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Zimbabwe falling behind in digitisation efforts
Caston Matewu, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Media and Broadcasting Services, has expressed deep concerns over Zimbabwe's slow progress in digitising its radio and television infrastructur...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 15:15hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appointments scandal
Transmedia Corporation's new board approved by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has integrity issues around its chairperson Phillipa Magnify Phillips-Sadza and Jonathan Gandari, comprising its credi...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 08:15hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
New board for Transmedia
President Mnangagwa has approved the appointment of five experts to the Transmedia Corporation board of directors with effect from January 9, 2024, for a term of four years, Information, Publicity and...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Media development in Zimbabwe imperative
Media Institute for Southern Africa regional director Tabani Moyo has said media development in Zimbabwe requires a holistic approach, alive to the gains accrued thus far and complex enough to connect...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 09:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bayethe FM goes live
ONE of the licenced Community radio stations Bayethe FM from Matobo in Matebeleland South province has gone on air.In a Tweet the station confirmed the development."Bayethe 107.6 FM is...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 16:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Keyona TV, great vision, poor execution
ON 17 December, Bulawayo's own Keyona TV, a commercial broadcaster licensed under Fair Talk Communication started airing and it was given room to be part of Azam TV, a digital terrestrial television p...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Langalakhe Mabena
Issuance of community TV licences on cards in Zimbabwer
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) is set to start licensing community television stations following the successful licensing of community radio stations that have contributed to improving u...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to assist Xhosa community set up radio station
GOVERNMENT has offered to support the Mbembesi community in Matabeleland North in purchasing equipment for its community radio station as it is struggling to raise the required funds.Deputy Mi...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's digital broadcasting 4 years behind schedule
The failure by the government to fund the country's digitisation project, which seeks to enhance migration from analog to digital broadcasting, has delayed the process with the project now four years ...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:05hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Lack of forex stalls broadcasting digital migration
ZIMBABWE'S Digital Migration Project (ZDMP) completion, from analogue to digital, has been stalled due to lack of injection of financial resources by the government, it has emerged.The project...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hijacks internet service providers for its virtual conference
Zanu-PF has commandeered several internet services providers to provide free internet services during the ruling party's annual conference to be held virtually in October.Due to the Covid-19 p...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Digitalisation to usher 12 new TV stations in ZImbabwe
INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Monica Mutsvangwa says the transformation of the media landscape from analogue to digital terrestrial television broadcasting will improve signal ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe TV goes digital
ZIMBABWE will soon have free-to-air digital television services through 12 stations following the successful and historic switch-over yesterday, from the analogue signal to Digital Terrestrial Televis...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves from analogue broadcasting to digital
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa is expected to launch the Digital Terrestrial Television this morning in Magunje.Minister Mutsvangwa is acc...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 10:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to issue 40 community radio licences, claims Mangwana
Government has started working on licensing 40 community radio stations countrywide as it steps up efforts to achieve total broadcasting coverage, an official has said. Secretary for Informati...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'tribal' boards raises a stink
Civil society groups and political parties have accused the government of side-lining people from Matabeleland when appointing boards for parastatals and perpetuating the marginilisation of the region...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Mutsvangwa over board appointments
Minister of Information Monica Mutsvangwa acted in clear violation of the law in appointing the board members of Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe, Transmedia and ZBC.The board members are mo...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 12:02hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa appoints ZBC, BAZ, Transmedia boards
Government has appointed boards for the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), Transmedia Corporation Limited and Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ). The appointments are with immediate effect...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister Monica Mutsvangwa confirms MRP right
The three board appointments under the Ministry of Information, Publicity, and Broadcasting Services announced today [Wednesday] by Minister Mutsvangwa only serves to confirm that Mthwakazi Republic P...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Transmedia boss grilled over DStv subscriptions
TRANSMEDIA chief executive officer Florence Sigudu yesterday appeared before the Prince Dubeko Sibanda-led Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information and Media where she was grilled over the iss...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parly raps Multichoice over forex payments
Parliamentarians yesterday rapped Multichoice Zimbabwe for demanding payment of DStv subscriptions in foreign currency. It also emerged that Multichoice was obliged to carry Zimbabwe television networ...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt committed to opening up airwaves
Government under the Second Republic is committed to opening up the airwaves and promoting freedom of expression and dissemination of diverse views, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mi...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
BAZ boss grilled over issuance of radio, TV licences
BROADCASTING Authority of Zimbabwe chief executive, Obert Muganyura was yesterday grilled by Parliament over issuance of Oracle Virtual Directory (OVD) webcast radio and television licences this year ...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 10:50hrs | | by Staf reporter
Mutsvangwa hands over radio receivers
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has called on Zimbabweans to use information as a tool to foster unity and development than abuse it to denigrate each other...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe digitalisation project hit by sanctions
Zimbabwe which has failed to meet the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) deadline to migrate from analogue broadcasting to digital by June 2015 has blamed illegal sanctions for derailing the...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parly takes Mangwana to task over national commemorations
MEDIA, Information and Broadcasting Services ministry secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana last week came under parliamentary grilling over his request for $220 000 to be channelled towards national commemor...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporterq
Ndavaningi Mangwana grilled in Parliament
Newly-appointed Media and Information permanent secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana yesterday received a baptism of fire when he appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Media chaired by Pri...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks partners for digitisation
Government is prepared to engage the private sector in mobilising funds to complete the digitisation programme, which is expected to create employment in the broadcasting industry. This was sa...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe missed digitalization deadline by 3 years
Zimbabwe failed to meet the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) deadline to migrate from analogue broadcasting to digital since June 2015.The digitalization project which is under the...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 12:31hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
ZBCtv to introduce new channels
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) will introduce a range of new channels after the completion of digital migration.According to ...Published: 21 May 2018 at 15:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC set to introduce security service channel
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) says it will soon introduce a security services channel as part of a cocktail of programmes planned for digital television broadcasting.ZBC chief ex...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government to open airwaves
GOVERNMENT will soon craft a law that will accommodate new broadcasting players as well as protect content producers in the new digital era, a senior official said yesterday. Speaking at the e...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean man designs drone, amplifiers
AT the age of 24 years, many youths will be struggling to find their footing in the industrial world, but an ambitious self-made engineer from Chipinge has broken new ground. His innovativeness has ex...Published: 26 Dec 2017 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Khaya Moyo bemoans antiquated broadcast infrastructure
THE Zimbabwe Newspapers (Zimpapers) group has become a leader in information delivery, going beyond its founding mission despite other media parastatals being constrained by old technology platforms, ...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'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
Strive Masiyiwa takes Mugabe head-on
TELECOMMUNICATIONS magnate, Strive Masiyiwa is girding for a bruising legal battle with President Robert Mugabe's administration after a decision by the authorities to cancel Econet's television broa...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cont Mhlanga's wife carries the dream
VETERAN arts administrator and founder of Amakhosi Cultural Centre Continueloving Mhlanga might have moved to build his new empire away from the madding crowd, down deep in Lupane rural, but his dream...Published: 12 Jul 2017 at 12:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe runs out of cash to complete analogue-to-digital transition
COMPLETION of analogue-to-digital transition by year-end is no longer possible due to financial logjams, The Sunday Mail Society has learnt.The digitisation programme is being carried out by t...Published: 10 Jun 2017 at 22:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Language vital cog in a people's culture
Speech by Honourable Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Chris Mushohwe at the official launch of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Montrose Studios news bulletins in n...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Dr Chris Mushohwe Minister
ZBCtv to have news in 13 languages
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) today Sunday (tomorrow) launched the national languages bulletins to meet government's requirements that seeks to promote all the 16 national languages in t...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 16:38hrs | | by Ndou Paul
'English was used to undermine Zimbabwe's native languages'
ENGLISH is a colonial language that was used to undermine the country's native languages and destroy the culture of Zimbabweans, Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Dr Chr...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 13:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe digitalisation programme only 25% complete
THE digitalisation programme is 25 percent complete and the project, expected to help rebrand the country, is on track for completion this year, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday.Informati...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Takamuka petition Mugabe on bond notes
Protest movement #Tajamuka has drafted a petition to President Robert Mugabe over planned introduction of controversial bond notes.The group which has in recent months organised demonstrations...Published: 10 Oct 2016 at 09:31hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
ZBC engineer entertained by a hooker loses car to thieving cop
A Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation engineer lost a BMW motor vehicle to his friend - a policeman - who drove off in the dead of night while the owner was being entertained by a prostitute in Epwo...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government warns ZBC
Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Christopher Mushohwe says the electronic media should meet listeners' expectations to remain competitive in the face of challenges brought abou...Published: 09 Jan 2016 at 07:05hrs | | by Elita Chikwati
Digitalisation to create jobs
In the new digitalisation era, opportunities are abound. Those at the helm of the core institutions involved in the exercise say the industry will thrive while Zimbabweans will have acces...Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 17:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
TV licence fees to be scrapped
Television viewers will pay between $3 and $5 access fee per month to watch programmes broadcast on channels that will be on the digital platform once digital migration is completed.This subsc...Published: 07 Jan 2016 at 05:11hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Eutelsat to speed up Zimbabwe digitisation
ZIMBABWE has signed a three-year deal with a France based satellite provider Eutelsat Communications to speed up the television digitisation process in the country. In a statement, the Broadca...Published: 23 Nov 2015 at 05:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Digitalisation: The full story
Zimbabwe has been preparing to make the inevitable switch from analogue broadcasting to digital terrestrial television in keeping with International Telecommunication Union requirements. We now have s...Published: 28 Sep 2015 at 15:09hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi and Lincoln Towindo
Harare Agricultural Show opens to public
The Harare Agricultural Show, the biggest agri-business and consumer exhibition in Zimbabwe, which kicked off yesterday, has opened to the public.The ZBC News visited various stands with one o...Published: 25 Aug 2015 at 23:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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