by admin | Apr 13, 2023 | broadcaster, Business News, Columns, News, President Cyril Ramaphosa, SABC, TV
What on earth is happening at the SABC? President Cyril Ramaphosa has failed to appoint the board of the public broadcaster for nearly six months. It is not only reprehensible but another of the worst examples of our dithering president’s, well, dithering. In the most... by admin | Mar 31, 2023 | App News, Games, Mobile, Netflix, News, TV, TV News
Netflix giveth and Netflix taketh away. Mostly, though, the streaming platform giveth. And it looks as though it’s set to give its users a little more, in the shape of mobile games playable on TV sets. Even weirder, smartphones (the iPhone, specifically, but we expect... by admin | Mar 19, 2023 | Google TV, News, Onkyo, review, Reviews, Screen Reviews, TCL, TCL C735, TCL C835, TV
It wasn’t so long ago that TCL TVs were unheard of by most South Africans. Now they’re almost everywhere – on billboards, in stores, and reviewed by SA tech websites. Sure, TCL doesn’t hold the same weight as industry verterans Samsung or LG. But more often than not,... by admin | Mar 12, 2023 | Batman: Caped Crusader, HBO, HBO Max, News, Prime Video, streaming, TV, TV News
Even though HBO isn’t available in South Africa, we haven’t fallen deaf to the news of the company’s recent content purge of HBO Max, its own streaming service. Hundreds of movies and series that’ll never see the light of day because… well, there isn’t a good excuse... by admin | Mar 4, 2023 | News, OpenView, South Africa, subscriptions, TV, TV News, Ultraview
Free TV is dead. Kinda. eMedia, the company behind Openview, recently announced the launch of ‘Ultraview’ – a new pay-tv service that’ll add additional “bouquets” of content, appearing alongside the free channels that Openview currently offers. Ultraview officially... by admin | Jan 21, 2023 | Business News, local, MultiChoice, Netflix, News, Showmax, South Africa, TV, TV News
MultiChoice faces tons of competition in the world of streaming, with Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+, and Apple TV+ controlling the South African market. Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting to CNBC Africa’s Fifi Peters, MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela...