Independent national TV to switch on in 2014[Gregory Gondwe] Times Group Limited has said it will engage another gear in its media pioneering role in Malawi when in the next 18 months it is going to introduce the first independent national television station. | |
M-Net increases Africa Magic content[Gregory Gondwe] MultiChoice Malawi has announced that M-Net, the South Africa-based pay TV channel, will be increasing their range of Africa Magic channels in celebration of a decade long service to their viewers. | |
Zambia gives TV licence to Malawian operator[Gregory Gondwe] 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. | |
MultiChoice Malawi celebrates African Day[Gregory Gondwe] The MultiChoice Malawi on Wednesday 25 May 2011 celebrated the African Day in Lilongwe where guests were treated to different African dishes at Cross-Roads Hotel. | |
Malawians celebrate two BBA representatives[Gregory Gondwe] Malawians were on cloud nine on Sunday night, 1 May 2011, when it was announced that for the first time two Malawians will represent the country in the sixth edition of Big Brother Africa. The representatives are Tendai Namate aka DJ Lomwe and Felicia Susan Ngoma, a Lilongwe-based purchaser. | |
e.tv Africa launches on DStv[Gregory Gondwe] e.tv Africa is now available on DStv's channel 144, Multichoice Malawi manager for the Central and Northern region has revealed. She said the 24-hour African version of the South African free-to-air channel e.tv started broadcasting on the pay television satellite platform on Tuesday, 14 December 2010. | |
Multichoice Malawi introduces on-demand facility[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's sole provider of digital satellite television services MultiChoice Malawi has launched a high-definition PVR decoder which will enable viewers to watch their favourite programmes on demand. | |
Malawians react to BBC EPL commentary rights[Gregory Gondwe] Football followers in Malawi have questioned the BBC World Service for securing rights to carry out commentary of the Barclays Premier League matches in French, Hausa, Portuguese and Somali which are not so common in the country. | |
Multichoice Malawi launches new DStv bouquet[Gregory Gondwe] Multichoice Malawi, early last week, launched its latest DStv bouquet offering, DStv Compact PLUS. The facility has over 47 news, lifestyle and entertainment channels and a total of seven sports channels namely SuperSport 7, SuperSport 9, SuperSport Blitz, SuperSport 10, TellyTrack, ESPN and ESPN Classic. | |
Malawi Television dissolved[Gregory Gondwe] The government of Malawi has announced the dissolution of the Malawi Television Limited (TVM) whose functions will be integrated into the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). | |
MACRA starts processing TV & radio licences[Gregory Gondwe] The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has started processing 36 different types of sound and television broadcasting licences. |