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by Thinus FerreiraThe People's Planet channel, which launched as People's Weather in 2010, has gone dark after 16 years.People's Planet disappeared from eMedia's Openview at the end of August, after MultiChoice dropped it in March 2024. The channel's content catalogue however remains available for international distribution.People's Planet ceased broadcasting altogether at the e...

by Fathima BeckmannRaffaele Annecchino, a transformative figure in the global media industry and former president and CEO of Paramount International, has passed away suddenly at the age of 55.Over more than 25 years at Paramount/ViacomCBS, Annecchino rose from an early commercial role in Madrid to oversee the company's international operations across Europe, the Middle Eas...

by Thinus FerreiraApple is not doing its latest price increase for Apple TV for South Africa, the company confirmed to TVwithThinus.Last week Apple announced that it is once again hiking the monthly subscription fee for its streaming service, to $14.99 per month.The last time Apple TV, then still known and branded as Apple TV+, increased its price in South Africa was in October ...

by Thinus FerreiraYet another new telenovela is being rolled out this evening on e.tv, but the days of e.tv publicity actually properly engaging journalists and reaching out proactively to various media in trying to cover e.tv programming like this show, is apparently over.For The Land of Mills & Honey, I was emailed a trailer on 13 August. That's it.Maybe there were more. I...

by Thinus FerreiraAfter Heidi Giokos was fired by eNCA (DStv 403), the reporter is resurfacing at SABC News (DStv 404), where she will now be a presenter of the weekend edition of The Fullview.eMedia's eNCA dismissed Heidi Giokos in July after she appeared in a cars.co.za commercial opposite Carl da Coza, in which she appeared as a TV reporter. Heidi Giokos joined eNCA in 2017.A...