Mabel Segun: Nigerian children’s writer, poet and broadcaster: Mabel Dorothy Okanima Segun, who passed away on 6 March 2025, at 95, was a prominent figure in Nigerian literature. Her life was an extraordinary mix of broadcasting, children’s storytelling, poetry, playwriting, and sport. She captured human experience through the eyes of the young, as seen in …
SABC crisis: South Africa needs its public broadcaster – but who is going to fund it?: Here we are again. The long-running crisis at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is back on the agenda after the communications minister, Solly Malatsi, withdrew the SABC bill from parliament in mid-November, to first develop a funding model …
Channel 4: why selling the broadcaster is a risky move for the UK government: 4 sale? Shutterstock/Kevin Cole 44 Channel 4 first flashed onto British TV screens under the watch of a Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher. Forty years later, in a move described by critics as “cultural vandalism”, the current Conservative government has …
The BBC’s Ukraine coverage may be changing government attitudes to the public service broadcaster: As Russian tanks rolled into a foreign capital city, a BBC commentator captured the anguish of the moment: “And now must we stand by impotent and guilty watching the destruction of a nation … I think the feeling must be one …
Russia’s state broadcaster RT going all-out to boost legitimacy of rigged Duma election: Russia goes to the polls on September 19 to elect a new Duma – the country’s legislature. Russian elections are not known for their unpredictability – United Russia, the party linked to the president, Vladimir Putin, tends to come away with more …
BBC Diana ‘cover up’ – why Lord Dyson’s report is a body blow for broadcaster: The BBC is among Britain’s most valuable cultural exports, representing soft power at its most effective. Newcomers including Netflix and Amazon have deeper pockets, but the BBC has set enduring standards in British radio and television production. Executives at Sky, …
South Africa in the news: ‘South African broadcaster Sophie Mokoena is a terrorist’ – Zanu PF: PF has dismissed claims in sections of the South African media that Zimbabwean authorities are responsible for the congestion at Beitbridge Border Post, saying some media personnel appear to …: “South Africa” – BingNews COVID-19: KZN hospitals still have …
BBC: yet another male boss – public broadcaster needs to pay more than lip service to promoting women: Tim Davie is the 17th male BBC boss since 1927. It would be a mistake to appoint a female director general simply as “Mrs Buggin’s turn”, regardless of her suitability for the role. So the issue isn’t …
Philippines: Rodrigo Duterte’s dictatorship sinks to new depths with closure of main broadcaster: After just four years in power, Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, has turned his country into a deadly dictatorship one again. Now the closure of the country’s major mainstream news platform ABS-CBN on May 5 in the middle of the …
Open source live streaming with Open Broadcaster Software: If you have a talent you want to share with the world, whether it’s making your favorite sourdough bread or speedrunning through a level of your favorite video game, live streaming is the modern show-and-tell. It’s a powerful way to tell the world about your hobby through …
Alternative to Radionomy, SAM Broadcaster Cloud: As you may have read, online streaming provider Radionomy shuttered as of January 1, 2020, after merging with ShoutCast. There is one important difference for content producers migrating from Radionomy to Shoutcast: Shoutcast does not handle accounting and payment of music royalties. If you are seeking an alternative to …
UFC Long Island broadcaster Jon Anik on post-fight interviews: ‘It always gets a little bit weird’: If you used an Optimum login , click the Connect Account button to use your Optimum login info to manage your Newsday subscription account. If you used a Newsday login , it looks like it's not connected to an …
Can South Africa’s public broadcaster be saved from itself?: A protest in Cape Town against the SABC's decision not to broadcast violent protests. Mike Hutchings/Reuters South Africa’s public broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), staggers from one crisis to the next. It has been politically contested from apartheid days, used by ruling parties as …
South Africa in the news: South African journalists suspended by public broadcaster: They opposed their employer’s decision not to cover ‘destructive’ ANC protests South Africa’s public broadcaster has suspended three journalists for opposing an editorial decision not to cover a protest outside the building where they work …: “South Africa” – BingNews Motsoeneng must be …