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/ 13 October 2003
Jyoti Mistry writes that the current image of regional television an apparent solution to the dilemma of language representation resurrects skeletons from the apartheid closet. India can show us some improvements on the model.
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/ 13 October 2003
Janine Lazarus talks to Ihron Rensburg on the commercial imperatives of the public broadcaster.
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/ 13 October 2003
The regulator blocked him on the Kagiso acquisition, he didnt have enough cash for Johncom, and his flagship newspaper the Sowetan is faltering. Where is Saki Macozoma steering Nail?
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/ 13 October 2003
Does Dave Bullard have masochistic tendencies? If his last two pieces lent weight to the hypothesis, this piece leaves no doubt.
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/ 13 October 2003
For some, advertising agencies and media independents represent a racist fortress guarded by conservative marketers who are out of touch with consumer trends. Will Nat Kekana have better luck with the capitalists holding the cash than hes had with the agents? Kevin Bloom reports.
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/ 13 October 2003
Following on from last months critique of Quickies, Jyoti Mistry considers how real short films could boost the local industry. She takes her cue from the international Sundance Film Festival.
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/ 13 October 2003
Tim Spira, The Medias man in New York, tells us how US war coverage looked from the inside.
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/ 13 October 2003
Although sports media spend is at a record high, the ICASA hearings and viewer saturation could prove problematic for local media owners. Will South Africa fall into the European trap, where massive rights outlays ruined established conglomerates? Donald Paul reports.
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/ 13 October 2003
Frustration is often expressed with what has been described as the lopsided relationship between South African broadcasters and television producers, as well as with the unbalanced nature of the contracts that are put in place to regulate those relationships.
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The factions of press freedom and individual privacy will doubtless clash on the battlefield of constitutional debate, but, as Greg Hamburger advises, the media still need a basic grasp of the tenets of the right to privacy.