The Euro 2016 football tournament gets underway this weekend with Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) announcing it will be showing selected matches live on its national television channel. With all eyes on France for the big opening, MBC will be showing live the opening match of the tournament between hosts France and Romania . MBC public relations […]
Francis Kalawe’s newest music video “Dzuka Malawi” has been banned from showing on state broadcaster MBCtv. Directed by Sukez of HD Plus Creations, the video is indisputably one of the best productions on the local scene thus far, creativity and picture quality combined. Sources at the government-controlled TV station said producers were ordered to stop […]
Chewa Heritage honoree and rapper Tay Grin had his Independence Day performance at Kamuzu Stadium put off-air on Monday. The Nyau King was one of the performers at the 6th July celebrations graced by State President Peter Mutharika and Zambian leader Edgar Lungu among others and was live on MBCtv. Keeping his set original Grin […]
Malawian soccer fanatics can now have something to smile of following the announcement by MBC TV that the station will beam all the matches to be played at the15th edition of the Cosafa Cup which starts on 24th and ends on 31st May, 2015. Acting director of programmes Albert Mungomo said MBC –TV will cover […]
MBC has very few programs that actually warrant your time, but most of us still watch it because they somehow randomly give us the greatest show of broadcasting mistakes on earth, so it’s fun. I’ve decided to be collecting these mistakes and every time I have 5 of them I’ll be adding to this collection. […]
We all used to love TVM back in the 90’s and early 2000’s, before it changed to MBC, after all, DSTV wasn’t so cool back then. Without public internet, TVM was virtually the only place where divas resided, and these divas below were as good as it got in this country. Kumbo Kachibekete The ever-lively […]
They say music is power, yes and as proved, state owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation Television (MBC TV) has purportedly banned playing ‘Msika Wapsyanso’ music video due to the nature of its message. Performed by Blackface Family, Poztv Yut, Emperor K and Thiggo Amplifier, the song tackles the controversial infernos razing markets in Malawi and how […]
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has secured Brazil World Cup broadcasting rights which will give a chance for the station to cover all the games live on the television. MBC Director General Benson Tembo said the securing of the rights from Fifa would make the national broadcaster the official broadcaster in the country and no any […]
A locally-produced television series titled ‘Senses’ is expected to start showing on MBCtv next month, Nyasa Showbiz has the details. ‘Senses’ is an action based crime/detective series produced by Dawgfish Entertainment, a new Blantyre-based production house. The show centers on various issues affecting the Malawian society, most of which are violence based. Given that the […]
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation television personality Chisomo Mwamadi has terminated his services at the national television with immediate effect. Mwamadi, who made his name through sports journalism for radio before joining the TV station, has picked a job at Central East Africa Railways as Public Relations Officer. Inside source confided in Nyasa Times Mwamadi has landed […]
Tributes have been pouring in from media personalities as well as the public following the death of Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) TV journalist, Patrick Msowoya. His death comes barely a week after the nation also lost veteran broadcast journalist Evans Masamba. The late veteran broadcaster, who until his death in Blantyre last week was working […]
In the article “Leveling the electoral playing field”, Malawi’s renowned academician-cum human rights and governance defender Edge Kanyongolo expresses pessimism over the success of the forthcoming tripartite elections. According to him, just as it was with the 1994, 2004 and 2009 elections the 2014 elections will be problematic due to our perennial failure to learn […]
Muslims in Malawi’s lakeshore resort town of Mangochi who snatched a camera belonging to state television have given back the camera to Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), Minister of Information Moses Kunkuyu has confirmed. “Government would like to applaud the Muslims of Mangochi for the wonderful gesture shown by surrendering back to MBC the camera they […]
Angry Muslims in Malawi’s lakeshore resort town of Mangochi who snatched a camera belonging to state television are adamant that they will not release the camera despite the court injunction obtained by MBC. The incident happened last Saturday when the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) television crew went into the mosque and started recording video footage […]
Unprofessional conduct of television crew from the state-run Malawi Broadcasting Corporation has been cited as a major contributing factor which forced a group of angry Muslims in Malawi’s lakeshore resort town of Mangochi to snatch a camera belonging to MBC and roughened up two government ministers. The position was taken at the end of […]
The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) is yet to redeem its camera which was seized over the weekend by angry Muslims of Mangochi sub mosque. The Muslims confiscated the camera belonging MBC Television last Saturday after the state broadcaster’s journalists from Mangochi studios allegedly entered the mosque and started shooting prayers without permission from authorities. The […]
She is back into the real world. One of the country’s evicted representatives from the ongoing Big Brother Africa Chase, Fatima Nkata, is now embracing realms of real life as she relishes the opportunity to return to the spotlight and continue to enjoy a ride on the waves of fame. The former TV presenter and […]
Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS) boss George Jana refused state broadcaster MBC TV and private Calvarly TV to beam the ongoing games of the African Netball Championship at Blantyre Youth Centre in Blantyre demanding that they pay K1 million for TV rights. On Wednesday morning before Malawi Queens against Zambia game, members of MBC TV […]