Monday, September 1, 2025

e.tv dumps The Morning Show after 7 years as it backs out of original production for the timeslot and replaces it with simulcast of eNCA's The South African Morning

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by Thinus Ferreira e.tv has dumped its low-rated breakfast show The Morning Show after seven years and is replacing it from today with eNCA...
Friday, August 29, 2025

SABC removes SABC News anchor Juliet Newell after asking Dr Mamphela Ramphele why she's equating Israel-Gaza conflict to the Holocaust

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by Thinus Ferreira The South African public broadcaster has removed SABC News anchor Juliet Newell from the air and unscheduled her after an...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

South Africa's cash and crisis-riddled NFVF cancels 2025's 19th SAFTAs over 'unforeseen delays', out-of-time industry award show pushed to March 2026

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Thinus Ferreira Exactly as has been whispered by anxious South African filmmakers, the cash and crisis-riddled National Film and Video Found...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

E! axed in Africa as it ends after 21 years, replaced by Bravo on MultiChoice's DStv from October 2025

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Thinus Ferreira NBCUniversal is dumping E! in Africa after 21 years, with the steadily dismantled channel that will be gone and replaced by ...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

MultiChoice adds 4 kids channels to DStv Family

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by Thinus Ferreira MultiChoice is making the three kids channels, Paramount Global's Nickelodeon and Nick Jr, as well as DreamWorks avai...
Friday, August 15, 2025

SABC now trying to rent lifts, needs R3 billion for rundown studios as 'critical infrastructure is at risk of collapse'

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Thinus Ferreira The SABC which can no longer maintain or repair its decades-old lifts at its Auckland Park headquarters, is now trying to re...

Ghana slams MultiChoice over price-drop refusal: Alleges pay-TV operator told its South African government to pressure Ghana's government, says incoming owner Canal+ is 'more positive' than MultiChoice

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by Thinus Ferreira It's an all out nasty war between Ghana's government and MultiChoice that has refused a price-drop demand by the ...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

SABC's Muvhango replacement Pimville Queens nowhere in sight on SABC2 as Venda soap ends belatedly

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Thinus Ferreira There's not a word about the delayed Pimville Queens from the SABC, with this new replacement series that was supposed ...

Paramount says looming retrenchments will be 'painful'; will no longer sell BET but pivot pay-TV channels to streaming

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Thinus Ferreira After Skydance's buyout, Paramount Global bosses say the coming retenchments - something that will very likely affect So...