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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

MultiChoice Africa is adding the Eva+ channel on DStv and GOtv as a sister telenovela channel to Eva from AMC Networks International UK.

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MultiChoice Africa is adding the sister channel to the telenovela channel Eva, Eva+, from AMC Networks International, to DStv in several ...

MultiChoice adding a Harry Potter pop-up channel from M-Net to DStv from 4 November; lowering DStv subscription prices in several African countries.

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MultiChoice announced that it will be lowering monthly DStv subscription fees from 1 November in several African countries where the DStv...
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

The SABC's TV channels all in a troubling viewership slide in September, while Sofia the First on DStv's Disney Channel proves the power of a princess.

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The SABC's three main TV channels each continue a very troubling downward trend in the ratings as SABC1, SABC2 and SABC3 continued to...
Monday, October 17, 2016

New Telemundo International Studios launched by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, headed up by Marcos Santasa, president of Telemundo International.

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The new Telemundo International Studios has been launched by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. The new Telemundo International Studio...

The Walking Dead on FOX renewed for 8th season; DStv subscribers will have to switch to StarSat to catch Fear the Walking Dead and aftershow Talking Dead from November.

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AMC has renewed The Walking Dead shown on FOX for an 8th season as well as the aftershow Talking Dead on AMC just before the start of t...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

South African journalists - and female journalists - are the big winners at the 21st CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards 2016.

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South African journalists and female journalists across the African continent were the big winners as they took home the lion's share...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

After Hlaudi Motsoeneng bans Days of Our Lives, SABC3 ratings has now plunged 48% in just 2 months as a whopping 520 081 viewers have abandoned the timeslot.

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SABC viewership of its struggling SABC3 channel has nosedived in the two months after Hlaudi Motsoeneng's banished the bulk of inter...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

SABC moves Generations tonight from SABC1 to ... SABC3 ... dumping local show High Rollers ... to make space for soccer. And will do it again.

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In another mind-boggling and perplexing scheduling move, the SABC is suddenly moving its highest-rated show Generations  tonight from SAB...
Monday, October 10, 2016

The best media green room in the biz? MultiChoice once again makes the media go 'mmm' with delectable delicatessen before the DStv Delicious Food Festival presser.

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Who runs the best media green room in the biz? Most definitely MultiChoice with its "Lufthansa business class lounge" type boud...
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