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Showing posts with label Thabile Ngwato. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thabile Ngwato. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Newzroom Afrika adds Mapi Mhlangu as latest editor-in-chief, Stephen Grootes exits Newsfeed PM.

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by Thinus Ferreira Newzroom Afrika (DStv 405) has recruited the former eNCA editor-in-chief Mapi Mlhangu as the South African TV news channe...
Friday, September 1, 2023

MultiChoice to add new DStv kids channel Play Room with a live afternoon tween show.

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by Thinus Ferreira MultiChoice is adding a third TV channel from the Ngwato Nkosi Group, with Play Room which will launch on DStv channel 30...
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Cathy Mohlahlana and Thembekile Mrototo to co-anchor Newzroom Afrika prime time from June as news channel adds Saturday night documentary slot.

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by Thinus Ferreira Cathy Mohlahlana and Thembekile Mrototo will start to co-anchor during prime time on Newzroom Africa (DStv 405) from June...
Thursday, February 2, 2023

2023 to kick off with a Nguni TV news war as MultiChoice's DStv takes on the SABC with a Mzansi Wethu bulletin for Zulu and Xhosa viewers in the same timeslot as SABC1.

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by Thinus Ferreira A TV news war for Nguni viewers is coming to South African television at 19:00 with M-Net taking the SABC head-on by laun...
Tuesday, June 8, 2021

In new agreement community TV channels Mpuma Kapa TV and 1KZN TV will give Newzroom Afrika exclusive news content with the TV news channel that will give them newsroom training after MultiChoice funding.

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by Thinus Ferreira The South African TV news channel Newzroom Afrika (DStv 405) has signed a content sharing and training agreement with the...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

Coronavirus: Newzroom Afrika staffers test positive for Covid-19, prompts more changes at the TV news channel's Linden newsroom including cordoning off sections, one-way corridors and an end to desk swapping.

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by Thinus Ferreira Newzroom Afrika (DStv 405) staffers have been diagnosed positive for the Covid-19 virus and have been quarantined at...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Newzroom Afrika celebrates its first anniversary on-air and 'miracle launch', explains the South African TV news channel's 'person-first' reporting approach.

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by Thinus Ferreira Newzroom Africa (DStv 405) is celebrating the South African TV news channel's first anniversary on-air and its ...
Thursday, May 2, 2019

No press briefing or media launch event for the new Newzroom Afrika on MultiChoice's DStv; new TV news channel's execs are 'too busy' to do interviews.

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There will be no press briefing or media launch event for the new TV news channel Newzroom Africa (DStv 405) before it launches on Multi...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019

TOLDJA! New TV news channel, Newzroom Afrika, to oddly launch on 2 May on MultiChoice's DStv with some familiar TV and radio names.

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Exactly as TV biz insiders whispered , the new South African TV news channel Newzroom Afrika plans to launch on Thursday 2 May  with news...
Sunday, April 28, 2019

With whispers of a 2 May launch date and already missing its 'early-2019' launch target, the new TV news channel Newzroom Afrika and MultiChoice are failing to keep their promise of keeping the media informed.

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While there's unconfirmed insider buzz that the new Newzroom Afrika TV news channel will now launch on 2 May on DStv - already missin...
Monday, September 3, 2018

Daily Maverick reveals it was a bidder for MultiChoice's new local TV news channel on DStv, says that despite 'the all-round silence, no comments' around non-transparent bidding process and bidders list, the questions are not going to go away.

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The Daily Maverick online commentary and news analysis publication on Monday morning revealed that it was one of the bidders who applied ...
Sunday, September 2, 2018

The Democratic Alliance asks MultiChoice to release the full contract with Newzroom Afrika to start a new local TV news channel on DStv, as well as the complete list of bidders.

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The Democratic Alliance (DA) political party has asked MultiChoice to release the full contract and make public the agreement Naspers...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

BREAKING. MultiChoice chooses Newzroom Afrika to replace Mzwanele Manyi's dumped Afro Worldview as a new local TV news channel on DStv.

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MultiChoice has chosen Newzroom Afrika as the new 24-hour local TV news channel to replace Mzwanele Manyi 's dumped Afro Worldview...
Saturday, August 18, 2018

Rising TV news star, Thabile Ngwato, leaves the South African public broadcaster after 5 years and resigns as SABC News anchor.

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Thabile Ngwato who has resigned, is leaving the South African public broadcaster after 5 years as a producer and anchor at its SABC News...
Thursday, August 9, 2018

Webtickets halts ticket sales of the controversial International Women in Media Conference 2018, still includes Taraji P. Henson's name.

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Webtickets tells TVwithThinus that it has now halted all ticket sales for the controversial International Women in Media Conference 2018...