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The MultiChoice Group that runs the DStv satellite pay-TV service and includes brands ranging from M-Net, and kykNET to SuperSport to Mzansi Magic is taking South Africa's broadcasting regulator to court over its inquiry into broadcasting sports rights. MultiChoice has filed papers in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria against the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (

Two years after a dramatic schedule change kykNET (DStv 144) is undoing the ratings damage it caused to some shows and will be moving its Afrikaans weekday soap Getroud met Rugby back from 21:00 to early prime time at 18:00 from July. Getroud met Rugby that has turned a decade old since it started as a drama series in April 2009 and morphed into a soap, will move back to 18:00 on kykNET from

CNN International (DStv 401) is cutting down on its live programming done from London in the United Kingdom, meaning an hour and a half less programming that's produced from London and with at least 13 staffers getting fired. TVNewser on Tuesday reported that the TV news channel is making changes to its London operation "in an effort to CNN International" which means cutting 90 minutes of CNN

Discovery and MultiChoice will add the HGTV channel to its DStv satellite pay-TV service from mid-July, bringing DStv subscribers a new TV channel with fresh content about home improvement, do-it-yourself house renovations, design, real estate and gardening. TVwithThinus can reveal that HGTV will launch on 15 July on DStv and will be available to DStv Premium, DStv Compact Plus and DStv

Staffers and guests who appeared on the cancelled tabloid conflict talk show The Jeremy Kyle Show on ITV in the United Kingdom are speaking out in a new TV documentary about how Jeremy allegedly smoked cannabis with them, how people on the show were riled up to be their angriest and were given alcohol, and drug users even encouraged to go get drugs before the recording of episodes. ITV

Matches from the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup tournament will be broadcast on the SABC after an agreement was reached between the South African public broadcaster and pay-TV broadcaster SuperSport. In a joint statement on Monday afternoon from the MultiChoice Group and the SABC they said that they have "concluded an agreement for the SABC to broadcast the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup" and that it

The Durban videographer Daryl Kotze (32) is in critical condition in hospital, fighting for his life after his car got hit with a hail of at least 22 bullets and Daryl hit by 4, while he was travelling on the N3 near the Brickfield Road offramp on Thursday night. Daryl Kotze, a director at Barcode Media in Berea, Durban, flew back from Johannesburg to Durban on Thursday evening after filming

For the first time, this year's 2019 BET Awards will be shown live on South African television and across sub-Saharan Africa on BET (DStv 129), with the ceremony that will see its red carpet pre-show broadcast on Monday 24 June from midnight, and the awards show airing from 02:00 on the channel. The 2019 BET Awards will again be broadcast on the same day of 24 June at 20:00 during prime time

Last week on Friday Viacom International Media Networks Africa (VIMN Africa) held two media press conferences - one in Johannesburg in South Africa at MultiChoice City, and one in Lagos, Nigeria - announcing the African nominees for the BET Awards 2019 taking place on 23 June in Los Angeles in the United States. South Africa's hip hop rapper AKA was nominated in the category for Best

While the channel's name has the word "love" in its title, the bulk of the content on Moja Love (DStv 157) is premised on conflict - it will be interesting to see for how long Moja Love will be able to sustain and build interest and viewership around this, and when or if Siyaya TV eventually moves away from this, how it will make the pivot. Attending Moja Love's 2019 Content Showcase last

The Moja Love (DStv 157) TV channel showed a 7-minute sizzle reel for the press at its Moja Love 2019 Content Showcase media event held last week. Shows included Zodwa Wabantu Uncensored, Kukithi La, Uthando Noxolo, Rea Tsotella, Show Me Love, Traditional Wedding, Uyajola 9/9, Bheka Mina Ngedwa, TMI, No Excuse Pay Papgeld and Village Girls. ALSO READ: IN IMAGES. 24 photos of Moja Love's

Last week the Moja Love (DStv 157) TV channel held its first-ever content showcase - and it was ... basically perfect. The only piece of criticism would be that the Moja Love 2019 Content Showcase started late and after the stipulated time on the invitation, which forced me to get up and leave during the actual presentation to race to the airport to catch a flight.  It wasn't possible

Show Me Love on Moja Love (DStv 157) is undergoing a revamp for its second season that is set to start on Monday 3 June, with the local talk show that is undergoing several changes including new faces, a new studio and new location, adding some political discussions and topics to the mix, and switching to a live broadcast format or recording episodes as close to the broadcast date as possible.

With daring, boundary-pushing reality shows about topics previous discussed in "hushed tones", the Moja Love channel on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV service says that it's aspiring "to innovate, to change and challenge the South African TV landscape". The channel that launched on 14 February 2018, last week held its first-ever Moja Love 2019 Content Showcase, going through its existing

Touted as South Africa's "most shocking reality show yet", Zodwa Wabantu Uncensored will start on Moja Love (DStv 157) on Saturday 25 May at 20:00. After several production and scheduling delays, the reality show following the Vosho Queen and kasi socialite, Zodwa Wabantu, will give viewers a glimpse into her surreal life with her fiancé Ntobeko Linda. Zodwa Wabantu Uncensored will retrace

Last week the Moja Love (DStv 157) channel, run by Siyaya TV, held its first-ever Moja Love Content Showcase since the channel launched in February 2018 on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform. Held at the World of Yamaha Theatre in Sandton, Johannesburg, Penny Lebyane who is the presenter of Kukithi La on the channel, was the moderator of Moja Love's 2019 content upfront. Bokani