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Discovery Channel to launch HD simulcast across Africa

June 20, 2014 09.16 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Discovery Channel will launch its HD simulcast channel on June 0, 2014 across Africa for premium subscribers to the DStv DTH platform.

Filed Under: Newsline, Satellite, TV Tagged With: Africa, Discovery Channel, DStv, South Africa Edited: 20 June 2014 09:16

Sentech selects HTTV for its HbbTV head end

May 20, 2014 10.58 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Sentech has selected HTTV to provide its HbbTV head end platform aimed at delivering HbbTV services on the Sentech Digital Content Distribution Platform in South Africa.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: HbbTV, httv, Sentech, South Africa Edited: 21 May 2014 08:15

ICASA grants five provisional pay-TV licences

May 1, 2014 09.12 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has granted provisional subscription TV broadcasting licences to five new applicants.

Filed Under: Middle East and Africa, Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: Close-T Broadcast Network Holdings, ICASA, Kagiso TV, Mindset Media Enterprises, mobile TV, Motive Television, Siyaya, South Africa Edited: 1 May 2014 09:12

Discover Digital buys sports content for web TV

April 25, 2014 07.48 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Discover Digital, a South African digital entertainment business, has concluded its first sports content deal in anticipation of the launch of web TV in South Africa later this year.

Filed Under: Middle East and Africa, Newsline, OTT, TV Tagged With: Digisoft.tv, Discover Digital, South Africa Edited: 25 April 2014 09:32

Motive and Skyworth sign software agreement

April 18, 2014 07.49 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Motive Television plc announces that its 100% owned subsidiary, Motive Television Services Limited, has today signed a Software Development License Agreement with Shenzhen Skyworth Digital Technology Co Ltd.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Motive Television, Siyaya, Skyworth, South Africa Edited: 18 April 2014 07:49

MultiChoice selects Clearleap

April 16, 2014 09.41 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Clearleap has been selected by MultiChoice to accelerate its multiscreen strategy and provide management and delivery of its television content over both IP network and traditional pay-TV networks.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Clearleap, Multichoice, South Africa Edited: 16 April 2014 09:41

Encryption row over MultiChoice-SABC agreement

April 10, 2014 10.20 Europe/London By Julian Clover

The South African media regulator ICASA (The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) has asked the country’s competition commission to investigate last July’s agreement for SABC to provide MultiChoice with a 24-hour news channel.

Filed Under: Middle East and Africa, Newsline, Regulation, TV Tagged With: ICASA, Multichoice, SABC, South Africa Edited: 11 April 2014 10:41

Naspers Pay-TV CEO Greyling steps down

April 1, 2014 08.56 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Eben Greyling, CEO of the Naspers pay-television operations, has decided to take a break and pursue new interests after more than 18 years with the group.

Filed Under: Middle East and Africa, Newsline, People Tagged With: Eben Greyling, Koos Bekker, Naspers, South Africa Edited: 1 April 2014 09:52

DISCOP finds strategic partners

March 4, 2014 10.05 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Basic Lead has entered into strategic alliances in Turkey and South Africa, selling 50% of its content markets DISCOP Istanbul and DISCOP Africa to local partners.

Filed Under: Middle East and Africa, Newsline Tagged With: Discop, South Africa, Turkey Edited: 4 March 2014 10:05

Natura launches in South Africa

February 11, 2014 11.53 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Natura, the documentary and nature channel owned by Chello Multicanal, has launched in South Africa on the DTH provider Star Sat, and will soon also launch across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: 3Vision Distribution, Chello Multicanal, Natura, South Africa, StarSat Edited: 12 February 2014 11:35

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