| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.11.2024 | MultiChoice CEO says Canal+ deal will help it take on Netflix | Calvo Mawela
MultiChoice Group CEO Calvo Mawela is preparing to take on US streaming giants as the African TV company works to get its approximately R55-billion deal with Vivendi’s Canal+ over the line with regulators.
“A combination gives ... |
| 13.11.2024 | The Future of Warfare: AI and the Rise of Autonomous Weapons | The battlefield is evolving. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping how wars are fought. The U.S. military is at the forefront of this transformation, testing new technologies that could redefine combat. One such innovation i... |
| 13.11.2024 | The Rise of MVNOs: South Africa's Telecom Revolution | In the bustling landscape of South Africa's telecommunications, a quiet revolution is underway. Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) are emerging as the new growth engines, reshaping the industry. These nimble players ride on the infras... |
| 12.11.2024 | Bookmarks | The AI machine gun of the future is already here | Image: Allen Control Systems
These are the articles, videos and more that caught the attention of TechCentral’s editorial team in the past 24 hours. The AI machine gun of the future is already here: The US military is testing the “Bullfrog”... |
| 12.11.2024 | MultiChoice posts 99% slump in interim profit | Pay television company MultiChoice Group on Tuesday reported a 99% fall in half-year profit and described the operating environment as “extremely hostile”.
The owner of DStv, whose pay-TV business operates across 50 countries in sub-Saharan... |
| 12.11.2024 | Multichoice Nigeria loses 243,000 subscribers in 6 months, blames economy | Multichoice Group, the South African Pay-TV operator, has revealed that its Nigerian unit, Multichoice Nigeria lost 243,000 subscribers across its DStv and GOtv services in the six months covering April to September this year.
The Group dis... |
| 08.11.2024 | Introducing the dynamic judges of FUZE Talent Show 3.0: A new era of talent in Nigeria | For three consecutive years, Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers have continued to excite Nigerians with its extraordinary talent show, the FUZE Talent Show. This year, from the bustling halls of the Stanbic IBTC Towers, amidst an atmosphere of p... |
| 08.11.2024 | MultiChoice warns of ‘most challenging’ period in group’s history | MultiChoice Group has warned it will deliver another set of financial results stained in red ink when it reports its half-year numbers next week.
In a trading statement on Thursday, the broadcaster — which owns DStv, SuperSport and Showmax,... |
| 07.11.2024 | MVNOs are the new growth driver in South African telecoms | Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), which piggyback off the infrastructure provided by mobile network operators to provide services to niche customer segments, are “emerging as the primary engines of market growth” in South Africa’s t... |
| 05.11.2024 | MultiChoice takes down piracy operations in Gauteng | MultiChoice Group, with the assistance of law enforcement authorities, has conducted anti-piracy operations at five separate locations in Gauteng as it cracks down on streaming pirates.
The company, working with police, conducted two anti-p... |
| 11.10.2024 | Liberia Telecommunications Authority, Starlink Sign Landmark Deal | -- Promises to bypass traditional infrastructure limitations that have left many parts of Liberia with limited or no internet access
In a move set to transform Liberia's digital landscape, the government, through the Liberia Telecommunicati... |
| 09.10.2024 | Bookmarks | Joburg faces ‘Day Zero’ | Sandton, the economic hub of Johannesburg
These are the articles, videos and more that caught the attention of TechCentral’s editorial team in the past 24 hours. Joburg heads for ‘Day Zero’: Johannesburg faces a looming “Day Zero” water cri... |
| 08.10.2024 | Why Capitec launched an MVNO – and what comes next | Capitec Connect head Dalene Steyn
It’s been two years since Capitec ventured into telecommunications. In that time, its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), Capitec Connect, has signed up 1.3 million active clients – and the focus is gro... |
| 03.10.2024 | And now for cheaper DStv plans | Capitec Bank and DStv parent MultiChoice Group will extend their partnership, which saw discounted rates for streaming service Showmax introduced in August, to include DStv Stream bouquets as well.
Showmax subscriptions are half their norma... |
| 26.09.2024 | Bookmarks | Winamp releases source code on GitHub | These are the articles, videos and more that caught the attention of TechCentral’s editorial team in the past 48 hours. Winamp releases source code, asks for help modernising the player: Ah, the good old days, when there was nothing better ... |
| 23.09.2024 | You may soon need a TV licence to watch Netflix | The SABC has argued in parliament that it can’t wait the three years it could take the communications minister to develop a new funding model for the public broadcaster.
