{"id":17995,"date":"2025-05-15T16:42:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T14:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/?p=17995"},"modified":"2025-05-15T16:42:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T14:42:34","slug":"media-statement-public-broadcaster-honoured-to-have-sabc-plus-shortlisted-at-fed-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/media-statement-public-broadcaster-honoured-to-have-sabc-plus-shortlisted-at-fed-awards-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA STATEMENT | PUBLIC BROADCASTER HONOURED TO HAVE SABC PLUS SHORTLISTED AT FED AWARDS 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Johannesburg \u2013 Thursday, 15 May 2025 \u2013 <\/span><\/strong>The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is proud to announce that its streaming platform, SABC Plus, has been shortlisted in the prestigious \u201cBest Platform \/ CTV (Connected TV)\u201d category at the FED Awards 2025, presented by Comunicare Digitale and Dime Comunicaciones.<\/span><\/p>\n

The awards will take place in Lucca, Italy, on 5 and 6 June 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a people\u2019s platform, SABC Plus invites all South Africans and supporters worldwide to cast their vote by visiting www.fed2025.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

To vote:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Click on \u201cVote Awards\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. View the list of categories.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Select the link to vote for SABC Plus in the \u201cBest Platform \/ CTV\u201d category.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Voting closes on 20 May 2025.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Sibusiso Gumbi, Head of Marketing: Platforms and Channels at the SABC, said: \u201cBeing recognised at the FED Awards is a powerful endorsement of the creativity and commitment shown by our teams at the SABC and Mangomolo. Since the launch of SABC Plus in November 2022 and its major revamp in July 2024, we\u2019ve continued to push boundaries in the digital streaming space. Reaching one million subscribers is not just a milestone \u2014 it\u2019s validation that our audience-first strategy is connecting with viewers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u201cNow we\u2019re calling on our loyal community to help us go even further, vote for SABC Plus and show the world the strength of South African public broadcasting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

    For more information, visit www.SABC-Plus.com<\/a> and follow us on social media:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Facebook: <\/span><\/strong>@SABCPlus<\/span><\/p>\n

    X: <\/span><\/strong>@SABCPlus \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Instagram: <\/span><\/strong>@SABCPlus\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    TikTok: <\/span><\/strong>@sabcplus\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    END<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Issued By:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Group Communications<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Media Enquiries:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mmoni Ngubane (Head of Communications)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    ngubanemv@sabc.co.za<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 T. 011 714 3057| C. 073 688 1590<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Johannesburg \u2013 Thursday, 15 May 2025 \u2013 The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is proud to announce that its streaming platform, SABC Plus, has been shortlisted in the prestigious \u201cBest Platform \/ CTV (Connected TV)\u201d category at the FED Awards 2025, presented by Comunicare Digitale and Dime Comunicaciones. The awards will take place in Lucca, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17996,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17995\/revisions\/17996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}