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Strong Studios to adapt South African crime novel ‘Piranha’

US-based Strong Studios is adapting South African crime writer Rudie Van Rensburg’s novel Piranha into a new thriller series, titled Endangered. The scripted series centers around Montgomery Smith, a wealthy Englishman-in-exile, who runs an illegal, corrupt, and dangerous syndicate smuggling endangered rhino horn, and the veteran detective Captain Kassie Kasselman, who aggressively pursues Smith from […]

MultiChoice hires former Viacom exec as content chief

MultiChoice Africa has appointed former Viacom, Virgin Media and Channel 4 executive David Booth as its chief content officer. Booth, who joined the Naspers-owned pay TV operator in February, was previously doing consulting work following a six-year stint at Viacom – first as vice-president of programming at MTV Networks UK and Ireland, then as senior […]