Diversity performs at music festival in Beijing

The operatic-fusion group, Diversity, recently returned from their performance at the Chaoyang Pop Music Festival in Beijing, China, where the singers were widely hailed as a hit. The week-long festival is a massive convergence of the biggest acts in China and from around the world. 23 May 2012 10:21

City Press drops 'The Spear'

NEWSWATCH: Writing in today's City Press, Ferial Haffajee says that a decision has been taken to remove the controversial image. 28 May 2012 10:12

January 2011 US mobile subscriber market share

RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the US mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending January 2011. 8 Mar 2011 09:38

MTV sets its sights on Belfast for the 2011 MTV EMAs

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND: MTV has announced that Belfast, Northern Ireland will play host to the 2011 MTV EMAs. Packed with unprecedented performances and appearances, the 2011 MTV EMAs will take place at Belfast's Odyssey Arena in early November 2011 (date to be announced). 8 Mar 2011 09:18

January 2011 US online video rankings

RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 171 million US Internet users watched online video content in January for an average of 14.5 hours per viewer. The total US Internet audience engaged in nearly 4.9 billion viewing sessions during the course of the month. 17 Feb 2011 06:32

Banijay makes strides in Middle East with IF

PARIS, FRANCE: Karoline Spodsberg, managing director of Banijay International, has announced the sale of entertainment format IF to pan-regional Middle East broadcaster MBC. MBC will air 20 x 60' original episodes of the show which exposes the morality of celebrities. The show was produced locally by In Media Plus. 10 Feb 2011 09:13

New generation of TV services begin to close gap on cable

[Published by Ovum] LONDON, UK: Cable will retain dominance in the global multi-channel TV market over the next five years but the threat from the new generation of digital and internet protocol (IP) services will take its toll, predicts Ovum, one of the Datamonitor group of companies. 9 Feb 2011 09:20

Brkic's dream... a Free African Media

NEWSWATCH: If we want a free Africa, we must have a free African media - and in too many parts of the continent the media is anything but free - and if we're not very careful SA could go the same way. Now Branko Brkic, of The Daily Maverick has launched Free African Media, which he will edit. Join him... we owe it to ourselves and our children. 8 Feb 2011 11:07

Idols star has a heart for animals

Jason Hartman, 2009 Idols winner, will be the celebrity face of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF), the non-profit organisation that aims at combating poaching on a global level through recruiting, training, equipping and deploying rangers to protect our wildlife. Whereas there is a frontline in place with highly skilled and trained rangers to meet poaching head-on, Hartman's involvement will be at community level. 13 Oct 2011 08:54

SWAT team confiscates movie weapons

A Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team raided a warehouse in Budapest that contained props for a new horror movie and discovered 85 weapons, including AK-47 assault rifles and sniper rifles, which all contained live ammunition. 13 Oct 2011 06:32

Music piracy - is the tide turning?

[Stephen Hollis] The internet has created a platform which allows artists to reach worldwide audiences and gives these audiences the ability to access their music directly from their homes. It has also spawned a direct distribution system of content to consumers and created a competition monster for music retailers and distributors. 12 Oct 2011 11:48

Coldplay makes music video in Western Cape

International rock group Coldplay, which has been touring in South Africa, has filmed a new music video in Cape Town and the Klein Karoo according to the Cape Town Film Commission's chief executive Denis Lillie. 11 Oct 2011 17:44

CT to host 2011 Freedom to Create Prize Awards ceremony

Freedom to Create is an international organisation supporting artists worldwide who use the arts to inspire social change in the face of oppression, discrimination and socio-economic challenges. The organisation's annual Prize Awards ceremony is to be held in Cape Town on 19 November 2011. 11 Oct 2011 16:47