e.tv

As the first free-to-air commercial television channel in South Africa, e.tv has shown enormous growth since being launched in October 1998. With only six hours a day of broadcast time, the channel soon expanded to 24-hour programming. By 2001 e.tv became the largest English-medium channel in the country and the second largest overall, a position it retains with its "yesterday" viewership at 14.8 million (AMPS 2010).

The broad appeal of e.tv's programming has resulted in loyal viewers spanning all age, race and income groups across 80.5% of the South African population. Of the 14.8 million viewers 67% are in LSM 5-8. The highest growth area has been viewers from the African Middle Class. Among the wealthiest 20% of the population is included in the top end of our target market. Celebrated e.tv programmes include local series - Scandal, Rhythm City, The Showbiz Report, POPSTARS, Forgive and Forget and 4 Play. e.tv is famous for its free movies and special movie festivals and our immensely popular themed evenings – Thursday Chick Flicks, Friday Action Night, Saturday Family Feature and our Sunday night movie blockbuster slot. International series such as How I Met Your Mother, My Name is Earl, My Boys, WWE Wrestling and The Biggest Loser all have a loyal following and our line-up includes more hit local and international series to keep viewers entertained.

IDC

Established in 1940, the IDC is a national development finance institution. The core business of the IDC is to provide finance to entrepreneurs for the development of competitive industries. 

The Corporation functions as an ordinary business, following normal company policy and procedures in its operations, paying income tax at corporate rates and dividends to its shareholder, while reporting on a fully consolidated basis.  IDC finance is available for projects within South Africa, the SADC region and the rest of Africa. Our role, as your preferred investment partner, is to assist you financially.  Selecting the IDC as your investment partner makes sound business sense. The IDC is the largest centralised, multi-disciplinary project evaluation group in Africa.

Spier

It's more than a conference centre; it's an experience.  Spier has a 430-seat conference auditorium as well as the four-star 155-room Spier Hotel and offers superb facilities in an environment that rejuvenates mind, body and spirit.  Choose from 17 venues varying in size from an auditorium to private boardrooms and outdoor bomas. The flexibility of the facilities makes them suitable for a variety of events.

Conference rooms have superb views of the Helderberg Mountains and the Eerste River. Public areas are furnished with beautiful antiques and contemporary South African art. The historic Manor House’s intimate environment and recently refurbished lounge is used for smaller groups.  Spier’s IT offering has been upgraded with increased bandwidth and WiFi hotspots.  Delegates can eat at a variety of restaurants including the acclaimed Eight Restaurant.  Enjoy Spier’s award winning wine in the luxurious Private Collection Lounge, unwind at the Camelot Spa or go horse riding or hiking. Spier is just 40 minutes from Cape Town, and 30 minutes from the airport.

Cape Film Commission

The Cape Film Commission is the official representative for the City of Cape Town and the Province of the Western Cape, for the economic development, marketing and promotion of the film industry through a strategy of Growth, Integration and Transformation. Long renowned internationally for its natural and historical destinations, Cape Town has also turned heads in the international film community.

Over the past seven years the industry has grown from an exotic location for the well-informed producer looking for the "new" to a flourishing industry attracting big budget features, documentaries, commercials and stills production. Cape Town and the Western Cape celebrates a rich natural heritage in terms its biodiversity and cultural history. With South Africa's biggest production companies based (or having offices) in Cape Town, as well as an award winning hospitality and tourism infrastructure, the city also offers the perfect entry point to filming in the country and to a large part, the continent. The local crew and talent have built a firm reputation amongst international clients, receiving much praise for professional and innovative service.

NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

NHK is Japan’s sole public broadcaster. Funded entirely by receiving fees from each Japanese household, it has a reputation for impartial, high-quality programming.

Through its five nationwide TV channels, NHK reaches about 50 million households. The large number of production staff enables NHK to produce a vast genre of programs from news, documentaries, talk shows, children’s programs, music, entertainment, drama, animation, and of course, wildlife programs. Widely known as the pioneer of HD, it has a vast catalogue of HD programs and a high level of HD production expertise in almost every genre.

Off The Fence

Established in 1994, Off the Fence is an independent production and distribution company specialising in non-fiction programming for the international marketplace.  Off the Fence has won 70 awards including two Emmy nominations in April 2008.  Off the Fence creates and markets programming with a focus on high quality, integrity and innovation. The OTF catalogue contains over 4,000 hours of natural history, science, lifestyle, health, adventure, history and social documentaries. 

The company also develops, finances, produces and co-produces international non-fiction programmes, resulting in over 200 hours of produced and co-produced programmes in the past four years. As well as developing films in house, OTF works hands-on with established production companies and talented newcomers to create internationally marketable specials and series. Off the Fence also has a branded slot on Nickelodeon which has proved highly successful.  March 2005 saw the launch of OTF’s UK production outfit based in Bristol, home to many of the world's best production talent. Further offices were opened in Cape Town, Singapore, Mainz and New York as an increasing part of the company’s output is created by production companies and independent filmmakers in these regions.  The company co-produces with broadcasters such as Animal Planet, National Geographic, BBC, Discovery, Voom, NHK, France 5, France 3, Arte, Canal Plus, BR, ZDF, NDR and MDA.

SANParks

South African National Parks, (SANParks), manages a system of parks which represents the indigenous fauna, flora, landscapes and associated cultural heritage of South Africa.  It offers visitors an unparalleled  diversity of adventure, tourism opportunities including game viewing, bush walks, canoeing and exposure to cultural and historical experiences. 

Most of the 22 national parks offer overnight tourist facilities, with an unrivalled variety of accommodation in arid, coastal, mountain and bushveld habitats. The national parks are: Groenkloof, Kruger, Table Mountain, Marakele, Golden Gate, Camdeboo, Mountain Zebra, Addo Elephant, Tsitsikamma, Knysna, Wilderness, Bontebok, Agulhas, West Coast, Karoo, Namaqua, |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld, Augrabies, Kgalagadi, Mapungubwe,Tankwa Karoo and a new national park in the Northern Cape.     

The World Conservation Union (IUCN)

Created in 1948, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) brings together 83 States, 110 government agencies, 818 NGOs, and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership. The Union’s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.

The Union is the world's largest environmental knowledge network and has helped over 75 countries to prepare and implement national conservation and biodiversity strategies. The Union is a multicultural, multilingual organization with 1,000 staff located in 62 countries. Its headquarters are in Gland, Switzerland.

Screen Africa

Screen Africa, now in its 18th year, is an award-winning monthly magazine for the television, film, commercials, video, audio, events and technology industries in Southern Africa.

Screen Africa provides practical, topical and insightful content; news of productions; in-depth coverage of controversial industry issues; inspirational profiles; and informed examination of emerging and converging trends in content, distribution and equipment. Besides its monthly distribution, Screen Africa is distributed at premier local events such as Sithengi – Film & TV Market, Encounters SA International Documentary Festival, Durban Wild Talk Africa and Durban International Film Festival. The magazine is also branded internationally through its distribution at major markets and festivals such as MIPTV and MIPCOM in Cannes; FESPACO in Burkino Faso; Cannes International Film Festival; Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival and IBC in Amsterdam.

AfricaNews

AfricaNews is an online platform that aims to show a better balanced and multifaceted image of the African continent. On africanews.com you will find news, photos, weblogs, video- and cellphone reports on and from Africa.

The website focuses on Business, Microfinance, Society, Culture, Travel, Nature, Music and Sport. Through the reporting by our journalists, photographers and webloggers we want to show that Africa is more than what the existing clichés have been showing.