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Die Nasionale Pers (The National Press) was founded on 12 May 1915 with the aim of furthering the cause of the Afrikaner people. At first it only published a newspaper, [[Die Burger]], but soon expanded and in 1916 published its first magazine [[Die Huisgenoot]]. D. F. Malan, a former minister in the conservative Dutch Reformed Church was persuaded to become editor and was the main supporter of Hertzog's [[National Party]]. In 1918 the company took a further step towards expansion when its book publishing operations were founded as Die Burger Boekhandel. Piet Cillié, editor of Die Burger from 1954 until 1985 was a staunch supporter of the National Party, under B J Vorster and P W Botha . Cillie' upheld the apartheid system through many pro-segregation editorials until the very end.
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[[Nasionale Pers]] ("National Press") was the original name of a print media company that has since expanded into many areas to become the largest and most varied media company in South Africa today.  
  
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In 1985, Nasionale Pers and a number of other South African media companies formed an electronic pay-television media business, [[M-Net]], which was listed on the JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) in 1990. In 1993, M-Net was divided into two companies - M-Net itself became a pure pay-television station while the company's subscriber management, signal distribution and cellular telephone activities were formed into a new company called MultiChoice Limited (later renamed MIH Holdings Limited).
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Also referred to as '''[[Die Nasionale Pers]]'''.
  
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Nasionale Pers itself listed on JSE on 12 September 1994 and in 1998 the group's name changed to Naspers.
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=The origins: [[Nasionale Pers]]=
  
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In 1997, MIH Ltd. created an internet service provider, M-Web Holdings, which also runs M-Web Blogspace, a popular South African blogging platform.
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==[[De Nationale Pers]]==
  
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In January 2000, Naspers merged its existing private education activities with that of another leading South African private education business to form Educor Holdings Limited - one of the leading private education providers in South Africa. During the same year, Naspers also re-organised and branded its print media business as its "Media24" division.
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Founded on 12 May 1915 as [[De Nationale Pers]], with the aim of advancing the cause of the [[Afrikaans]] language and the [[Afrikaner]] people, it initially only published a newspaper, [[Die Burger]], but soon expanded and in 1916 published its first magazine [[Die Huisgenoot]]. Dr. D.F. Malan[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Fran%C3%A7ois_Malan], a former minister in the conservative [[Dutch Reformed Church]] and supporter of J.B.M. Hertzog's[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._M._Hertzog] [[National Party]] was persuaded to become editor and thus the paper and the company became a main supporter of both Hertzog, the Nationalist movement and the [[apartheid]] cause.
  
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In May 2001, Naspers acquired a 46.5% interest in Tencent Holdings Limited, the operator of an instant messaging platform in China called QQ, which subsequently developed into the leading business of its kind in China. In a quest to further expand its business in China, the company acquired a 9.9% interest in the Beijing Media Corporation (“BMC”) in December 2004. BMC is a media company mainly engaged in the sale of advertising space for the Beijing Youth Daily as well as the production of newspapers and the trading of print-related materials.
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In 1918 the company took a further step towards expansion when it founded its lucrative book publishing operations as [[Die Burger Boekhandel]], which would become the [[Nasionale Pers Boekhandel]] ([[NPB]]) - also listed over the years as [[Nasboek]],  [[Nasionale Boekhandel]], [[NB Uitgewers]], etc.
  
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In February 2005, Naspers acquired the South African internet interests of Tiscali. On 31 March of the same year, Naspers consolidated all its print media, book publishing and private education assets in its Media24 division in order to simplify the group's structure.
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==[[Naspers]]==
  
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In May 2006, Naspers acquired, for US$ 422 million, a 30% interest in the Brazilian media group Editora Abril, publishers of dozens of titles, the most important of which being Revista Veja[3].
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[[Nasionale Pers]] had itself listed on JSE on 12 September 1994 and in 1998 the group's name was formally changed to [[Naspers]].
  
