MultiChoice looks to save jobs after dropping controversial ANN7 news
It also launches the bidding process for a replacement 24-hour black-owned news channel
MultiChoice had agreed to look into ways of reducing job losses related to its decision to axe the controversial ANN7 news channel from DStv, the pay-TV group said this week. MultiChoice said last week that owing to the “controversies” associated with ANN7, it would not renew its contract with the channel in August 2018. The Communication Workers Union met with MultiChoice SA CEO Calvo Mawela and other executives on Tuesday. They agreed to establish a team “to work on practical solutions to reduce the negative impact on loss of jobs at ANN7”. “The parties agreed to look at how best ANN7 employees can be redeployed to the new news channel MultiChoice is commissioning, as well as within the wider industry,” the firm said. MultiChoice also launched the bidding process for a replacement 24-hour black-owned news channel on Thursday, to gauge interest. The group said the channel would need to be a South African, predominantly English news channel “that takes into account the history, dive...
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