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New host for Survivor South Africa

The new host for M-Net's new edition of Survivor South Africa is actor, TV presenter and former contestant Nico Panagio. 3 Nov 2009


Check new TV reality drama online preview

The online preview of Vuzu's new reality-drama series, CreamCartel, will be available from Monday, 26 October 2009, ahead of its TV debut on Wednesday 28 October at 7.30pm. 26 Oct 2009


ICASA to be questioned on local content monitoring

The TVIEC (Television Industry Emergency Coalition) wants to get clarity from ICASA on the monitoring of local content on SABC and has arranged a meeting with it today, Monday 19 October 2009 at 11am. 19 Oct 2009


SAE Cape Town launches interactive online campaign - SAE Milk My Mind

A leading creative media school, SAE Institute Cape Town, will host its last Open Day for 2009, tomorrow - Saturday 17 October at 2pm. 16 Oct 2009


Conduit gets adidas shorts

South African company Conduit Productions will produce two short films for adidas and its global advertising partner 180 Amsterdam. 16 Sep 2009


Media planners need to rerun Vuzu viewing data

Telmar has reflected gaps in viewing data for Vuzu, the recently launched DStv youth entertainment channel. 9 Sep 2009


District 9 repeats box office success

District 9, which topped the American box office the weekend it opened, has repeated its form in South Africa, topping the Ster-Kinekor box-office over its launch weekend, 28-30 August 2009. 1 Sep 2009


Bulk e-booking discounts for Moshito 2009

Electronic tickets for the sixth annual Moshito Music Conference and Exhibition are available at www.tunegumtickets.co.za and organisers have announced bulk-booking discounts. 25 Aug 2009


District 9 premiere takes over entire movie house

All 10 movie theatres at Ster-Kinekor The Zone @ Rosebank, Johannesburg, are being used tonight, Wednesday, 19 August 2009, for the South African premiere of SA-directed science fiction blockbuster District 9. 19 Aug 2009


Small screen offers local video content

Medias recently launched a dedicated mobile video entertainment service, http://infinit.mobi, which will be offer ‘made for mobile' TV shows (mobisodes), including a horror series and a crime/thriller series, lots of local music, tips and tricks, game previews and more. 31 Jul 2009


Bombs away at Loeries

Bomb Commercials is celebrating 14 Loeries nominations for various TV ads filmed by the production company. 27 Jul 2009


2009 Edward Ruiz Mentorship applications close 31 July 2009

The Edward Ruiz Mentorship programme offers one recipient annually, the financial and infrastructural support needed to develop a substantial body of photographic work over the course of a year. 22 Jul 2009


New dates for SA's Got Talent

The broadcast date for SABC2' new reality show SA's Got Talent has been moved to 1 October 2009. 13 Jul 2009


European film festival comes to Joburg

The 2009 European Union Film Festival, to be screened at Cinema Nouveau at Rosebank, Bedford and Cedar Nouveau in Johannesburg, begins on 15 May 2009. 12 May 2009


White Wedding grosses R1 million on first weekend

Released on the South African circuit this past weekend, locally produced road-movie-rom-com reportedly grossed over R1.1 million. 6 May 2009


Nando's ‘Julius' ad ruffles ANCYL feathers

The African National Congress Youth League is anything but amused; it has demanded that Nando's and its advertising agency withdraw the retailer's latest TV ad in which a puppet that seems to resemble the Youth League's leader, Julius Malema, explains how you can get more change at Nando's. 21 Apr 2009


International radio playwriting competition deadline looms

The closing date for the BBC World Service and British Council International Radio Playwriting Competition 2009 is on 31 March 2009. 25 Mar 2009


Online cine remix competition

French music and digital arts festival Tilt is running a video mashup competition in collaboration with curators Cinefeel.org, which has been screening work of video remix artists for over a decade, and audio/video remixers Addictive TV, which will sit on the judging panel. 16 Feb 2009


Online media centre for MIPTV

MIPTV 2009 client press kits and press releases and all MIPTV show press releases and press kit will be available from a single online resource to make newsgathering easier for journalists. 16 Feb 2009


Location change for 1995 World Cup movie casting

The casting location for the 1995 World Cup movie in Cape Town on Saturday, 14 February 2009, has changed from Club Newlands to The River Club, Tennis Court Club House, 8am - 11am. 12 Feb 2009


Anant Singh's Obama doccie for e.tv

Anant Singh's hour-long documentary, Barack Obama: People's President, will be broadcast by e.tv and eNews Channel tomorrow, Tuesday, 27 January 2009, at 9.30pm. 26 Jan 2009


Keith Rose featured on cover of Shots

Keith Rose has been featured on the cover of the January 2009 issue of Shots, a cutting-edge global showcase of creativity and advertising in a DVD, web and magazine format. 22 Jan 2009


ADC entry deadline looms

NEW YORK: Entry deadline for the 88th Annual Awards of the Art Directors Club is Friday, 16 January 2009, for professionals and 30 January for students. 14 Jan 2009


Box office magic for Mr Bones 2

Mr Bones 2 has reportedly grossed an all-time South African record of almost R9 million in the opening week of release for a local film and also shattered non-holiday opening weekend records for SA films, grossing R6.2 million. 9 Dec 2008


ANC doccie opens today on the big screen

Behind the Rainbow, a documentary on the ANC by Jihan El-Tahri, opens today, Friday, 28 November 2008 in cinemas. 28 Nov 2008


Local wine producer sponsors British film awards again

Cape winelands producer Leopard's Leap will be sponsoring the 11th annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) in London next week, where some of Britain's best-known actors have been nominated. 27 Nov 2008


Cautionary notice from Soweto TV

Urban Brew Studios and Soweto TV have sent out a cautionary notice informing clients that Tshepo Mofokeng or his company, Township Media Communications, does not in any shape or form represent Soweto TV, Urban Brew Group or any of the group's affiliate companies. 14 Nov 2008


Good values start with filming

Filming of the Heartlines television series Hopeville started in Waterval Boven in Mpumalanga last week. 13 Nov 2008


Cape Town filmmaker selected for Binger Filmlab

Elan Gamaker, a Cape Town-based writer/director, has been accepted into the Director's Coaching Programme of the Binger Filmlab (www.binger.nl) which, in conjunction with the Amsterdam School of Art, invites six international filmmakers annually to participate in its five-month intensive course. 12 Nov 2008


Platform for digital video content launched

Enthusiast Nicholas de Kock has launched a free South African community platform dedicated to the production of digital video content, www.dvfocus.co.za. 10 Nov 2008




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