The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has signed a media rights agreement with South Africa’s national public broadcaster SABC for the upcoming FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup South Africa 2021. This is the first time that FIH signs a partnership with SABC, and the agreement sees the company produce all matches of the event and [...]
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), through SABC Sport announced an exciting multiyear television broadcast rights agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA). As part of the partnership, SABC Sport will air more than 35 games throughout the season, including a Christmas Day game, NBA All-Star Saturday Night, Conference Finals and The Finals, broadcast live [...]
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has secured the broadcasting rights of the 2022 Soccer World Cup qualifier between Zimbabwe and Bafana Bafana. It has to be noted that the game will be available on SABC1, SABC Radio Stations, OpenView, and the telkomONE application which provides the newly introduced and independent SABC Sports channel. The [...]
South Africa’s public broadcaster signed a deal with Disney Africa to stream content and coverage from ESPN on its SABC Sport channel. The sports channel will also include European football games. Gary Rathbone, SABC Sport General Manager, said in a statement: “This agreement is going to add significant depth to our current offering on the [...]
SABC, the South African public broadcaster, is planning to launch its own video streaming service by the end of the first quarter of 2022. The SABC OTT service will be designed like the BBC’s iPlayer where viewers are able to watch all of the BBC’s TV channels online. Bongumusa Makhathini, the SABC board chairperson, commented [...]
“Known Associates Entertainment”, the production company behind the South African adaptation of the Colombian telenovela that inspired “Ugly Betty”, is collaborating with Ivorian public broadcaster RTI on a sci-fi drama series highlighting the first co-production between the two countries. “Ambre” will be shot in South Africa and Ivory Coast with actors from both countries, with [...]
Public broadcaster SABC has officially introduced its 24-hour sports channel with exciting and compelling sports content via free-to-air broadcasts and online streaming. The channel had its soft launch on 15 April 2021 and is now available on SABC digital TV broadcasting, Openview channel 124, and the TelkomONE streaming service. The Sport General Manager of SABC, [...]
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and eMedia Investments, the company behind free-to-air satellite service Openview, have announced a new distribution deal that will boost both companies in the free-to-air category of television broadcasting. The collaboration between South Africa’s fastest-growing satellite network and SA’s most established broadcaster signals a seismic shift in the country’s broadcasting [...]
Telkom and SABC have announced their partnership to bring their new online streaming service called TelkomONE to South Africa. TelkomONE was built by Discover Digital and Telkom and signed a 5-year contract with SABC to carry SABC 1 and SABC 2. The new service will carry more SABC content and is available through downloading on [...]
South African Broadcasting Corporation has announced that they will launch a streaming service of their own in 2021. The spokesperson of SABC, Mmoni Seapolelo, said, ’’The SABC can confirm that it is planning to launch its video and audio streaming services in line with the ever-changing industry trends and consumer needs. At this stage, the [...]