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   Register for indigenous language scriptwriter's workshopA workshop with successful South African screenwriter Mtutuzeli Matshoba is to be held at the 30th Durban International Film Festival and the organisers are inviting applications for entry. 3 Jul 2009 08:47 Ad-funded programming: tonic for crisis-hit broadcasters?[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Vulnerable and financially unsustainable African broadcasters, including the ‘mighty' SABC, which generate a big slice of their total revenues from advertising, are feeling the pinch of the current hostile economic climate as companies slash their marketing budgets and others just close. One marketing expert believes, however, that where there is a will, there is always a way. 3 Jul 2009 07:21 Primedia Broadcasting restructures production unit
/GNITION revs up to DStv channel 265
New media packages from Sony Entertainment Television
Sales rocket after DStv radio campaign
ICASA's CCC stance on ‘blacklisting' complaint astounds FXI
eNews weather ads scoop bronze in New York - e.tv
Awards galore for DStv
Michael Jackson: media tributes, speculation, hypeNEWSWATCH: Michael Jackson died yesterday, Thursday, 25 June 2009 at his home in Los Angeles, apparently of a heart attack - but city medical authorities have scheduled an autopsy for today and say the cause of death may only be confirmed in weeks, reports IOL Tonight. The mass media and social media, from newspaper frontpages (both print and digital), TV, radio to Twitter, Facebook and blogs, are full of tribute, speculation, hype and comment concerning the king of pop today, Friday 26 June. 26 Jun 2009 11:21 MIPCOM 2009 launches programme to help producersA new 2009 programme entitled Rethinking the Production Business has been launched in order to help producers to find funding, new revenue streams and partners, MIPCOM announced yesterday, Thursday, 25 June 2009. 26 Jun 2009 10:42 ICASA says no to intervention in copyright disputes
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Primedia Broadcasting announced its latest restructure yesterday, 1 July 2009. The restructuring entails a revamp of its creative and production teams that will now all fall under the new 'Production Unit'. 
TV motoring platform, /GNITION, will kick it up a gear this weekend, 4 July 2009, when it moves to its own channel on DStv 265. 
Sony Entertainment Television (SET) announced yesterday, Tuesday, 30 June 2009, that it has made two new media packages available for the channel's advertisers. 
Following the launch of DStv's My Voice radio campaign across seven radio stations, the company exceeded its sales targets, it reported yesterday, Tuesday, 30 June 2009. 
The Freedom of Expression Institute's (FXI) acting executive director, Melissa Moore issued a statement yesterday, 30 June 2009, in which she says the organisation is deeply disappointed and astounded by the Complaints and Compliance Committee of Independent Communication Authority of South Africa's (CCC) decision not to deal with the wrongdoings of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) in respect of the “blacklisting controversy”. 
e.tv and the eNews Channel have been recognised for their innovative ads at the prestigious World Promax/BDA Promotion and Marketing Awards, scooping a bronze certificate in Best news\information multiple spot campaign at the awards ceremony in New York. 
DStv has recently won a hatful of advertising awards, both national and international. 
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