RWANDA iROKOtv, Tigo Rwanda partner for VoD package[Tom Jackson] Nigerian video-on-demand (VoD) company, iROKOtv, and Tigo Rwanda have partnered to provide free video entertainment to the operator's 4G/LTE subscribers... | |
RWANDA Rwandese wins US$50 000 prize in TV show[Walter Wafula] Clarisse Iribagiza, a Rwandese entrepreneur won the US$50 000 cash prize of the inaugural season of Inspire Africa, a new reality television show aimed at transforming Africa by discovering and empowering the continent's budding entrepreneurs. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Malawi: ZBS, Multichoice team up for WC[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) has caught the World Cup fever which has forced it to join hands with Multichoice Malawi in an initiative where the ZBS will be using DStv's signal to conduct free open-air viewings of the different games across the country. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA MACRA receives 64 TV licence applications[Gregory Gondwe] The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has been overwhelmed with 64 applications for national and regional TV licences following the re-advertisement for TV licence bids a month ago. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Malawi: Hallmark, Universal Channel rebranding queried[Gregory Gondwe] Multichoice Malawi subscribers have queried why the Hallmark channel on DStv has changed its name to Universal Channel prompting the company to conduct a countrywide tour explaining the rebranding. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA TVM, MBC merger near completion[Gregory Gondwe] The merger of Malawi's two state-owned broadcasters Malawi Television and Malawi Broadcasting is near completion. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Multichoice Malawi court trouble over subscription fee[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's consumer watchdog, Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) has locked horns with digital satellite television provider Multichoice Malawi over its fluctuating subscription fee, which keeps spiralling upwards. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Multichoice Malawi assures subscribers on continuity[Gregory Gondwe] Multichoice Malawi has assured subscribers in some parts of the country who were apprehensive that it could dump them the way the pan-African pay-TV satellite service GTV did last year. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Multichoice Malawi to launch SMS services[Gregory Gondwe] Multichoice Malawi has announced that it will be launching mobile phone Short Messaging Service (SMS) for its DSTV customers, which will be used to notify them when their subscription will expire. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA BBA boosts subscribers for Multichoice Malawi[Gregory Gondwe] Big Brother Africa (BBA) Revolution has beaten English Premiership football matches in wooing customers for Multichoice Malawi, a feat the company has never achieved ever since its inauguration in Malawi in 1998. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Malawians cry foul over e.tv and CNBC Africa blackout[Gregory Gondwe] Thousands of Malawians who were able to access South Africa's e.tv and CNBC Africa television stations through the free-to-air digital satellite have cried foul over the blackout of the stations for three weeks now. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA DStv's new satellite to uplink TVM on DStv[Gregory Gondwe] Multichoice DStv Malawi branch manager for north and central regions of the country, Titania Katenga Kaunda, has disclosed that the company will soon be launching a new W7 satellite. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Multichoice Malawi enters pact with National Bank[Gregory Gondwe] Multichoice Malawi has entered a pact with the National Bank of Malawi where its clients will use the bank's service centres across the country to pay their subscriptions. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Multichoice Malawi launches another bouquet[Gregory Gondwe] Multichoice Malawi has launched a new digital satellite television bouquet called DStv Access which its marketing manager Titania Katenga-Kaunda says was in response to the needs of the broader television viewing market. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA MACRA gears up for digital migration[Gregory Gondwe] The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) is gearing up for migration from analogue to digital broadcasting in line with International Telecommunications Union (ITU) international deadline of 17 June, 2015, according to a statment issued by the organisation. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA MACRA offers four TV licences[Gregory Gondwe] The Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has issued an offer of four private television stations, signifying a possibility of additional TV media houses apart from Malawi Television and Catholic church-owned regional, Luntha TV. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Multichoice elevates education in Malawi[Gregory Gondwe] Multichoice Malawi is set to establish 500 education resource centres in government secondary schools over the next five years. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with the Malawi government through the ministry of education to implement the project. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Malawi Television in crisis[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi Television (TVM) is in a crisis after having operated for two years without any financial assistance. TVM deputy director general, Chimwemwe Banda said they are failing to replace equipment while its TV crew operate at the mercy of news sources. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Malawi: Parliament refuses MBC and TVM funding[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's opposition parliamentarians have, for a second year running, refused to allocate any resources to the state broadcasters, the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and Television Malawi (TVM). | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Malawi: GTV partners with a local bank[Gregory Gondwe] The pan-African pay-TV satellite service GTV has partnered with National Bank of Malawi (NBM) to run a finance facility that will allow prospective clients acquiring GTV equipment and services. |