Thursday, November 19, 2015

David Mbeha from Namibia wins TLC Entertainment's Next Great Presenter search; says 'I made a promise to my mother that I will really pursue this dream'.

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A beaming David Mbeha from Namibia has won the TLC Next Great Presenter search competition, with the Namibian from a small town saying ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

BREAKING. SABC CEO Frans Matlala abrutptly suspended after just 4 months on the job pending an investigation; SABC top management basically gutted.

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Top management instability and scandal continues to rock the SABC with the beleaguered South African public broadcaster that has suspe...

Time again for the best annual TV upfront in South Africa as Discovery Networks CEEMEA gets ready to showcase what viewers will see in 2016.

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The best annual TV upfront in South Africa – the one from Discovery Networks International – is once again set to wow TV and ad execs, TV...

SABC adds Systraat as the South African public broadcaster's first web series in the form of an Afrikaans animation show.

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A new 'Laan' is coming to the SABC in the form of Systraat , the South African public broadcaster's first web series in the f...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Can someone please just help MultiChoice and whoever is doing the DStv programming promos (and clearly not actually watching TV) to get it right?

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Whoever is doing MultiChoice's in-house promos for various DStv programming clearly isn't watching television. The embarrassin...

Discovery Communications looking for Nazi treasure as it gets permission to film World War II train mystery that might yield precious artworks, gold.

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Discovery Communications is looking for possible Nazi gold in Poland where Discovery got permission and access to film the investigation ...

Filling of 3 of 6 long-vacant SABC board seats delayed even further due to parliamentary staff strike and a delay with State Security Agency checking qualifications.

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The long-delayed filling of vacant positions on the unstable SABC board is being delayed even further since the checking of the qualifica...

Courteney Monroe appointed as the new CEO of National Geographic Global Networks; Ward Platt the new COO of National Geographic Partners.

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Courteney Monroe has been appointed as the new CEO of National Geographic Global Networks. Courteney Monroe now becomes the new Nation...

Programming changes as M-Net pulls disastrous Wicked City; M-Net's NCIS Los Angeles, Vuzu AMP's Supergirl, FOX Crime's Legends impacted by Paris terror attacks.

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M-Net is pulling the disastrous and cancelled Wicked City off its programming line-up while the weekend's terrorism attacks in Paris...