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In January 2007, Naspers acquired a 30% interest in MXit Lifestyle, the operator of a mobile instant messaging platform in South-Africa called MXit.[4]
 
  
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Also in January 2007, Naspers acquired a 30% interest in Mail.ru, Russian operator of Mail.ru Agent, an instant messaging service for desktop PCs and mobiles.[5] In November 2007 the company acquired a further 2.6% of Mail.ru .
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==[[Educor]]==
  
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In October 2007, Naspers acquired Gadu-Gadu, a listed Polish instant messaging business with c.8 million registered accounts (of a population of 38 million).
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In January 2000, [[Naspers]] merged its existing private education activities with that of another leading South African private education business to form [[Educor]] Holdings Limited - one of the leading private education providers in South Africa.  
  
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In March 2008, Naspers acquired Tradus (formerly QXL and listed on the London Stock Exchange), which provides an online auction platform and internet portals in Eastern Europe. The company owns Allegro.pl, which is the leading online auction site in Poland. At £946 million, this acquisition represents Naspers' largest acquisition to date.
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==[[Media24]]==
  
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In August 2008, Naspers acquired a 25% stake in BuzzCity through MIH, its investment arm.[6] BuzzCity is a mobile media company providing access to a global advertising network on the mobile internet for brand owners and agencies. The network is made up of publishers worldwide and BuzzCity’s own mobile media properties, including the myGamma social networking platform which is aimed at regions with low fixed-line internet penetration.
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In 2000  [[Naspers]] re-organised and re-branded its print media business as its [[Media24]] division.
  
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In September 2008, Naspers acquired a 49% interest in Compera nTime, mobile value-added services company in Brazil. During 2010 Compera nTime acquired a competitor Yavox. The enlarged group has been renamed Movile. Having Brazil as its core market, Movile is also present in Mexico, and is expanding to other Latin-American countries.[7].
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=Entering the digital market=
  
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In August 2009, it was announced that Naspers would increase its stake in BuzzCity by MIH purchasing US$1 million of shares from Exploit Technologies, the marketing and commercialisation arm of A*STAR.[8]
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==[[M-Net]]==
  
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In September 2009, Naspers acquired a 91% interest in BuscaPé, provider of comparison shopping systems for more than 100 portals and Web sites in Latin America, including Microsoft, Globo and Abril.[9]
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In 1985, [[Nasionale Pers]] and a number of other South African media companies joined forces to form an electronic pay-television media business they called [[M-Net]], which was listed on the JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) in 1990.
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In 1993, [[M-Net]] was divided into two companies - [[M-Net]] itself became a pure pay-television station while the company's subscriber management, signal distribution and cellular telephone activities were formed into a new company called [[MultiChoice]] Limited (later renamed [[MIH Holdings Limited]]).
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==[[Multichoice]] and [[DStv]]==
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In 1995 [[Multichoice]] announced that it was launching a new digital, satellite service in South Africa to be known as [[DStv]] ([[Digital Satellite Television]]). This was officially launched on 6 October 1995 to become a South African based African direct broadcast satellite service providing multiple channels and services to around 11.9 million subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa (Africa excluding North Africa and Somalia)
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In 1997, MIH Ltd. created an internet service provider, [[M-Web Holdings]], which also runs [[M-Web]] Blogspace, a popular South African blogging platform.
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==[[kykNET]]==
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In view of growing fears that the [[Afrikaans]] language could be swamped by the flood of English language programming on TV, [[M-Net]] launched a commercial [[Afrikaans]] language satelite TV channel, on the [[DStv]] satellite service in October 1999. On 16 July 2014 [[DStv]] announced that [[kykNET]] would be broadcast in high-definition from 12 August 2014.
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(Though the officially registered spelling is '''[[kykNET]]''', the name is sometimes also found as '''[[KYKnet]]''', '''[[KykNET]]''' or '''[[KykNet]]''' in some sources.) Interestingly, the Afrikaans  "kyk" word means "look" or "view" and the word "net" can mean either "only" or it can refer to "network". This sets up an interesting pun, the title meaning either "viewing channel" or "only view".
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[[kykNET]] now hosts a number of channels, among them [[kykNET]], [[kykNET HD]], [[kykNET&kie]], [[kykNET NOU!]], [[KykNet Lekker]] and [[fliekNET]]. A [[kykNet International]] service is available online to subscribers in selected countries in North America, Europe and Australasia via the [[Showmax]][] platform.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naspers
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http://www.naspers.com/index.php
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https://www.multichoice.com/
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https://kyknet.dstv.com/South/home
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https://www.dstv.co.za/
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https://m-net.dstv.com/South/home
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DStv
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KykNET
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Latest revision as of 05:53, 9 September 2022

