by Franz Kruger | Oct 12, 2009 | General media news
AFTER being off air for ten days, Cape Town TV (CTV) was back on air on Saturday morning having settled some of its R500 000 debt to national signal distributor Sentech, writes Mary-Anne Gontsana on iol.co.za. On Sunday Karen Thorne, CTV Station Manager said: "We...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 9, 2009 | General media news
THE South African Broadcasting Corporation raked in close to a billion rand in television licence fees last year, Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda said, according to a report on iol.co.za. In a written reply to a parliamentary question, he also revealed that the...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 7, 2009 | General media news
THE renewed reconciliatory gestures between Buganda and the government appear to have hit a rock after reports emerged of a deadlock over the re-opening of the kingdom's Central Broadcasting Services (CBS) radio, writes Emmanuel Gyezaho in The Daily Monitor. The...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 6, 2009 | General media news
DEBORA Patta, the e.tv journalist some love to hate, has resigned as editor-in-chief of eNews after a five-year stint, but said she would be staying on as anchor of her brainchild, the TV show 3rd Degree, writes Chantelle Benjamin in Business Day....
by Franz Kruger | Oct 6, 2009 | General media news
CAPE Town TV (CTV), a Cape Town community television channel, has been forced to go off air because it can't pay its transmission bill, according to a release from Misa. Cash flow problems have inhibited the station’s ability to pay its...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 5, 2009 | General media news
AFTER years of haggling with the SABC and etv to get their satirical puppet show ZNews aired, cartoonist Zapiro and producer Thierry Cassuto have ditched traditional networks in favour of the web, writes Lynnette Johns in the Cape Argus. This week Zapiro – real...
