Hugely successful TV series Games of Thrones blends many historical moments to create one compelling world.
Critics have been stunned by the success of a History Channel drama appealing to millions of churchgoers.
Releasing a $100-million series, exclusively available online, sounded like a crazy idea, but it seems to be paying off.
The only disappointment of new television drama "Isibaya" is that it is not an hour long – 30 minutes is just not enough, writes Rhodé Marshall.
A History Channel miniseries has caused controversy after viewers saw physical similarities between the actor playing Satan and the US president.
Not even a surprise appearance by Hollywood legend Samuel L Jackson could have saved the 7th South African Film and Television Awards ceremony.
The Americans is a new spy drama that puts a novel twist on the genre.
Fans of the great British detective shouldn’t bother with the latest American series. It’s quite elementary.
In case you didn’t get the memo, Homeland is good. The spy thriller, now returning for its second season, is a darling of the critical establishment.
Existing and aspirant broadcasters went before the regulator this week to secure a slice of the pie.
Growing up in the small town of Mthatha did not deter actress and television personality Zikhona Sodlaka from seeking a place in the big wide world.
A hint of anarchy would have served the theme of the Safta Awards well — after all, that too is part of the South African story.
The Democratic Alliance on Thursday called for the public broadcaster to be privatised.
SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said on Tuesday that there will be no broadcast blackouts should a strike by SABC workers go ahead.
The wall between televisions and computers is crumbling and internet pioneer Yahoo! is swinging a virtual hammer.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s controversial cultural revolution of the country’s television industry began on Monday night.
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/ 21 October 2008
Joost, an internet television website from the inventors of Skype, has received a technical facelift.
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/ 11 October 2008
YouTube said on Friday it is adding full-length television shows to the menu at its globally popular website famous for snack-sized video snippets.
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Eileen Herlie, a stage and TV actor who appeared on All My Children for more than three decades as the motherly Myrtle Fargate, has died at 90.
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/ 10 October 2008
The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s 2008 operating profit has dropped from last year’s R182,8-million to R111,3-million.
Television audience figures for the MTN8 final on September 23 were the highest recorded to date on South African television.
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Friendly ghosts from television’s past will bring their ethereal charm to the television industry’s 60th Emmy Awards.
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/ 16 September 2008
LG Electronics has marketed a new large-screen plasma display television that allows users both to read and listen to the Qur’an.
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/ 7 September 2008
Oprah Winfrey, America’s favourite daytime TV star, has refused to have Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as a guest on her talk show
Digital television will add to the thrills of the World Cup in South Africa, but will poor households be able to afford the R700 required to switch?
The spin-off on the fabled 1990s teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210 premieres on September 2 in the United States.
Strict security features will be installed in set-top boxes that will enable South Africans to switch from analogue to digital broadcasting.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is hoping to shore up his flagging political fortunes via his office’s own TV channel.
Charlie Sheen is the highest-paid TV actor in the United States — but he looks like a pauper when compared with the highest earners of unscripted TV.
Gauteng businessman Waldemar Katzke, who underwent single-bypass open-heart surgery on live national television on Saturday, is ”doing well”.
In the case of Joss Whedon, it was boredom, not necessity, that proved the mother of invention.
Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority has slammed Turkish soap operas, now hugely popular in the Middle East, as being ”evil” and ”un-Islamic”.