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by Thinus FerreiraThe documentary film Madu, on Sunday 14 December at 21:00 on National Geographic (DStv 191 / StarTimes 220) would be Billy Elliot if this story about a ballet dancing boy were set in England.And while the 12-year-old Anthony Madu from Lagos in Nigeria does eventually end up in the United Kingdom, Madu is a thoroughly African story, told through an African lens,...
by Thinus FerreiraBloomberg reports that Canal+'s MultiChoice and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) can't agree on the price to pay for the linear TV channels that MultiChoice wants to keep on DStv and which will be axed at the end of December if no new channels carriage contract is signed.MultiChoice says it won't lower DStv subscription fees for DStv subscribers if these 12 TV...
by Thinus FerreiraParamount isn't going gently into the good night and on Monday launched a hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery, after Netflix and WBD on Friday announced that Netflix is buying WBD.Paramount Skydance is offering an all-cash buy to WBD's shareholders, backed by the Ellison family and RedBird Capital.Whereas Netflix is buying Warner Bros.'s TV and film ...
by Thinus FerreiraM-Net and Showmax are both at risk of losing all of Warner Bros. Discovery's HBO content, as well as all of the TV series and films licensed from WBD's TV and film studios, in separate negotiations that form part of the bigger channels carriage agreement negotiations and standoff between Canal+'s MultiChoice Group and WBD.The existing channels carriage contract...
by Thinus FerreiraAfter the SABC fired SABC News senior political journalist Tshepo Ikaneng for allegedly being drunk, the South African public broadcaster has now demanded he stop defaming the SABC "over claims without merit".Tshepo Ikaneng, on social media, claimed that he was fired after he threatened to expose corruption and nepotism.Tshepo Ikaneng alleged that Deidre Uren, ...
