, August 4, 2019

Embattled Econet announces it will be shutting down its struggling Kwesé TV entirely on Monday 5 August 2019 after owing R1.9 billion to third-party content providers.

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The embattled Econet Media has announced that it is shutting down its struggling Kwesé TV entirely on Monday 5 August 2019 after owing mo...
Thursday, November 1, 2018

BREAKING. It's over for Econet Media's once-hot Kwesé TV: Kwesé pulls the plug on its satellite pay-TV ambitions as Kwesé branded sports and entertainment channels, most third-party channels scrapped, focus shifted to Kwesé Free Sports and Kwesé iflix, Kwesé Play streaming services.

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Africa's latest satellite pay-TV upstart, Kwesé TV, is abruptly downsizing and ending its lofty direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV ...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Discovery's Animal Planet rebrands with new blue leaping elephant channel logo and changing it's focus to 'family'.

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Discovery's is rebranding its Animal Planet channel with a new blue leaping elephant channel logo and introducing some new internation...
Sunday, September 16, 2018

China's StarTimes grabs UEFA Europa League rights for 3 seasons until 2021 for sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa.

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China's StarTimes pay-TV operator in Africa h as acquired exclusive broadcasting rights for the UEFA Europa League in sub-Saharan Afri...
Thursday, May 3, 2018

Evert van der Veer appointed as new Fox Networks Group Africa general manager; the role of Vasilis Iliopoulos expanded to senior vice president for FNG Africa.

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The  Fox Networks Group (FNG), a unit of  21st Century Fox,  is restructuring its executive management team for Africa with Evert van ...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read from TVwithThinus - 19 April 2018.

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Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too: ■  TV needs fewer commercials - but the math is going to ...
Thursday, April 12, 2018

Four businesses want to start new free-to-air TV channels in South Africa, including ANN7, Sekunjalo through Tshwaranang, and Econet Media's Kwesé TV.

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Four business consortiums want to start new freely available TV channels in South Africa - including the so-called "Gupta news"...

TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read from TVwithThinus - 12 April 2018.

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Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too: ■  The BBC's rauchy drama Versailles cancelled after...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018

TOLDJA! The Americentric channel, Kwesé Free Sports, from Econet Media's Kwesé TV will start on OpenView HD as its first real sports channel on Friday 16 March.

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A day after TVwithThinus reported on Tuesday that OpenView HD will be adding the Kwesé Free Sports channel but with eMedia Investments n...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

BREAKING. eMedia Investment's OpenView HD to add Kwesé TV's Americentric sports channel, Kwesé Free Sports, as its first real sports channel soon.

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eMedia Investments's free-to-air TV satellite platform, OpenView HD (OVHD) is making its biggest play since the TV service from Pla...
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

OOH, AWESOME. Ridley Scott's new epic-looking British navy period drama, The Terror, coming to AMC and SundanceTV on DStv and Kwesé TV from 27 March as an Express from the US title.

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The amazing looking new premium TV period drama, The Terror , produced by Ridley Scott , will be coming to South African and African vi...
Monday, February 19, 2018

MultiChoice won't be hiking DStv fees in Southern African countries Zimbabwe and Swaziland after its latest DStv price increase coming to South Africa from April.

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MultiChoice won't be hiking DStv fees in the Southern African countries of Zimbabwe and Swaziland after its latest DStv price hike ...
Thursday, January 18, 2018

Viacom Africa on the new Paramount Network pay-TV channel launched in America: 'We will explore opportunities to build the brand in the African market'.

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Viacom Africa says its thrilled about the launch of Viacom's flagship new premium, general entertainment pay-TV channel - the Paramou...
Monday, January 15, 2018

Will - or when will - South Africa's pay-TV viewers get Viacom's new the Paramount Network channel, and should it replace something like MTV Europe?

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A question of paramount importance: Will - or when will - South African pay-TV viewers get to see Viacom's new flagship TV channel, t...
Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Africa set to add 17.4 million pay-TV subscribers in the next 5 years as pay-TV subscriptions on the continent continue to soar.

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Pay-TV subscriptions in sub-Saharan Africa is set to soar and will continue its massive growth in the next 5 years, increasing by 74% bet...