The three-year period is proposed in the latest draft of the SABC Bill... |
| 12.09.2024 | ACE Helps Egypt to Dismantle the Region’s Largest Piracy Site | In recent years, rightsholders have repeatedly teamed up with Egyptian law enforcement to tackle several large pirate sites and services.
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) booked several successes, shutting down domains re... |
| 10.09.2024 | Bookmarks | James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader, has died | James Earl Jones. Adapted from an image by Eva Rinaldi/CC BY-SA 2.0
These are the articles, videos and more that caught the attention of TechCentral’s editorial team in the past 24 hours. Enormous hidden ocean discovered under Mars could co... |
| 04.09.2024 | Bookmarks | The 40 best shows on Netflix right now | These are the articles, videos and more than caught the attention of TechCentral’s editorial team in the past 24 hours. The 40 best shows on Netflix right now: We all love lists. And this one, from Wired, highlights the best TV shows on Net... |
| 12.08.2024 | The MTN-owned company building an API marketplace for developers | Few people outside the developer community know that MTN Group – Africa’s largest telecommunications company by subscribers – operates a software marketplace aimed at making life easier for programmers.
MTN in 2020 began contemplating the i... |
| 12.08.2024 | Life as-a-service? Subscription boom faces a big test | The subscription economy clearly got out of hand during the pandemic. The popularity of software and streaming as-a-service gave way to monthly payment plans for everything from toothbrushes to printer cartridges. Iced tea, lipstick and avo... |
| 03.08.2024 | Zwane surprised by new Sundowns signing | Kabomelo Kodisang signs for Mamelodi Sundowns. Image: @masandawana/X
Mamelodi Sundowns ace Themba Zwane has admitted he was suprised to find Kobamelo Kodisang signing for Kabo Yellow.
“It’s different that side because even the style of play... |
| 27.07.2024 | Kaizer Chiefs talk on Itumeleng Khune situation | Kaizer Chiefs star Itumeleng Khune at the DHL Stadium before facing Cape Town Spurs. Image: BackpagePix
Kaizer Chiefs Sporting Director, Kaizer Motaung Jr, has given the latest update on Itumeleng Khune‘s unclear future.
“The match will tak... |
| 23.07.2024 | We build South Africa’s ultimate streaming package | Internet streaming is the future of audiovisual media. The Broadcast Research Council of South Africa estimates that about a third of the country’s TV viewing now happens online, with more than eight million people having access to streamin... |
| 11.07.2024 | What went into building the new Openview decoder | Openview, the eMedia subsidiary and free-to-air satellite broadcaster, recently released a new decoder. Dubbed the OV512, the decoder is Wi-Fi-enabled and introduces a raft of new features previously not available on the Openview platform.
... |
| 29.06.2024 | Ramaphosa wishes Proteas well for T20 World Cup final | The Proteas made history by reaching the T20 world cup final. mage: CSA.
Another public holiday loading for Mzansi? President Cyril Ramaphosa has wished the country’s national cricket team, Proteas, well for the T20 World Cup final.
SuperSp... |
| 28.06.2024 | Orlando Pirates make HUGE announcement on fan favourite! | Miguel Timm signs new Orlando Pirates deal. Image: MSN
Orlando Pirates have announced that one of their fan favourites has committed to a new deal at the club.
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| 26.06.2024 | Nigeria: Satellite Giant Multichoice Has Not Cut Its Cable TV Subscription Prices in Nigeria As Claimed Online | Satellite giant MultiChoice has not cut its cable TV subscription prices in Nigeria as claimed online
IN SHORT: MultiChoice Nigeria has increased its subscription prices twice since December 2023. But claims that it reverted to the old subs... |
| 13.06.2024 | MultiChoice will ride out Nigeria chaos | MultiChoice Group CEO Calvo Mawela
MultiChoice Group remains committed to the turbulent Nigerian market, despite extreme currency volatility, high inflation and an economy taking severe strain.
The Johannesburg-listed pay-television operato... |
| 12.06.2024 | MultiChoice sheds 9% of its subscriber base in 12 months | MultiChoice Group has recorded a 9% year-on-year slump in active subscribers – 5% in South Africa – as the JSE-listed broadcaster battles difficult trading conditions at home and in other parts of Africa.
The group, which is in the throes o... |
| 05.06.2024 | MultiChoice nails streaming piracy operation Waka TV | MultiChoice Group and its technology security subsidiary Irdeto have succeeded in nailing a pirate internet streaming service with the help of Western Cape police investigators.
In a statement on Wednesday, MultiChoice described the dismant... |
| 24.05.2024 | Dtunes: Best App to Sell Gift Cards in Nigeria Fast | Dtunes app is the best app to sell gift cards in Nigeria fast and at the best rate. The app is available on both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.
If you’re reading this article, you certainly have gift cards to sell or you are... |
| 23.05.2024 | eMedia’s legal costs climb as it battles MultiChoice | eMedia Holdings said on Thursday that its legal fees rose sharply in the year ended 31 March 2024 as it battled rival, DStv parent MultiChoice Group, on multiple fronts.
Legal costs rose by R8.8-million in 2024 compared to the previous fina... |
| 20.05.2024 | Rian van Heerden poses with fillet for ‘cadres and fat cats’ | Rian van Heerden with steak. Image: Facebook.com
Rian van Heerden is a South African television presenter and radio personality. However, he’s also a restaurant owner.
According to the post, it’s for people to ‘experience how the cadres and... |
| 06.05.2024 | Leon Schuster: Bedridden after back surgery, going through ‘hell’ | Leon Schuster has shared a health update.
Images via Facebook:
Leon Schuster
Last year it came to light that Leon Schuster had seriously injured himself while filming the 2022 movie Mr Bones 3. The 72-year-old first underwent surgery in Aug... |
| 20.03.2024 | The internet revolution happening in Olievenhoutbosch | Mathews Mofokeng was streaming Netflix on his smartphone on the back seat of a battered old car in Ext 27 in Olievenhoutbosch – a sprawling township near Centurion in Gauteng – when TechCentral visited him on a sweltering Sunday afternoon e... |
| 02.11.2023 | Derick’s heartbreaking prognosis: A Springbok dream shattered | Derick opens up about the day he was told he would never become a springbok Photos: SeriesKykNet/Liefling van Loftus
Derick Hougaard, the former Springbok-kicking king, opened up about the devastating day a doctor told him he would never be... |
| 01.08.2023 | DStv launches Extra Stream | MultiChoice has taken the wraps off DStv Extra Stream, a new feature that gives subscribers an additional streaming option to a mobile device – for a fee.
The move comes after the pay-television broadcaster last year cracked down on rampant... |
| 31.07.2023 | Sjava celebrates ‘Isibuko’ success in Paris, tweets in French | Sjava’s third studio album, ‘Isibuko,’ surpassed 42 million streams. Image via Twitter via @sjava_atm
South African rapper and singer, Sjava recently flew to the city of love, Paris after revealing that his latest album, Isibuko reached 42 ... |
| 23.06.2023 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday, 23 June 2023 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday, 23 June 2023 Photos: Facebook/DerickHougaard
We’ve got the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa on Friday, 23 June 2023.
“With incredible gratitude, we can share with you... |
| 22.06.2023 | INSIDE: Latino’s Bristo, Pretoria’s nightclub from HELL | Latino’s Bristo in Hatfield trends for the wrong reasons. Photo: Pixabay.com
Latino’s Bristo, a famous go-to nightclub has been a personal favourite for many youth residing around Hatfield in Pretoria, although horrid experiences have gotte... |
| 29.03.2023 | DStv price hike: What you’ll pay from 1 April – it’s NO April Fool’s joke! | MultiChoice has announced its annual DStv price increase that will come into effect on 1 April 2023. Take a look at the new prices. Image via Multichoice
MultiChoice has announced its annual DStv price increases that will come into effect o... |
| 14.02.2023 | DStv satellite subscribers to pay more from April | MultiChoice Group will again hike prices at below the rate of consumer inflation for its satellite subscription services this year, while keeping the price of its streaming packages unchanged.
At an average increase of 4.3% from 1 April, Mu... |
| 14.02.2023 | DStv 2023 price increase: Here’s what you’ll pay from 1 April | MultiChoice has announced its annual DStv price increase that will come into effect on 1 April 2023. Take a look at the new prices. Image via Multichoice
MultiChoice has announced its annual DStv price increase that will come into effect on... |
| 06.12.2022 | For real! Tammy Taylor SA owners ARE suing ‘Carte Blanche’ | Tammy Taylor SA owners told The South African in and exclusive interview that they have served ‘Carte Blanche’. Images via Instagram:@melanyviljoen and @peetviljoen_ttn
One half of the Tammy Taylor owners Peet Viljoen revealed in an exclusi... |
| 10.11.2022 | Passengers take the wheel from a reckless taxi driver – VIDEO | Approximately five people lost their lives in a taxi accident on Sunday morning. Photo: Dave / Flickr
If you asked a taxi driver why they hardly stick to the stipulated rules of the roads, you’d probably not have enough time to hear all the... |
| 17.10.2022 | Louis Liebenberg: Incriminating clip of Zuma’s ‘sugar daddy’ resurfaces | Louis Liebenberg is a vocal supporter of Jacob Zuma – Photo: SABC / Twitter
It’s perhaps fair to say that Louis Liebenberg has had better weeks. Despite cementing himself as a trusted ally of the ANC’s RET faction, the man now known as ‘Jac... |
| 15.10.2022 | Using the DSTV app? It’s no longer working on these devices | The DSTV app no longer working on these devices
Photo sourced from Twitter @Traceylace83
South Africans using the DSTV app were in for quite a surprise recently when they tried to log onto the streaming platform. Those using certain Samsung... |
| 08.10.2022 | Multichoice Is Rewarding Excellent Storytelling by Greenlighting More Authentic African Stories And Grooming New Talent | L-R: Executive Head, Marketing, MultiChoice Nigeria, Tope Oshunkeye; Academy Director, West Africa, MultiChoice Talent Factory, Atinuke Babatunde; Chief Executive Officer, MultiChoice Nigeria, John Ugbe; Executive Head, Content and West Afr... |
| 05.10.2022 | ‘King Shaka’: Sindi Dlathu stars in Shaka Zulu international series | Sindi Dlathu will star in an International series that will be shot in South Africa. Images via Instagram: @sindi_dlathu
According to Phil Mphela on Twitter, the multi-award winning actress will play the role of Inyoni, a counsel leader and... |
| 07.06.2022 | The Lost 21: Hopes, dreams of tragic Enyobeni teens shared by Ramaphosa | The 21 teens that died at Enyobeni tavern were described as full of dreams and ambitions. PHOTO: Twitter/@PresidencyZA
The 21 children who mysteriously died at Enyobeni tavern a week ago were not just irresponsible party-goers, but were des... |
| 24.05.2022 | Former ‘Idols SA’ judge Randall Abrahams appointed CEO at Primedia | Randall Abrahams, Unathi Nkayi and Somizi Mhlongo Image via Instagram @randall.tv
Media guru and former Idols SA judge, Randall Abrahams has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Primedia Broadcasting.
ALSO READ: ‘Idols SA’ parts ways w... |
| 04.02.2022 | Afrobeats: “There are global moments, but the biggest opportunity is Nigeria.” — Obi Asika | Share this article:
“Afrobeats is the movement; it’s the underdog, a mongrel that had no home and somehow, has managed to use global platforms to manoeuvre and invade the world with that melody that comes from our music.” — Obi Asika.
Obi A... |
| 15.12.2020 | DStv Adds Amazon Prime Video To Its Explora Ultra | dstv explora |
| 13.06.2016 | ShowMax added to DStv Explora decoder | - |
| 25.02.2016 | Nigerian Senate’s probing axe turns on Multichoice over price hike | Share this article:
Yesterday it was Remita that was on the edge of the senate’s chopping axe, it however now appears that the senate is on a multiple probe mission. This time, it turned in the direction of Multichoice Nigeria — a subsidiar... |
| 02.04.2015 | DSTV New Subscription Rates has Commenced | DSTV announced last month that it will be increasing the subscription rates for all its services, the increase took effect from yesterday April 1, 2015.
The company claims the increase was necessitated by business operational costs such as ... |
| 09.01.2013 | Startimes To Invest $94 million In Nigerian PayTV Market | As part of its expansion plan in 2013, digital terrestrial television network provider, Startimes has revealed plans to invest over $94 million (15billion Naira) in the Nigerian pay-television sector before the end of the year.
The Chinese ... |
| 13.12.2012 | Nigerian Star D’Banj Signs Mega Deal With Sony Entertainment | Nigerian afropop act, and Kanye West-signed artist, Dapo Oyebanji, popular known has D’Banj, has signed on to global music powerhouse, Sony, in an exclusive ground-breaking pan-African strategic deal.
Speaking on the importance of the deal ... |
| 24.09.2012 | DSTV Mobile Introduces iDrifta, Walka 7 In Nigeria | In a bid to inspire, entertain and delight its subscribers; Africa’s foremost Mobile TV company, DSTV has launched iDrifta and Walka 7.
According to the company, the iDrifta and Walka 7 were introduced based on the success recorded with its... |
| 09.08.2012 | The 10 Most Powerful African Media Moguls | The likes of Rupert Murdoch, Conrad Black, Sumner Redstone and Ted Turner are media moguls who have become households names across the world, but quietly Africa has produced some media tycoons who have amassed great power and wealth on the ... |