{"id":8009,"date":"2019-02-12T00:16:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T22:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=8009"},"modified":"2019-02-12T00:17:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T22:17:05","slug":"multichoice-group-boasts-record-number-of-safta-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2019\/02\/12\/multichoice-group-boasts-record-number-of-safta-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"MultiChoice Group Boasts Record Number Of SAFTA Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MultiChoice Group, the largest investor in television and film production on the continent, has received a record number of nominations for the South African Film and Television Awards, outperforming all other content platforms in South Africa for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 13th annual SAFTA nominations were announced on February 8 in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The awards ceremony is set to take place on March 2 at Sun City. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nomination highlights include 1Magic\u2019s new highly popular telenovela The River with 17 nominations and Mzansi Magic\u2019s Isibaya with nine, while Afrikaans channel kykNET\u2019s programmes collectively received no fewer than 60 nominations. M-Net\u2019s local reality shows Survivor SA, My Kitchen Rules SA and Dancing with the Stars also outperforms in the reality categories and MultiChoice Group\u2019s Video on Demand service, Showmax, can be proud of its 7 nominations for Thali\u2019s Wedding Diary (see full list of nominees attached). All these productions can be enjoyed on the DStv platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mzansi Magic and 1Magic dominate every category<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the telenovela category Mzansi and 1Magic shows dominate every category in particular The River, an extraordinary feat for a production in its first year. \u201cCongratulations to all our producers and the talent that received nominations for this year\u2019s awards,\u201d said Yolisa Phahle, CEO General Entertainment for MultiChoice Group. \u201cMultiChoice plays an important role in the African film and television production industry by investing heavily in local talent and production development. It is paying off. We are changing the dynamic from international content consumption to consistently bringing our audiences the best stories on all the DStv platforms.\u201d said Phahle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are also happy to see our people being recognised for their behind-the-scenes work in the technical categories, as well as in every single genre from reality, variety and drama to speciality shows and current affairs. \u201cNot to mention the sought-after best actor and actress categories in the different genres in which our shows will also compete,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MultiChoice Group is the leading producer of content in South Africa and Africa. The group is poised to become a significant competitor on the global stage with its content creation strategy aimed at adding value to Africa\u2019s growing GDP and jobs environment. MultiChoice Group is also the single biggest supporter of media entrepreneurs through the awarding of production contracts to small and medium production companies and freelancers. It indirectly supports many industry jobs (in line with President Ramaphosa 5 critical points at SONA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MultiChoice Group is a newly formed company due to list on the JSE this month and includes MultiChoice South Africa, MultiChoice Africa, Showmax Africa and Irdeto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The South African Television and Film Awards ceremony will be broadcast live from the Sun City Superbowl at 19:00 on March 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MultiChoice Group, the largest investor in television and film production on the continent, has received a record number of nominations for the South African Film and Television Awards, outperforming all other content platforms in South Africa for the second year in a row. The 13th annual SAFTA nominations were announced on February 8 in Rosebank,… Continue reading MultiChoice Group Boasts Record Number Of SAFTA Nominations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[86,119],"class_list":["post-8009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","tag-multichoice","tag-saftas","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}