The Business of Entertainment

Bridging The Gap Between Africa and Africa-America Through Entertainment

This week, The 200-year-old, Africa's first podcast movie, Tbo Touch launches new VOD platform and Chanita Foster joins us to discuss the opportunities for Africans and African Americans collaborating in the entertainment industry. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app] Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-business-of-entertainment/support [https://anchor.fm/the-business-of-entertainment/support]

SA's Regulator Dashes DSTV's Monopoly Dreams

This week in Power moves, ICASA shuts down DSTV's monopolizing ways and rejects their bid to over-regulate the market and commits to opening up the industry, even more, to allow more players into the broadcasting space in South Africa. Ebony Life TV goes global as it turns 5 years old with the launch of EbonyLife On and getting onto the Starsat satellite platform. Mudzithe also speaks to Godwin Tom from Godwin Tom Entertainment Consultants in Nigeria about the importance of an artists content being true to their lifestyle in developing powerful and engaging artist brands. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app] Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-business-of-entertainment/support [https://anchor.fm/the-business-of-entertainment/support]

Jazz Music And Its Relevance To Pop Culture in Africa

In power moves, South African teen creates a mobile game that went to the top in stores within 24hours thanks to record-breaking download numbers for an African game and Jazz Arts creative director Sifiso Kweyama says Dance arts in South Africa are still alive and part of pop culture. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app] Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-business-of-entertainment/support [https://anchor.fm/the-business-of-entertainment/support]

The Value of African Content

This week in power moves, Multichoice launches an initiative to develop African talent in film production to boost local content and Mamoya Media CEO Kudzai Muchechetere joins in to discuss how much African content is worth and why. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app] Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-business-of-entertainment/support [https://anchor.fm/the-business-of-entertainment/support]

Inside the business with Rouge

Trace goes mobile targeting content hungry millennials and GenZ and Rouge, the Congolese South African rapper takes us inside the music business and being a female in the male-dominated rap game. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app] Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-business-of-entertainment/support [https://anchor.fm/the-business-of-entertainment/support]