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R5.5m Netflix fund to empower Black creatives in South Africa

Netflix has announced its Black Creatives Empowerment Fund, which will see the streaming giant commit $400 000, or around R5.5 million, towards improving Black…

Rick and Morty producer takes on CBS Star Trek animated series

American broadcaster CBS has announced that it will be releasing a new Star Trek-themed series called Star Trek: Lower Decks. This is just one…

SABC, Multichoice sign deal to keep channels on DStv

Multichoice and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have signed a new deal to keep the latter’s 24-hour news and classics channel on air….

South Africa’s box office: Hitman’s Bodyguard is a hit, man

Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds-led action comedy The Hitman’s Bodyguard has jumped to the top of the charts this weekend in a spectacular debut. The…

Apple’s new TV app is called ‘TV’ because some things never change

Apple’s October event wasn’t all MacBooks and iPhone updates. Today, Tim Cook and crew announced a few things for the Apple TV. Chief of…

Hisense factory tour: Memeburn finds out how fridges and TVs are made

Memeburn was recently invited on a physical tour of the Hisense factory, situated in Atlantis, Cape Town. It is the only Hisense factory in…

4 years on: 4 reasons why Bloomberg West is the best tech TV show

Four years ago this March, Bloomberg TV made the (then) unusual decision to create the only daily business news TV programme focusing exclusively on technology news. Called…

Discover Digital VoD service acquires sports content, looks to make internet TV big in SA

Discover Digital is a digital entertainment business planning to launch an alternative Video-on-Demand (VoD) TV service in South Africa later this year. This recent…

Nielsen Twitter ratings show big growth in tweets about live TV

People in the marketing and media industry will have been waiting for this for a long while. Nielsen has released its first Twitter TV…

Facebook releases media tools to give broadcasters access to its data

Looks like Facebook’s not done “borrowing” tools and features from other social networks. Not by a long way. Today the billion-user strong social platform…

The real story behind Nielsen’s Twitter TV rating plans [video]

Blame Beyoncé and Oprah, Karl Rove and Anderson Cooper for the change we’ve seen in TV news over the last few years. Although most…

3 Stages of the web as a storytelling medium for brands

The best brands are built on stories. No-one huddles around the proverbial water cooler and talks about Product XYZ’s incredible new feature. But they…

Review: Samsung D550 is a great TV and 3D is rubbish

Spend any time with Samsung’s latest plasma beast and you will be convinced of two things. First: plasma is far, far superior to LCD…

GetGlue brings social check-ins to media and entertainment

People like to be rewarded for things they would probably do anyway. Hence it stands to reason that sooner or later someone would capitalise…

The future of television

Amid all the recent news on new smart TV products from Sony and Logitech, the message from analysts and researchers who study humans for…

Fastest fixed internet providers in South Africa revealed for Q4 2021

Local delivery-as-a-service company raises R70M

Kenyan fintech secures $1M in seed funding, eyes expansion

WEF stresses need for investment in African tech start-ups

What is Wordle? How to play the viral web game

Microsoft announces plans to acquire Activision Blizzard

Five features that make the HUAWEI MateView GT 34-inch Sound Edition a must-have

Road test: Toyota’s GR Yaris hot hatch

The 2022 new Ford Ranger is a bakkie for the future

Peugeot’s double-cab bakkie lands in South Africa

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