African journo awards extends deadline

CNN International and MultiChoice announced at the end of last week that the deadline for entries for the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2012 Awards have been extended to Wednesday, 22 February 2012, and the judging to take place in April this year. 30 Jan 2012 10:02

BBA 7 brings double housemates

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Multichoice Malawi announced on 24 January 2012 that the Big Brother Africa housemates of Season 7, will go in the house in pairs, where they will choose whether to pair with spouses, friends or family. 25 Jan 2012 13:24

Multichoice overwhelmed with Big Brother response

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Multichoice Malawi says it has been overwhelmed with interest that Malawians are showing soon after the announcement of the seventh season of Big Brother Africa. 16 Jan 2012 10:30

Press freedom under fire

[Patou Nsimba] KINSHASA, DRC: Only two months after its creation, the Congolese media regulation body, CSAC, is already in the firing line of press freedom activists. The nongovernmental organisation, Journalist in Danger (JED) has called for its immediate abolition. 13 Jan 2012 10:49

Be professional, media urged

Information, broadcasting and tourism minister, Given Lubinda has urged the media to be professional and avoid conduct that is likely to corrupt public morality. 19 Dec 2011 14:07

CPJ report: 52 journalists jailed in Africa

[Theresa Mallinson] There are currently 52 journalists imprisoned in Africa, in nine countries. More than half the jailed journalists are held in that scourge of media freedom - Eritrea. The most disturbing news to come out of CPJ's recent report on journalists behind bars, is that the trend of imprisoning journalists - often on trumped-up charges - has seen a sharp increase over the last decade. 12 Dec 2011 10:05

Media cautioned against inciting violence

Media practitioners have been urged to always be mindful of information they disseminate as it can be destructive. 22 Nov 2011 21:05

Malawi faults Zambia on TV licence

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The Malawian government has faulted Zambian president Michael Sata for granting the former president of Malawi a television broadcasting licence. 27 Oct 2011 16:03

Zambia gives TV licence to Malawian operator

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Malawi's former president Bakili Muluzi's aspirations to run Joy-TV alongside Joy FM radio, which were thwarted when Malawi government switched off the television broadcasting, has been given a lifeline by Zambian government. 18 Oct 2011 10:04

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Bizcommunity launches new dedicated sectors, newsletters

Bizcommunity.com - South Africa's largest online B2B publisher - is set to grow even more with the introduction of 16 new content channels, with weekly newsletters, as from last week Tuesday, 20 September 2011. 20 Sep 2011 15:45

Award-winning "Viva Riva!" opens in Southern Africa

The award-winning gangster thriller feature film "Viva Riva!", directed by Congolese Djo Tunda wa Munga, is set to open in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland on 7 October 2011. 14 Sep 2011 12:20

A focus on African media this weekend

An unprecedented summit of African media conferences take place Friday 16 September to Monday 19 September 2011: Highway Africa, Pan African Conference on Access to Information, Digital Citizens' Indaba, the African Forum for Media Development, various editors' forum meetings, and workshops for African journalism educators. 13 Sep 2011 13:53

Studio Universal to launch in Africa

Universal Networks International (UNI) together with MultiChoice on Friday 9 September 2011 announced that UNI's movie channel Studio Universal will launch on the DStv platform on Friday 30 September reaching 47 countries across Africa. 12 Sep 2011 09:36

GOtv now in Uganda

Africa's first commercial operations using the next generation Digital Video Broadcast standard - DVB-T2 - rolled out with the launch of GOtv in Uganda on Monday 29 August 2011, following the launch in Lusaka, Zambia on 29 June 2011. 30 Aug 2011 15:43