First Semester Presentation Works Cited: Ruth Teer-Tomaselli et al., "South Africa as a regional media power." In Thussu, ed, Media on the Move, chapter 9, pp 153-164.

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvyc4w5vrkY

2. South Africa as a regional media power By Ruth Teer-Tomaselli, Herman Wasserman & Arnold S. de Beer

3. South Africa Population: 48.7 Million (2008) 25th Largest Country in the World www.google.com/publicdata Language: English, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans Currency: Rand (ZAR) 1 South African rand = 0.142476642 Canadian dollars 100 Canadian Dollar = 710.033 South African Rand 100 South African Rand (ZAR) = 14.08386 Canadian Dollar (CAD) Leadership: President Jacob Zuma (May 9th, 2009) UN Classification: Middle Income Country

5. Imperialistic nation of the global media industry

6. Boyd-Barrett’s ‘generic’ model of Cultural Imperialism

8. Radio- crossed national borders in its earliest days where as tv remained closed by national barriers

9. Most broadcasters carry a significant amount of imported content

11. It is a broadcast publisher, and subscriptions manager

12. MIH (MultiChoice Investment Holdings) , the parent company owns operations that span over 50 countries

14. M-Net & It’s Channels http://beta.mnet.co.za/ KTv, SuperSports & The Movie Magic http://www.southafrica.info/about/media/satv.htm

15. Big Brother http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yXElMLRcX4 SABC- South African Broadcasting Corporation- State Owned http://www.sabc1.co.za/portal/site/sabc1redirect/

16. South African TV Licensing Fee The license fee in South Africa is R225 per annum (R276 per year if paid on a monthly basis) for TV Canadian = $31.92690 Conclusion Clip: Why you must pay your licensing fees in S.A! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Cw3ssKrHo

17. Thanks!!!! By Amanda Stavrou November 17th 2009