Scarred by brand damage, DStv wants to get out of the contract, which comes up for renewal in June next year with negotiations set to start by February. ANN7's cowboy broadcasting style has seen DStv ...
ANN7 on Thursday said MultiChoice's decision not to renew its licence shows it has "no real commitment" to media diversity. "The decision [not] to renew ANN7's license (sic) is clear indication that ...
MultiChoice plans to drop the Gupta-backed news channel ANN7 from DStv when its contract expires in June 2018. This is according to the Rapport newspaper, citing sources in the broadcasting industry.
After threatening to halt his show on ANN7 because of its links to the controversial Gupta family, pastor Paseka "Mboro" Motsoeneng has u-turned on his decision, insisting that he has been given proof ...
The EFF on Wednesday welcomed MultiChoice’s decision to rid itself of Gupta-linked ANN7, saying the channel served as a front to defraud the state. This comes after MultiChoice announced on Wednesday ...
ANN7 is funded by the Gupta family who are close to the country’s President Jacob Zuma and are accused of having undue influence over him, including dictating cabinet appointments. At first glance the ...
Mzwanele Manyi, the former government spin doctor who bought 24-hour news channel ANN7 from the Guptas, is seeking to break conclusively with the channel’s association with the controversial family.
MultiChoice chief executive Calvo Mawela was clear — there had been “mistakes”. In the first minutes of describing an investigation into his company’s relationship with the Gupta-created news channel ...
The closure of any media outlet is normally mourned by all journalists, because of the loss of jobs, diversity and competition. But the announcement that South African pay-TV operator Multichoice will ...
Mzwanele Manyi, the new owner of the Gupta-linked ANN7 television news channel and The New Age newspaper. Facebook/ANN7 At first glance the announcement by video entertainment and pay-television ...