Thinus Ferreira

1 week ago | brnw.ch | Thinus Ferreira

Although MultiChoice just increased the subscription fees of DStv subscribers in South Africa from April, consumers will pay more from May again due to the government's increase of value-added tax (VAT) from 15% to 15.5% from next month. MultiChoice South Africa has announced a price increase effective from April, reflecting a similar move by MultiChoice Africa in other sub-Saharan African countries.

2 weeks ago | teeveetee.blogspot.com | Thinus Ferreira

by Thinus FerreiraThe Nigerian lawyer Festus Sanmi Onifade has realised you can't sue a company for increasing its prices and has now backtracked on his frivolous lawsuit against MultiChoice Nigeria after taking the pay-TV company to court, alleging "unfair price hikes". Festus Sanmi Onifade has suddenly withdrawn his court case against MultiChoice Nigeria in the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria.

2 weeks ago | teeveetee.blogspot.com | Thinus Ferreira

by Thinus FerreiraHomebrew Films and Primedia's MasterChef SA, produced for the South African public broadcaster's SABC3, has won Best Cooking Show at the South African Restaurant Awards - the first time this prize category has been introduced.

2 weeks ago | teeveetee.blogspot.com | Thinus Ferreira

by Thinus FerreiraFor the 113th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on 14 April 2025, National Geographic (DStv 181) on Sunday 13 April 2025 at 21:00 is going full-on "holodeck" to showcase the sunken ship like it looks now on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. "Must-watch" is completely overused in a world where everything on television is slapped as a "must-watch" but the 90-minute Titanic: The Digital Resurrection on Monday 14 April on National Geographic is truly a must-watch TV special.

2 weeks ago | teeveetee.blogspot.com | Thinus Ferreira

by Thinus FerreiraMedia24's Afrikaans lifestyle TV channel VIA (DStv 147) is adding a new morning show in English and Afrikaans, Goeiemôre, Good Morning from Monday 14 April. Goeiemôre, Good Morning, produced by CoolerBox Brothers with Barry Pretorius as executive producer and director George van Rooyen, will run with four episodes per week from Mondays to Thursdays from 6:30 to 7:30, and will repeat 10:00 to 11:30, and again in the afternoons at 14:00.