Tag: eMedia

The sale of exclusive sports broadcasting rights continues to create barriers for many South Africans seeking access to popular matches. However, industry stakeholders—from broadcasters to sports organisations—argue that this exclusivity ...

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has uncovered that Sentech, the state-owned provider of electronic communications and network services, holds a monopoly over the distribution of television, AM, ...

South Africa's sports minister, Gayton McKenzie, has announced that his department is in the process of finalising a deal to allow South Africans to watch the upcoming Springboks vs All ...

The recent Competition Tribunal interim order, which urgently prevents DStv and the SABC from excluding sub-licensed sports matches from SABC channels on Openview, has raised immediate concerns about the potential ...

South Africa's public broadcaster, the SABC, has issued a tender seeking a bidder to develop a satellite TV broadcasting service, including satellite capacity and decoders, under a revenue-sharing scheme over ...

According to industry reports, eMedia Holdings, the parent company of e.tv and Openview, plans to take legal action against MultiChoice for attempting to remove four eMedia channels from DStv. The ...

The broadcasting rights dispute in South Africa, a hot topic that continues to grab headlines, concerns Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie. He's been pushing for greater access to national sporting events ...

eMedia's free streaming service, eVOD, has experienced a significant surge in registrations, attracting nearly 300,000 new sign-ups since June 2023, according to the broadcaster's 2024 annual report. With total registrations ...

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) recently aired the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup final between South Africa and India on Saturday, 29 June 2024. In a statement released that ...

South Africa's eMedia has recently announced that the Power-Up! Channel (channel 114) on the Openview platform will be discontinued as of Monday, 8 July 2024. The Power-Up! Channel was initially ...