Eddie Chitate, through his production company, Brainstorm Entertainment, has launched a streaming platform called NoFTV...
Juanita Pienaar 4 Nov 2020
As newer and more innovative technologies change how content is created, distributed and consumed, the entry of global players is threatening the local South African market share and compelling local media organisations to rethink their traditional business models to take up the competition in the global context...
Roman Magis 15 Jul 2020
After buying 21st Century Fox in a $71bn deal last year, Disney is reportedly removing the word "Fox" from the production company's future branding...
Shereesa Moodley 20 Jan 2020
Journalists need to be taught how to be entrepreneurs so they can contribute to the survival of the media industry, said Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, chairman of the APO Group...
Louise Burgers 16 Dec 2019
The first collaboration between an international content creator, a local animation studio and creators from across Africa has seen three uniquely African stories being brought to life in the form of three-minute shorts...
Danette Breitenbach 27 Nov 2019
Video on Demand in Africa is hampered by high data costs and driven by consumer behaviour change...
Louise Burgers 25 Nov 2019
WarnerMedia recently hosted a panel discussion around creating relevant brands for African audiences at Discop Johannesburg 2019. Julien Borde, head of Channels for France, French-speaking territories, Africa and Israel tells us more about how the company plans to implement these insights across the African market...
Jessica Tennant 22 Nov 2019
OTT has disrupted the way we experience content: visually, auditory and in several other ways...
Louise Burgers 20 Nov 2019
We speak to managing director for the A+E Networks Africa's EMEA territories, Dean Possenniskie, who is responsible for overseeing and growing the channel's content distribution and digital media businesses across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa...
Juanita Pienaar 27 Sep 2019
Kantar CEO Eric Salama presented an update on the new ownership structure and the opportunities under, Bain Capital during a press call held on Thursday...
Juanita Pienaar 5 Aug 2019
Jessica Tennant interviews Peter DeBenedictis, chief marketing officer for Microsoft in the Middle East and Africa on his recent business trip to South Africa...
Jessica Tennant 5 Feb 2019
Bizcommunity invited contributors to join its vision for Africa (with over 230 industry trend contributions making up the 2019 report) at BizTrendsLIVE!, which took place at Ster-Kinekor Sandton City in Johannesburg on Thursday, 31 January.
Jessica Tennant, Bizcommunity.com 1 Feb 2019
Jacques Bentley from Skyworth highlights four global industry trends that are making waves and are expected to gain even more momentum in 2019...
Jacques Bentley 31 Dec 2018
The Africa Video Forum at #AfricaCom 2018, this year grappled with funding models for original content on the continent and the disruption that mobile brings...
Louise Burgers 23 Nov 2018
Discovery Inc talks about investment in the African broadcast content market through diversification and a multi-partner model...
Louise Burgers 25 Sep 2018
Reporters Without Borders has recommended that media organisations and journalists around the world strengthen training in digital security in the face of increasing cyberviolence...
Louise Burgers 31 Jul 2018
The new general manager and vice president of Fox Networks Group Africa, Evert van der Veer, will focus on the expansion of Fox Sports and local content production...
Louise Burgers 16 May 2018
Everyone is creating online video nowadays and by doing this, bypassing traditional channels, serving hundreds of millions of people their lively forms of content. At a recent Heavy Chef event, Danilo Acquisto shared some secrets of creating successful online video strategies...
Juanita Pienaar 8 May 2018
Nickelodeon's Alexi Wheeler shares about the talk he presented at the 2018 CTIAF, how he feels about the role of women in the animation industry and elaborates on what he thinks the industry as a whole can still improve on...
Juanita Pienaar 7 Mar 2018
Kwesé TV is disrupting the pay-TV market on the African continent, bringing the ‘TV everywhere revolution' to the continent. President and CEO, Joseph Hundah is our #AfricaAchiever....
Louise Burgers 10 Oct 2017
How does ‘going digital' in the television market affect content and viewership patterns? Kui Kariuki from Ipsos Kenya looked at what happened with Kenya's digital migration...
Louise Burgers 28 Aug 2017
