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E-tv launches legal action to block analogue switch-off
E-tv launches legal action to block analogue switch-off E-tv has launched an urgent application in the Pretoria High Court to block the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies from switching off South Africa's analogue television signals on 31 March 2025. The founding affidavit...- Hanno Labuschagne
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BRC survey reveals big decline in linear TV viewing in SA
BRC survey reveals big decline in linear TV viewing in SA A Broadcast Research Council of South Africa (BRC) survey has revealed that the number of households watching traditional linear TV in South Africa has dropped 12.5% between 2019 and 2023. Despite the number of households in South...- Hanno Labuschagne
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Icasa publishes updated broadcast advertising regulations
South Africa gets new TV advertising rules The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has released updated regulations for advertising, infomercials, and sponsored programmes broadcast on the country’s airwaves. Contravening the regulations could carry a fine of up to a...- Jan
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eMedia celebrates 800,000 eVOD registrations
E-tv’s eVOD: 800,000 registrations — DStv’s Showmax: It’s a secret E-tv owner eMedia’s streaming service, eVOD, has reached a significant milestone, accumulating 800,000 registrations within two years of launch. DStv owner MultiChoice, on the other other hand, has steadfastly refused to report...- Jan
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StarSat dropping Afrikaans channels
DStv competitor kills its Afrikaans channels StarSat will drop its two Afrikaans channels from the platform on 30 September 2022, the owners of MyTV and OnseTV have announced. “StarSat, the South African branch of StarTimes Media, has ended Afrikaans on the StarSat decoder after 13 years of...- Jan
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Minister announces new analogue switch-off plan after ConCourt loss
South Africa's new plan to switch off analogue TV and release mobile network capacity Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says a new date for South Africa's analogue switch-off will be announced after September 2022. The Constitutional Court declared the department's 30 June 2022...- Jan
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Competition Tribunal publishes reasons for disallowing E-tv from forcing DStv to carry four channels
Why DStv was allowed to drop four E-tv channels The Competition Tribunal has released its reasons for dismissing eMedia's application to force MultiChoice to keep four of its channels on DStv. In early March 2022, DStv first announced it would stop airing the E-tv Extra, eToonz, eMovies, and...- Jan
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Constitutional Court sides with E-tv in analogue TV and spectrum fight
Constitutional Court delays South Africa's analogue TV switch-off — and essential mobile network capacity The Constitutional Court has ruled that South Africa may not switch off its analogue TV signals on 30 June 2022. In a unanimous judgement in favour of E-tv in the latest battle over South...- Jan
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Minister promises analogue TV switch-off still set for 30 June
South Africa's analogue TV switch-off on track for 30 June South Africa's last remaining analogue TV signals are ready to be switched off, and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) is waiting for confirmation from the Constitutional Court for the final switch-off...- Jan
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Openview announces upgraded decoder, says it's adding "a few" channels
Openview getting new channels and upgraded decoder eMedia has announced that it will launch “a few” more channels on its Openview platform in its 2022/23 financial year. In its annual results for 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022, the broadcaster also said it would introduce an upgraded “smarter”...- Jan
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E-tv complains that DStv is allowed to run too many ads
DStv could be forced to run fewer ads A recent discussion document published by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) revealed that free-to-air broadcasters are unhappy with the amount of advertising time DStv gets. As a result, Icasa has indicated that it may have...- Jan
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E-tv wants to take analogue fight straight to ConCourt
E-tv takes South Africa hostage over spectrum E-tv owner eMedia has approached the Constitutional Court to further delay South Africa's switch-off of analogue TV signals, the broadcaster has told MyBroadband. eMedia filed the papers on 4 April 2022.- Jan
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High court gives E-tv hollow victory in analogue TV switch-off case
High Court rules to delay analogue TV switch-off The Pretoria High Court has ruled that South Africa must delay switching off old analogue TV broadcasts from 31 March to 30 June 2022. While technically a victory for E-tv owner eMedia against communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, it is...- Jan
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SONA 2022 - More big broadband promises from Ramaphosa
Back to the Future — Ramaphosa's big broadband promises President Ramaphosa has promised that the government will facilitate broadband rollout by establishing a standard model for municipal approvals. Fibre and mobile network operators must apply for permits from municipalities to dig trenches...- Jan
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Spectrum auction court dates set
South Africa's big network capacity fight — court dates set The Pretoria High Court will hear arguments in Telkom’s case against the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) over the auctioning of long-awaited radio frequency spectrum on 11–14 April 2022. The Acting Judge...- Jan
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Sentech begins digital dividend restacking in Northern Cape and North West
Digital TV signal disruptions announced State-owned signal distributor Sentech announced that it has begun restacking digital TV frequencies in towns where the migration from SABC’s old analogue signal has been completed. It warned that disruptions to digital terrestrial TV signals could last...- Jan
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Showmax vs Video Play vs eVOD vs TelkomOne - South African streaming services compared
South African streaming services compared South African companies MultiChoice, eMedia, Telkom, and Vodacom all offer streaming services that provide on-demand access to TV shows and movies. A rapidly growing market, the streaming industry in Africa had 5.11 million subscribers as of September...- Jan
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Vodacom files court papers opposing Telkom's interdict of spectrum auction
Vodacom joins fight against Telkom Vodacom has filed papers in the Pretoria High Court to oppose Telkom’s application for an urgent interdict against the spectrum auction that industry regulator Icasa wants to hold on 8 March 2022. Telkom approached the Pretoria High Court last week Tuesday to...- Jan
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Telkom files High Court papers to block spectrum auction - again
Telkom launches legal strike against spectrum auction Telkom has filed High Court papers to block the Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (Icasa) from going through with an auction of sought-after radio frequency spectrum. Spectrum is the lifeblood of wireless networks...- Jan
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Happy anniversary (for 1 November)! 10 years since South Africa first missed digital migration deadline
A decade late and a dollar short — South Africa's digital TV hamster wheel This year, on 1 November 2021, it was ten years since South Africa missed its first deadline to switch off old analogue TV signals occupying precious radio frequency spectrum. The constant delays have cost South Africa...- Jan
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