The media giant’s bottom line will pay the price as its development spend jumps from R4.3-billion to over R7-billion this financial year.
MultiChoice’s BBBEE Puthuma Nathi Investments and Phuthuma Nathi Investments 2 will receive more ordinary and special dividends this year than last.
A TopTV shareholders meeting to decide the fate of the ailing company was delayed for two hours to allow for last-minute expressions of interest.
TopTV has been struggling to compete against MultiChoice on an unlevel playing field, writes Lloyd Gedye.
The TV giant has consolidated its impregnable position in terrestial and satellite broadcasting in Africa. Lloyd Gedye reports.
Private broadcaster Multichoice has been fined R10 000 over an inappropriate age restriction for a comedy show with a full-frontal nude scene.
MultiChoice seeks to delay the tribunal hearing about unbundling channel bouquets, writes <b>Lloyd Gedye</b>
The consumer commissioner and her staff are battle-ready and prepared to fight the good fight.
Adding to recent feuds over a porn channel, more changes are on the cards for satellite network TopTV, as its parent company’s CEO looks set to walk.
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/ 9 December 2011
Listed companies whose empowerment share schemes have come out of their lock-in periods have largely shunned the JSE’s BEE trading platform.
Several legislators and government officials have received gifts from Multichoice, which some in the industry have called a conflict of interests.
The PSL announced that SuperSport International won the five year broadcast rights of the local soccer competition starting from the 2012/13 season.
A South African broadcaster has extended its rights in sub-Saharan Africa to show the Uefa Champions League, Super Cup and Europa League.
Besides some obvious limitations, the service fills a gap between radio and television writes <b>Ben Kelly</b>.
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/ 30 November 2010
MultiChoice added more than 360 000 new subscribers in SA in the six months to 30 September, beating its new rival which launched TopTV in May.
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/ 16 November 2010
The draft Public Service Broadcasting Bill needs more work various concerned groups said during public hearings on the legislation on Monday.
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/ 10 September 2010
E.tv and MultiChoice have been awarded licences to provide mobile TV, the Independent Communications Authority of South African said on Friday.
On Digital Media threw its hat into the subscription-broadcasting ring on Thursday with the announcement of Top TV, its new product offering.
The Film and Publication Board has welcomed Multichoice’s decision not to launch a porn channel, saying it was in the best interests of children.
The Ministry for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities has welcomed Multichoice’s decision to cancel the launch of a pornographic channel.
MultiChoice has announced it will not be carrying adult content on its pay TV channels, after an outcry from the South African public.
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/ 30 October 2009
The Investing in the Future judges commended MultiChoice for its structured and comprehensive CSI programme.
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/ 10 September 2009
MultiChoice has been reprimanded for failing to warn viewers that a movie it broadcast contained foul language, the BCCSA said on Thursday.
MultiChoice is branching out from satellite television with its new broadband rugby offering.
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/ 23 January 2009
An SABC bid to get exclusive club soccer broadcasting rights would be a hurdle to sports development, Icasa heard on Friday.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) contract with MultiChoice to broadcast SABC Africa’s programming will end on August 1.