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News about South African TV and the South African television industry, as well as what is happening across Africa's TV landscape.
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Why you should downgrade your DStv Premium subscription by one tier level right now to get it back cheaper in December - and customers on other packages should too:
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Why you should downgrade your DStv Premium subscription by one tier level right now to get it back cheaper in December - and customers on other packages should too
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November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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𝗥𝗜𝗣. Actor Jonathan Pienaar dead at 63 due to heart failure:
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Actor Jonathan Pienaar dead at 63 due to heart failure
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November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸. Nothing for DStv Premium subscribers as MultiChoice one-ups other packages until 2026, increases decoder subsidies to try and boost sagging subs numbers:
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Nothing for DStv Premium subscribers as MultiChoice one-ups other packages until 2026, increases decoder subsidies to try and boost sagging subs numbers
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November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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𝗥𝗜𝗣. VIA's (DStv 147) Speel met Vuur TV chef Mynie Steffens dies after helicopter crash in Eastern Cape:
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VIA's Speel met Vuur TV chef Mynie Steffens dies after helicopter crash in Eastern Cape
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November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀. Gugs Mhlungu spoke with me on @radio702.bsky.social 702 Weekend Breakfast about Canal+ ordering MultiChoice to cut all suppliers' payment by 20% and the impact of that, as well as the return of Top Billing to SABC3.
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Film & TV: Canal+ Orders 20% supplier cuts at MultiChoice & the return of Top Billing - Weekend Breakfast with Gugs Mhlungu
Gugs Mhlungu is joined by Thinus Ferreira, TV and entertainment critic, discussing the recent changes French company Canal+ is implementing at MultiChoice including a demand for all external suppliers...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚. Tim Davie quits as BBC director-general on Sunday evening, with Deborah Turness who quits as BBC News boss, following accusation that BBC News was dishonest in editing remarks of United States president Donald Trump.
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲. Annika Larsen sit-down and confession from Marike de Klerk murderer Luyanda Mboniswa to air on etv and eNCA (DStv 403):
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Annika Larsen sit-down and confession from Marike de Klerk murderer Luyanda Mboniswa to air on e.tv and eNCA
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November 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁. PEU Communications switches filming of SABC1's Skeem Saam from Sasani Studios to SABC's Henley:
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PEU Communications switches filming of SABC1's Skeem Saam from Sasani Studios to SABC's Henley
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November 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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𝗥𝗜𝗣. Actor Phillip Henn dead at 63:
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Actor Phillip Henn dead at 63
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November 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀. SABC revives Top Billing with Cardova produced lifestyle magazine show back from March 2026 with former faces, adding a shorts format, looking at doing TikTok presenter search:
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SABC revives Top Billing with Cardova produced lifestyle magazine show back from March 2026 with former faces, adding a shorts format, looking at doing TikTok presenter search
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November 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲: Paramount Africa burns off Black Gold in double episodes further raising fears about future of BET Africa (DStv 129):
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Paramount Africa burns off Black Gold in double episodes further raising fears about future of BET Africa
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November 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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'𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀-𝘁𝘂 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰̧𝗮𝗶𝘀?': Canal+ Africa orders MultiChoice to cut agreed billing of suppliers and producers by 20%, staffers told to learn French:
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'Parles-tu français?': Canal+ Africa orders MultiChoice to cut agreed billing of suppliers and producers by 20%, staffers told to learn French
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November 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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𝗧𝗩 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖'𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞. Why Disney South Africa and Clockwork's All's Fair media event was illustratively Not that:
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TV CRITIC's NOTEBOOK. Why Disney South Africa and Clockwork's All's Fair media event was illustratively Not that
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November 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗮: How SABC TV under-delivers in languages besides English in prime time on SABC1, SABC2 and SABC3 - and why:
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How SABC TV under-delivers in languages besides English in prime time on SABC1, SABC2 and SABC3 - and why
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October 31, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀. South Africa's Top 25 TV channels in prime time under viewers most sought by advertisers:
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South Africa's Top 25 TV channels in prime time under viewers most sought by advertisers
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October 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚. As Paramount starts getting rid of the first 1000 of 2000 workers, it's shutting down the CBS News news bureau in Johannesburg.
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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MultiChoice Botswana adds Route 2, Abashwe and The Prophet as 3 local films to Mzansi Magic in November:
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MultiChoice Botswana adds Route 2, Abashwe and The Prophet as 3 local films to Mzansi Magic in November
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October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀. MultiChoice Namibia adds more locally filmed Namibian films like The Long Road, Oppiplaas and Crossover Hearts:
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MultiChoice Namibia adds more locally filmed Namibian films like The Long Road, Oppiplaas and Crossover Hearts
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October 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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𝘂𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝘁𝗵𝘂: SABC revives Soul City and Soul Buddyz as Shayi’ndlela for SABC+ in 2026 with Lillian Dube set to reprise Sister Bettina role:
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SABC revives Soul City and Soul Buddyz as Shayi’ndlela for SABC+ in 2026 with Lillian Dube set to reprise Sister Bettina role
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October 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚. Amazon is getting rid of 14 000 workers, across all divisions, including Amazon Prime Video, saying artificial intelligence (AI) will "realise efficiency gains" and is making these jobs redundant.
October 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗺𝗮𝘅 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱?: Canal+ looking into buying out Comcast's stake in MultiChoice's struggling Showmax:
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Canal+ looking into buying out Comcast's stake in MultiChoice's struggling Showmax
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October 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹! 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲: etv on 'painful decision' to cancel Oche Media's Scandal!: 'At the end of the day this is also a business', as its June 2026 end is described as story that could 'fill 5 movies':
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e.tv on 'painful decision' to cancel Oche Media's Scandal!: 'At the end of the day this is also a business' as its June 2026 end is described as story that could 'fill 5 movies'.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. Rochelle Knock appointed as new Disney Africa boss overseeing Disney+ and TV channels:
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Rochelle Knock appointed as new Disney Africa boss overseeing Disney+ and TV channels
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October 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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𝗗𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗮 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮. M-Net commissions Mpondoland as new Sunday night dagga drama from 7 December for Mzansi Magic (DStv 161) with Thembekile Komani and Tina Jaxa:
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M-Net commissions Mpondoland as new Sunday night dagga drama from 7 December for Mzansi Magic with Thembekile Komani and Tina Jaxa
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October 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. Canal+ has appointed Thomas Follin as chief diversification officer for Canal+ Africa from November 2025. He will oversee Canal+'s overall diversification strategy across Africa, including MultiChoice. He will report to Canal+ Africa CEO David Mignot.
October 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM