| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.09.2024 | The SABC's Struggle: A Tale of Funding Woes and Sports Rights | The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is in a financial storm. Established in 1936, the SABC was meant to be a beacon of public broadcasting. It was designed to reflect the diverse voices of South Africa. Yet, today, it stands o... |
| 16.09.2024 | SABC will license PSL matches from SuperSport | SuperSport CEO Rendani Ramovha
Tensions between the SABC and SuperSport parent MultiChoice Group appear to be easing following the conclusion of various sports sublicensing deals, including news on Monday that the Betway Premiership, also k... |
| 13.09.2024 | ONE Championship and 'The Beast in Me': A Cinematic Knockout | In the world of mixed martial arts (MMA), the line between sport and entertainment is often blurred. ONE Championship, the largest martial arts organization globally, is taking this concept to new heights. They have announced a partnership ... |
| 11.09.2024 | ONE Championship Announces Partnership with 'The Beast in Me' MMA Action-Drama Starring Russell Crowe and Daniel MacPherson | 'The Beast in Me' to Film at ONE Friday Fights Live Event in January 2025
SINGAPORE, Sept. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ONE Championship (ONE), the world's largest martial arts organization, today announced an official partnership with The Beas... |
| 11.09.2024 | PSL football is coming to Showmax | The Premier Soccer League (PSL) football is coming to Showmax – no DStv subscription required for on-device mobile consumption.
Showmax, which is owned by the JSE-listed MultiChoice Group, announced on Wednesday that through a deal with Sup... |
| 09.09.2024 | Another arrest in DStv piracy crackdown – with promise of more to come | MultiChoice Group has secured another arrest related to the Waka TV pirate streaming operation, the pay-television broadcaster said on Monday.
The arrest follows a raid in Germiston on Friday, 6 September. The suspect is accused of theft, f... |
| 05.09.2024 | Yaber's K3 Series: A New Era in Home Entertainment | In the world of home entertainment, the projector is a silent hero. It transforms walls into screens, turning living rooms into cinemas. Yaber, a name synonymous with innovation, has unveiled its latest masterpiece: the K3 series. This flag... |
| 03.09.2024 | DStv cuts price of Premium bouquet by R100/month | MultiChoice has cut the price of the streaming version of DStv Premium, provided customers commit to a 12-month contract.
Satellite pricing remains unchanged.
The new streaming price for DStv Premium – R699/month – includes the full suite o... |
| 31.08.2024 | Rugby Rivalry Reignited: Springboks vs. All Blacks | Rugby is more than a game in South Africa and New Zealand. It’s a battleground. The stakes are high as the Springboks prepare to face the All Blacks in a clash that transcends mere competition. This isn’t just about points; it’s about pride... |
| 31.08.2024 | Springboks, All Blacks: score for public as SABC secures rugby rights | SuperSport CEO Rendani Ramovha
The SABC has secured sublicensing rights from MultiChoice Group-owned SuperSport to broadcast Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship clash between the Springboks and the All Blacks at Emirates Airline Park... |
| 17.08.2024 | The Changing Landscape of South African Broadcasting and Streaming | The South African media landscape is evolving. Traditional broadcasters and streaming platforms are in a fierce dance, each vying for viewer attention. The SABC is stepping up its game, while Viu is quietly carving out its niche. Both are r... |
| 16.08.2024 | SABC to flight English Premier League – and Openview is included | The SABC will air soccer matches for the 2024/2025 season of the English Premier League (EPL).
The public broadcaster said on Friday that it has acquired the free-to-air rights to flight 33 live EPL matches through SABC Sport, with SABC 3, ... |
| 31.07.2024 | eMedia to litigate in fight over DStv channels | eMedia Holdings, parent company of e.tv and Openview, has said it intends to pursue litigation against MultiChoice over the latter’s attempt to remove four eMedia channels from DStv.
The four channels in question – eExtra, eMovies Extra, eM... |
| 29.07.2024 | Orlando Pirates utility star promises league glory! | Orlando Pirates lifting the 2023/2024 Nedbank Cup Image via @OrlandoPirates on X
Orlando Pirates utility star promises league glory as the player puts forward ambitions.
Hotto noted the team’s collective commitment to supporting Riveiro and... |
| 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... |
| 26.07.2024 | Full List: All Mamelodi Sundowns signings so far | Mamelodi Sundowns team vs Royal AM at the Harry Gwala Stadium. Image: BackpagePix
African Football League and Betway Premiership champions Mamelodi Sundowns have brand new players at Chlooorkop.
“A team like Sundowns will always have pressu... |
| 25.07.2024 | South African Sports: A Tale of Ambition and Adversity**
** | ** South African sports are a tapestry woven with ambition, struggle, and hope. From the bustling streets of Johannesburg to the serene fields of Cape Town, athletes chase dreams against a backdrop of financial constraints and fierce compet... |
| 25.07.2024 | Kaizer Chiefs to test rivals with BIG bid for Bafana midfielder? | Kaizer Chiefs are looking to sign Grant Margeman Image: Sports Brief
Kaizer Chiefs are believed to be eyeing some more reinforcements to their squad ahead of next season.
With Margeman only permanently joining SuperSport last season, it’s t... |
| 23.07.2024 | Cash-strapped SA Women’s Hockey Team raises funds to get to Olympics | The SA Women’s Hockey Team will hit off their Olympics campaign against Australia on Sunday. Image: @sawhockey/ Instagram
With just four days to go until Paris 2024, South Africa’s women’s hockey team has had to defy financial odds to fulfi... |
| 15.07.2024 | Ministers to meet with broadcasters as sports licensing feud rages | Newly appointed communications minister Solly Malatsi and his counterpart in the sports, arts & culture ministry, Gayton McKenzie, will meet with MultiChoice Group, eMedia and the SABC this week to resolve a continuing feud over sports ... |
| 02.07.2024 | SuperSport punches back at eMedia in fiery sports battle | SuperSport CEO Rendani Ramovha
SuperSport has slammed eMedia’s attempt to attain broadcasting rights – allegedly “for free” – to two upcoming tests between the Springboks and Ireland by approaching the competition appeal court after failing... |
| 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... |
| 21.06.2024 | Quidich Innovation Labs Secure Centre Court Capital Investment in Series A Centre Court Capital, a venture capital firm, announced its investment in Quidich Innovation Labs, co-founded by Rahat Kulshr... | Centre Court Capital, a venture capital firm, announced its investment in Quidich Innovation Labs, a sports broadcast technology company, co-founded by Rahat Kulshreshtha and Gaurav Mehta.The undisclosed amount of investment secured through... |
| 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... |
| 29.04.2024 | BREAKING: Former SA boxing world champion found dead | A former SA boxing world champion was found dead at his JHB flat on Monday. Images: Facebook/Gisele Wulfsohn/Kasi Economy
It is a sad night for South Africa. On Monday evening, authorities discovered the body of former SA boxing world champ... |
| 26.04.2024 | WATCH: Man won beer for a year and R100k with one-handed catch | A man won beer for a year and R100k with a one-handed catch. Images: SuperSport/X/@SuperSport
Wow! In a heart-pounding moment, a man secured a year’s supply of beer and R100k with a one-handed catch during Wednesday’s electrifying first T20... |
| 20.04.2024 | Matfield backs Jenkins to become Springboks’ next BIG thing! | Jason Jenkins from Munster/ Image: X/Twitter
Victor Matfield, one of the greatest locks to ever play the game, has recently expressed his admiration for Jason Jenkins, a rising star in South African rugby. Matfield believes that Jenkins has... |
| 15.04.2024 | Bloody nose for MultiChoice in sports fight with eMedia | The Competition Tribunal has granted interim relief to eMedia in its fight with MultiChoice over the carriage of sublicensed sports from the SABC on its Openview free-to-air satellite platform.
eMedia took MultiChoice, which owns SuperSport... |
| 12.04.2024 | Brandon Foot, former MultiChoice executive, has died | Brandon Foot
Brandon Foot, a long-serving executive at MultiChoice Group – including its subsidiary SuperSport – has passed away, the JSE-listed broadcaster said on Friday.
“The MultiChoice Group and SuperSport wish to convey our sincere co... |
| 24.03.2024 | AmaZulu star sends message to Usuthu nation | AmaZulu veteran Ramahlwe Mphahlele in the MTN8 vs Kaizer Chiefs at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban. Image: BackpagePix.
AmaZulu FC vice captain, Ramahlwe Mphahlele, believes the supporters need to show a bit of patience under coach Pablo ... |
| 04.12.2023 | GET OUT THE WAY! Lukhanyo Am reminds young Springbok who’s boss [video] | The match up between Springbok outside centres Lukhanyo Am and Canan Moodie. Image: SA Rugby mag/ X
With a host of World-Cup winning Springbok returnees in both sides, the Bulls demolished the Sharks 44-10 in their United Rugby Championship... |
| 03.11.2023 | WATCH: Springbok WAGS join Cape Town trophy tour, home boys at the front! [video] | South Africans have been celebrating the triumphant return of the Springboks. Photo: Supplied
The Springboks embarked on the second leg of their Webb Ellis trophy tour on Friday, parading through the Cape Town CBD and onto Langa and Bontehe... |
| 12.08.2023 | WATCH: Themba Zwane breaks the deadlock in Sundowns v Swallows | Themba Zwane of Mamelodi Sundowns challenged by Andile Jali of Moroka Swallows during MTN8 quarterfinal match between Mamelodi Sundowns and Moroka Swallows at Lucas Moripe Stadium in Pretoria on 12 August 2023 Photo: Samuel Shivambu/Backpag... |
| 20.05.2023 | Sundowns coach pegs lack of experience for Champions League exit | Mamelodi Sundowns will be looking for another three CAF Champions League points away to Coton Sport on Friday, 17 February. Photo: Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix
Head coach Rhulani Mokwena claims that Mamelodi Sundowns’ exit from the Caf Champ... |
| 08.05.2023 | JUST IN: SAFA appoint ex-Banyana Banyana star as CEO! | SAFA have appointed their first-ever female CEO – former Banyana Banyana star Lydia Monyepao. Source: Twitter
SAFA have just announced a new CEO after the shock resignation of Tebogo Motlanthe. She is the first-ever female to take up this r... |
| 24.04.2023 | Can Manchester United stop City from winning treble? | Manchester United doing everything to stop City from winning a treble. Image: Manchester United
Manchester United are willing to do everything to stop their rivals Manchesty City from winning the FA Cup.
“First we are physical, strong, we a... |
| 08.04.2023 | IPL update: Magala dismisses Stubbs to help CSK win | IPL side Chennai Super Kings named Sisanda Magala as replacement for injured Kyle Jamieson. Image: Twitter
Sisanda Migala made a winning IPL debut as the Chennai Super Kings beat the Mumbai Indians by seven wickets at the Wankhede Stadium i... |
| 06.03.2023 | Lepasa sends message to Chiefs, Pirates | Zakhele Lepasa sent a message to Chiefs and Pirates. Image: PSL website
A brace from Zakhele Lepasa helped SuperSport United send a loud message to Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.
Their recent form means that Chiefs and Pirates will need... |
| 21.01.2023 | Spain court orders Dani Alves remanded in custody on sex assault allegations | A Spanish court on Friday ordered Brazil defender Dani Alves to be held in custody without bail after he was arrested in Barcelona on allegations he sexually assaulted a woman. image from Twitter by News 24/7
A Spanish court on Friday order... |
| 27.10.2022 | Romain Folz on failing to beat ex-employers Marumo Gallants | AmaZulu FC head coach Romain Folz – Photo: AmaZulu website
AmaZulu head coach Romain Folz believed it was a game of two halves as his side shared the spoils with Marumo Gallants in the DStv Premiership on Wednesday night.
FOLZ ON GALLANTS C... |
| 28.06.2021 | MultiChoice extends YES partnership to 300 new learners | Joburg-based digital entertainment provider the MultiChoice Group has extended its partnership with the Youth Employment Service (YES) to assist with the recruitment and training of 300 learners.
Each of the 300 learners will receive employ... |
| 28.06.2021 | MultiChoice extends YES partnership to 300 new learners | Joburg-based digital entertainment provider the MultiChoice Group has extended its partnership with the Youth Employment Service (YES) to assist with the recruitment and training of 300 learners.
Each of the 300 learners will receive emplo... |
| 12.10.2020 | MultiChoice: New SuperSport app redefines the mobile sports experience | SuperSport has unveiled an all-new app that sets exciting standards for sport fans and perfectly supplements the World of Champions’ broadcast offering.
With emphasis on a richer, more visual feed, app users will be able to personalise thei... |
| 09.03.2016 | SuperSport starts broadcasting eSports | Competitive electronic sports have seen increasing coverage by mainstream sports broadcasters overseas.
SuperSport started broadcasting eSports this week, calling them "the next frontier of international sport".
Short for "el... |
| 30.08.2013 | SuperSport Acquires NBA Rights For African Viewers | Pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport, says it has agreed a multi-year television and digital rights partnership with US basketball league the NBA.
The deal is historic as it is the first time NBA action will be available on SuperSpo... |
