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Econet closes shop in 13 countries
BILLIONAIRE and Zimbabwe's telecoms mogul, Strive Masiyiwa's Mauritius incorporated Econet Media Limited, has put up for sale its shares in the satellite broadcast business in 13 countries, mostly Afr...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet apologises to customers
DIVERSIFIED telecommunications giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, has discontinued its media offering Kwese TV service and apologised to customers. Despite being embraced by thousands of Zimbabw...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZBC sweats over Afcon rights
Live broadcast of Africa Cup of Nations matches by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation hangs in the balance, as the national broadcaster is battling to secure €700 000 (about US$791 000) required ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
EcoCash loses bid to block search
Strive Masiyiwa's EcoCash (Pvt) Ltd, whose computers had been targeted for search and seizure by Dr Dish (Pvt) Ltd in the on-going $1, 7 million debt dispute, has lost its bid to interdict and restrai...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Local content creators expected Kwese shutdown
LOCAL content creators have reacted to the closure of Econet's Kwese TV saying it was inevitable. The media group last week announced that it would be closing their Kwese satellite services from Novem...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet Media clears air on Kwese
KWESE parent company, Econet Media (Mauritius), say it has nothing to do with the Supreme Court ruling against Dr Dish over the distribution of its content through Kwese TV to Zimbabwe viewers because...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Econet cannot distribute Kwese TV content to Zimbabwean viewers
Econet Media (Mauritius) cannot distribute Kwese TV satellite content to Zimbabwean viewers because it failed to comply with the terms and conditions under which it was granted licence, the Supreme Co...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 16:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
KweseTv PR must be clear to their clients
Sudden termination of KweseTv services to their customers came as a shock. This move should have been communicated clearly to customers in understandable jargon as to whether this closure of c...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:04hrs | 2 | by Isaac Nkomah
Econet Media refocuses business towards a digital future
Econet Media has reviewed its business strategy and service offerings, to align them with the changes in the global digital and satellite broadcasting sector, and growth in access to mobile and fixed ...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 14:06hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
General Mujuru wanted to kill Masiyiwa
The late General Solomon Mujuru wanted to kill Econet Guru Strive Masiyiwa, the NPF Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has alleged."President Mugabe said, in his interview with the Indep...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 11:30hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZBC to carry out job evaluation exercise
ZIMBABWE Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has invited applications from a reputable, experienced and professional consultant or consultancy firm to carry out job evaluation for about 175 positions withi...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kwese TV providers lied
Kwese TV has lied to the nation and subscribers. They programming team of Kwese Tv promised to provide more channels by the beginning of of 2018. They even promised the subscribers there will ...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 17:41hrs | 2 | by Isaac Nkomah
Steward Bank launches revolutionary app called Square World
Steward Bank Zimbabwe has launched a Housing Development Scheme and Mobile Banking Application targeted at Zimbabweans living abroad.The mortgage facility will be available at zero deposit, on...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Agencies
DStv should stop abusing its customers, or get out of Zimbabwe!
Digital television satellite service provider, DStv - which is operated by MultiChoice Zimbabwe - has had a pride of place in Zimbabweans' homes for a long time, and had always been regarded as an alt...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:23hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
FIFA blacklists ZTV over $35,000?
There are unconfirmed reports that FIFA has refused to receive the payment from Econet Media (Kwese TV) on behalf of ZBC to beam the 2018 FIFA Word Cup. It is alleged that FIFA is refusing bec...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 15:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kwese brings Russia 2018 to Zimbabwe
ECONET Media's Kwesé yesterday said they will be broadcasting all the 64 Fifa World Cup matches on all its digital platforms.Speaking at a media briefing in the capital, head of Kwesé TV in ...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kwese TV bags advertising rights for World Cup 2018
Kwese TV revealed that they have agreed advertising deals with major brands for the FIFA World Cup 2018. Along with that agreement, the company has sub-licensed its rights to the football tournament t...Published: 30 May 2018 at 19:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kwese TV, ZBCtv to broadcast all 64 FIFA world cup matches
The Econet Group is rolling out some exciting entertainment products and packages. Today, Kwese TV launched Kwese Play TV app and Kwese iFlix app, to cement its presence on the broadcasting space ahea...Published: 30 May 2018 at 12:14hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Not the Econet way...