Nasionale Pers ("National Press") was the original name of a print media company that has since expanded into many areas to become the largest and most varied media company in South Africa today.

Also referred to as Die Nasionale Pers.

The origins: Nasionale Pers

De Nationale Pers

Founded on 12 May 1915 as De Nationale Pers, with the aim of advancing the cause of the Afrikaans language and the Afrikaner people, it initially only published a newspaper, Die Burger, but soon expanded and in 1916 published its first magazine Die Huisgenoot. Dr. D.F. Malan[1], a former minister in the conservative Dutch Reformed Church and supporter of J.B.M. Hertzog's[2] National Party was persuaded to become editor and thus the paper and the company became a main supporter of both Hertzog, the Nationalist movement and the apartheid cause.

In 1918 the company took a further step towards expansion when it founded its lucrative book publishing operations as Die Burger Boekhandel, which would become the Nasionale Pers Boekhandel (NPB) - also listed over the years as Nasboek, Nasionale Boekhandel, NB Uitgewers, etc.

Naspers

Nasionale Pers had itself listed on JSE on 12 September 1994 and in 1998 the group's name was formally changed to Naspers.


Educor

In January 2000, Naspers merged its existing private education activities with that of another leading South African private education business to form Educor Holdings Limited - one of the leading private education providers in South Africa.

Media24

In 2000 Naspers re-organised and re-branded its print media business as its Media24 division.

Entering the digital market

M-Net

In 1985, Nasionale Pers and a number of other South African media companies joined forces to form an electronic pay-television media business they called M-Net, which was listed on the JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) in 1990.

In 1993, M-Net was divided into two companies - M-Net itself became a pure pay-television station while the company's subscriber management, signal distribution and cellular telephone activities were formed into a new company called MultiChoice Limited (later renamed MIH Holdings Limited).


Multichoice and DStv

In 1995 Multichoice announced that it was launching a new digital, satellite service in South Africa to be known as DStv (Digital Satellite Television). This was officially launched on 6 October 1995 to become a South African based African direct broadcast satellite service providing multiple channels and services to around 11.9 million subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa (Africa excluding North Africa and Somalia)

In 1997, MIH Ltd. created an internet service provider, M-Web Holdings, which also runs M-Web Blogspace, a popular South African blogging platform.

kykNET

In view of growing fears that the Afrikaans language could be swamped by the flood of English language programming on TV, M-Net launched a commercial Afrikaans language satelite TV channel, on the DStv satellite service in October 1999. On 16 July 2014 DStv announced that kykNET would be broadcast in high-definition from 12 August 2014.

(Though the officially registered spelling is kykNET, the name is sometimes also found as KYKnet, KykNET or KykNet in some sources.) Interestingly, the Afrikaans "kyk" word means "look" or "view" and the word "net" can mean either "only" or it can refer to "network". This sets up an interesting pun, the title meaning either "viewing channel" or "only view".

kykNET now hosts a number of channels, among them kykNET, kykNET HD, kykNET&kie, kykNET NOU!, KykNet Lekker and fliekNET. A kykNet International service is available online to subscribers in selected countries in North America, Europe and Australasia via the Showmax[] platform.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naspers

http://www.naspers.com/index.php

https://www.multichoice.com/

https://kyknet.dstv.com/South/home

https://www.dstv.co.za/

https://m-net.dstv.com/South/home

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DStv

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KykNET

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