Cinema-Chain Ster-Kinekor Seeks Survival With Strategic Partnerships

Ster-Kinekor Theatres, a South Africa's cinema chain and the South African State Theatre (SAST) have partnered up in their quest to provide content and reach audiences across the country. The partnership sees theatre productions being screened on the big screen ...

Cinema Box Office Revenues In South Africa Drops By R1.2 billion (US$82.8 million)

According to a recently released South African box office report by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), cinema box office revenue plunged by R1.2 billion (US$82.8 million) to (US$14.7 million) compared to 2019. Back in 2019, South Africa had ...

South Africa's Cinema Chain Sees Growth Despite Global Revenue Decline

The arrival of Covid-19, accompanied by lockdown regulations in 2020, saw cinemas worldwide close their doors to curb the virus's spread. In March of last year, the government's hard-lockdown implementation influenced cinemas to a decline spend of 66% compared to ...

South Africa: Cinema Chain Ster-Kinekor Theatres Appoints Acting CEO

In preparedness for the imminent departure of Mr Ryan Williams, the erstwhile Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the South African cinema chain Ster-Kinekor Theatres, the company has announced the appointment of Motheo Matsau as its new acting CEO.   Matsau ...

Post Covid-19 Lockdowns - What Will Happen To Cinemas In Africa? - Nu Metro

As lockdowns restrictions are gradually being lifted in many countries, MyBroadband South Africa asked a leading cinema chain in the country how the industry will look like post-Covid-19 lockdown. Nu Metro is positive that once people have some measure of ...

Orange, Vivendi And Canal Olympia Cinemas Network Partners To Bring More Big Screen To Africa

Orange and Vivendi have signed an agreement with CanalOlympia, the leading network of cinemas to launch twenty cinemas by the end of 2018 and several dozens in the next few years in Africa. This collaboration is aimed at meeting the ...

South Africa: Nu Metro Wants Piracy Sites In South Africa Blocked

Nu Metro has said to MyBroadband the effect of Piracy in the creative content industry is detrimental, therefore, blocking sites that enable such act will help curb the scourge of piracy in South Africa. Nu Metro added that anti-piracy measures ...

Vivendi To Build Additional Canal-Olympia Venues Across Africa

In January and February, Vivendi is to open four other Canal Olympia venues in Africa. The venues will be in Conakry (Guinea), Douala (Cameroon), Niamey (Niger) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) and they will have cinemas and functional spaces for music ...