by Franz Kruger | Mar 3, 2010 | Media business
The Independent Communications Authority of SA, Icasa, is not helping to open up the pay-TV market, writes Anton Harber in Business Day. MultiChoice has proved able and willing to throw considerable resources into defending the territory it controls against new...
by Franz Kruger | Jan 12, 2010 | Media business
The fundamental flaw in the new Public Service Broadcasting Bill is an assumption that the state is the only custodian of development, writes Jane Duncan in SACSIS. While the attempt to push the SABC away from a commercial direction is to be welcomed, this can only be...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 23, 2009 | Media business
The SA debate on whether the TV licence fee should be scrapped has resonance in Namibia, where Robin Tyson, in The Namibian, considers the implications for that country. Robin Tyson writes in The Namibian: THE recent call by the RDP for a boycott of the NBC...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 16, 2009 | Media business
Cartoonists play a unique role in the SA media, writes Glenda Daniels in the Weekender. Glenda Daniels writes in The Weekender: THE extremely politically engaged cartooning in SA today demonstrates a high level of freedom of expression, says Andy Mason,...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 9, 2009 | Media business
The new Public Broadcasting Bill is a seriously flawed document, and should not be rushed through without extensive further discussion, writes Tawana Kupe in The Weekender.  Tawana Kupe writes in The Weekender: THE controversial Public Services...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 28, 2009 | Media business
Radio DJs have a duty to support local music, says Botswana musician One Muscle. Chippa Legodimo writes in Mmegi about the difficulties local musicians have to get audience attention when radio stations don't play their music. Chippa Legodimo writes in...
