Since 2000, the Association des Femmes Journalistes and Canon
France, in partnership with the international Visa pour l'Image
festival, and with the support of Figaro magazine, have awarded an
annual prize for women photojournalists. 12 Mar 2010
The 14-member team of South African filmmaker, cook and television personality Justin Bonello has moved into Waterfront Studio offices of 2.0 Media. 11 Mar 2010
The highlight of the MIPTV 2010 conference programme entitled Charting the Next Decade of TV and Digital Entertainment will be the joint keynote address by Elisabeth Murdoch and Joanna Shields on Tuesday, 13 April 2010. 8 Mar 2010
The Aluta Film Festival, being held at the Mayibuye Arts Centre in Galeshewe, Kimberley, 22-28 February 2010, is a meeting place for filmmakers, film industry stakeholders, government and the broader Northern Cape community. 16 Feb 2010
Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of Sky, the £20bn (about R240bn) British home entertainment and communications company, will deliver a keynote address at MIPTV on Wednesday 14 April 2010. 10 Feb 2010
D&AD has extended its entry deadline yet again! Entries will be be accepted for the D&AD Awards 2010 until midnight GMT, Friday, 5 February 2010. 4 Feb 2010
The deadline for entries in the 2010 Festival of Media Awards has been extended to 5 February 2010. 22 Jan 2010
Reed Midem announced late last week the appointment of Anne de Kerckhove in a newly created post as the entertainment division's director. 18 Jan 2010
The BBC for its My Country series has selected three documentaries directed and produced by the Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking Productions. 15 Jan 2010
The Gauteng Film Commission (GFC) is officially launching the ‘Film Friendly Gauteng' campaign to the media on Monday 23 November 2009 at the Turbine Hall, Newtown at 6pm. 23 Nov 2009
The Cape Town Community TV (CTV) AGM will be held on Saturday, 14 November 2009, at Ashley Kriel Hall, Community House, 41 Salt River Rd, Salt River, 9.30am - 2pm. 12 Nov 2009
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
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
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
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
South African company Conduit Productions will produce two short films for adidas and its global advertising partner 180 Amsterdam. 16 Sep 2009
Telmar has reflected gaps in viewing data for Vuzu, the recently launched DStv youth entertainment channel. 9 Sep 2009
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
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
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
Bomb Commercials is celebrating 14 Loeries nominations for various TV ads filmed by the production company. 27 Jul 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
The broadcast date for SABC2' new reality show SA's Got Talent has been moved to 1 October 2009. 13 Jul 2009
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
Released on the South African circuit this past weekend, locally produced road-movie-rom-com reportedly grossed over R1.1 million. 6 May 2009
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
The closing date for the BBC World Service and British Council International Radio Playwriting Competition 2009 is on 31 March 2009. 25 Mar 2009
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
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