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PSL announces DStv as new Premiership sponsors
The deal would run for five years and see the league referred to the DStv Premiership.
The petition, launched by Sifiso Gwala a week ago, had 109,016 signatures by midday on Wednesday afternoon.
It’s understood History and Lifetime packages would be open 24/7 while the Crime Investigation will be cut off from midnight.
MultiChoice CEO Mark Rayner concedes that the service should have given subscribers a heads up about the new billing system.
The pay-TV giant said a contract with A+E Networks Africa would end this month and viewers would not be able to access the channels on the DStv platform.
Hlaudi Motsoeneng maintained he negotiated the best deal for the SABC with MultiChoice and deserved the kickbacks he received for raising funds as COO.
South African Afrikaans musician Steve Hofmeyr has released video footage of himself destroying his DStv decoder and dish. This follows DStv owners Multichoice announcing it will no longer play any content featuring Hofmeyr on any of its platforms
Mzwakhe Mofokeng, a lawyer by training, was one of eight candidates to be interviewed on Tuesday.
The six-part docu-series which aired in the US last month looks at damning allegations of sexual abuse of multiple women against the R & B musician.
Soccer legend Jomo Sono is going up against DStv, Netflix, Showmax when he launches a free streaming service, called TV2GO, in South Africa with more than 100 channels.
Multichoice COO Mark Rayner speaks to Joanne Joseph to explain how - with the rise of improved mobile network services and other technological changes - the service has become obsolete.
Tech expert Arthur Goldstuck says that DStv's current business model for its Premium users needs urgent fixing.
The Labour Court ruled on Thursday that the media company owned by businessman Mzwanele Manyi violated the labour law when it got rid of some 300 staff without following a retrenchment consultation process.
OUTtv will be partnering with MultiChoice to launch a pop-up channel on DStv from 4 October to 4 November.
MultiChoice confirmed on Tuesday that Newzroom Afrika will take over DStv’s 24-hour news channel, 405, from next year.
MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela announced Newzroom Afrika as the successful bidder out of more than 100 others that expressed interest.
The party says MultiChoice has demonstrated what it calls 'its monopoly position' and it accuses the owner of DStv of abusing its market dominance.
Netflix South Africa posted an ad on Monday featuring local comedian Jason Goliath as a Netflix employee installing the service in the homes of new customers.
The broadcaster decided not renew its contract with ANN7 in August, saying it admits mistakes were made in the lobbying process with the channel.