Econet is by far the leading mobile network provider in Zimbabwe and stand their ground even outside the borders. I hear they have over five million local subscribers in Zimbabwe.EcoCash is wi...Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkala
Open letter to Kwese Tv boadcasters
We welcome the Advent of our own son's initiative to bring Kwese TV in Zimbabwe and beyond it's borders. You really snatched us from the jaws of DStv who were no longer accepting bond notes when they ...Published: 10 May 2018 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by Nkomah Isaac
Econet hails broadcast license in Zimbabwe
Econet Media has received Zimbabwe government permission to broadcast television and video content in its home nation via its Kwesé TV division.Kwese TV Lifestyle image 23 June 20171The n...Published: 07 May 2018 at 10:17hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Kwese deny Mighty Warriors sponsorship
ECONET Media's satellite television company, Kwese TV has poured cold water to claims that they are now the official sponsors of the Mighty Warriors and any other women's team on the continent....Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 14:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hooligans hijack Mighty Warriors solidarity walk
A solidarity march organised in support of Zimbabwe senior women's soccer team, the Might Warriors degenerated into chaos when thugs suspected to be sympathetic to Zifa gate-crashed and disrupte...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 17:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwese TV takes over Mighty Warriors
IN a landmark development that shook domestic football yesterday, Kwese TV announced it has taken over the sponsorship of the Mighty Warriors' participation in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers in...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High profile dignitaries expected at Zimbabwe Achievers South Africa this Saturday
The fourth edition of Zimbabwe Achievers Awards South Africa (ZAA SA) is imminent and movers and shakers from both sides of the border have confirmed their attendance to the awards ceremony that will ...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 14:40hrs | 3 | by Tidi T C Kwidini
Matches broadcast hangs in balance
THE Premier Soccer League media audio-visual media rights tender officially closes today amid fears that the local game might not be broadcast anytime soon if the bidders fail to meet expected standar...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 10:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
PSL TV deal still uncertain
LOCAL Premiership football faces an indefinite blackout as the Premier Soccer League battles to find new broadcast media rights partners following the expiry of the SuperSport deal last year.T...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
PSL broadcasting rights bidders fall short
THE Premier Soccer League will retender the media audio-visual media rights after bidders failed to satisfy the requirements and expectations of the league.A number of companies, including the...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kwese TV offers free Facebook access
Aggressiveness could be the key strategy for Zimbabwean telecom and media company Econet Wireless, whose Kwese pay television platform is offering free Facebook access and a subscription package for c...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 21:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Media blackout for PSL opening games
THERE will be no broadcasting of the opening round of the 2018 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League matches this weekend, as the league is yet to finalise on the media audio-visual broadcasting rights....Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Azam TV comes to Zimbabwe
THE launch of Kwese TV in Zimbabwe gave viewers more options to choose from. The pay TV scene is about to get more interesting with another player, Azam TV, also making moves to set up shop in the cou...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 12:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Econet declares $50m dividend
TELECOMMUNICATIONS operator, Econet Wireless, has announced a dividend of $50 million for the nine months ended November 30, 2017."The company has declared a dividend of 0.93 cents per share f...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son in law's $3.5 million offer to PSL
LOCAL company Dr Dish have dangled a $3.5 million bid to the domestic Premier Soccer League (PSL) to acquire the top-flight league's media visual broadcasting rights from this year, in a ground-breaki...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SuperSport 'bidding' for PSL rights
SUPERSPORT is reportedly among bidders interested in going into a Media Audio - Visual Broadcasting Rights deal for the airing of Castle Lager Premiership games whose 2018 season kicks off on 10 March...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwese TV snubs PSL television rights
ECONET Media has said Kwese TV has not submitted any bid for the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League television rights and declared that it doesn't intend to submit bids anytime in the near future....Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:20hrs | | by Staffreporter
ZTV banks on old dramas
State-owned television channel ZTV has turned to old popular vernacular dramas such as Mukadota Family, Paraffin, Mutirowafanza and Thuz Mas'khethela in a bid to stem the tide of viewers dumping it fo...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwese TV cancels ties with Dr Dish, impasse heading for courts
DR Dish Private (Ltd) says it is pursuing various options after Econet Media-owned Kwese TV severed ties with the company, while assuring its subscribers that they will not be left stranded.Th...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 05:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kwese TV licence limbo sparks unease
Econet Media has reportedly activated its "contractual termination clause" with Dr Dish, the licence holder on the back of whom they were running their Kwese TV services in Zimbabwe.This has h...Published: 13 Jan 2018 at 07:30hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Kwese TV, Local content producers speak
MUTARE - Local content producers, videographers and musicians have lauded, satellite television, Kwese TV which recently began airing in Zimbabwe.A snap survey conducted by this writer in the ...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 07:21hrs | 24 | by Farai Shawn Matiashe
'Kwese TV should introduce ZBC on their bouquets'
Information, Media and Broadcasting Services ministry permanent secretary George Charamba has revealed that most media organisations in the country are facing viability problems, owing to a myriad of ...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwesé signs 40 000 subscribers in Zim
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe says 40 000 customers have signed onto its pay TV service Kwesé TV, resulting in the creation of over 2 200 jobs.Speaking to NewsDay on the sidelines of the official ...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet launches 'Kwese TV Everywhere'
Kwese TV customers can now "tether" their decoder channels to their mobile phones in a new service called "Kwese TV Everywhere" (TVE) unveiled at a Kwese media and customer event hosted by Econe...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
KweseTV launches in Mutare
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe last week launched its Kwese TV in Mutare at a colourful ceremony as the company seeks to expand its footprint as a satellite and broadcasting network. Addressing over...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwese TV keen on Zimbabwe Premier Soccer league TV rights
Econet Media's sports content platform, Kwese TV, is reported to be keen on Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League TV rights, a respected journalist has posted....Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri must be charged with crimes against humanity at the ICC
Heaven knows whether Biggie Shanje believed in God and Zanu-PF, like Commissioner Augustine Chihuri does: apparently. Still, Shanje certainly believed in himself, and relished the financial earnings h...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 09:15hrs | 6 | by Tafi Mhaka
BAZ seeks another order to bar Kwese TV
THE Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) this week approached the High Court again seeking to bar Kwese TV from broadcasting.Kwese TV received a major boost last week after Dr Dish's appli...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kwese boost for Technites enterprise
Econet Wireless Group's Technites enterprise has received a significant boost from the High Court ruling on Kwese TV as a ramp up in installations could see Technites earning as much as $50 a day for ...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Major boost for Strive Masiyiwa's Kwese TV
ECONET Wireless boss Strive Masiyiwa's Kwese TV yesterday received a major boost after its partner Dr Dish's application seeking to broadcast pending a Supreme Court appeal by the Broadcasting Authori...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa's Kwese TV back on air
ECONET Wireless boss Strive Masiyiwa's Kwese TV yesterday received a major boost after its partner Dr Dish's application seeking to broadcast pending a Supreme Court appeal by the Broadcasting Authori...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kwese TV wins again, can continue selling
Econet Media's Kwese TV has been granted permission by the High Court to continue broadcasting until the Supreme Court rules on the appeal filed by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ)....Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 15:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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