Tuesday, November 28, 2023

TV CRITIC's NOTEBOOK. What a nightmare: Amazon Prime Video in South Africa couldn't bother with any proper publicity for In Your Dreams. Why?

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by Thinus Ferreira If you don't know about the existence of the new South African filmed fantasy drama series In Your Dreams on Amazon P...

Disney+ has lost 14 million subscribers in a year.

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by Thinus Ferreira  Disney boss Bob Iger and his top management team have their work cut out for them in 2014 following the box office flops...
Monday, November 27, 2023

South Africa's public broadcaster appoints Nomsa Chabeli as new SABC CEO.

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by Thinus Ferreira The struggling South African public broadcaster has appointed Nomsa Chabeli as new SABC CEO from March 2024. The executiv...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Afreximbank launches new $1 billion film fund for African filmmakers.

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by Thinus Ferreira CAIRO, EGYPT - Afreximbank is starting a new $1 billion African film fund to support the continent's filmmakers. At t...
Saturday, November 4, 2023

MultiChoice digital boss Vincent Maher the next executive to exit.

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by Thinus Ferreira Vincent Maher who was group executive for digital is the latest MultiChoice executive to exit the Randburg-based pay-TV o...

Paramount's Nickelodeon splats back with latest on-air rebrand and flips to high-definition on DStv.

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by Thinus Ferreira It took several days and multiple media queries without any responses from any of Paramount Africa's PR companies try...

DiepCity actress and comedian Lebohang Mpyana dead at 34 after 'short illness'.

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by Thinus Ferreira The comedian and DiepCity actress Lebohang Mpyana has died after a short illness. She was 34. The cause of death of Lebo...

Moja Love cuts legal aid to murder-accused Xolani Khumalo as his foundation got ‘enriched by proceeds of crime’.

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by Thinus Ferreira After finally distancing itself on Friday from its now-notorious former vigilante justice TV presenter Xolani Khumalo who...
Thursday, November 2, 2023

MultiChoice Nigeria does another 20% DStv and GOtv price hike - the 3rd price increase this year - from 6 November 2023 as it 'acknowledges the difficult economic climate'.

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by Thinus Ferreira MultiChoice Nigeria is once again hiking prices of DStv and GOtv subscribers from 6 November, the third shockingly high p...