Merlin Naicker

Group Executive: SABC Television at South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)

Merlin Naicker’s career spans over 25 years of practical and demonstrable experience across various digital platforms from holding the CEO post of Media Wizard Consulting, Chief Content Officer for Southtel VOD, GM for Media Solutions at Siemens, and Head of Satellite Television for Telkom Media, he has also served on various strategic positions for MultiChoice.

Merlin was instrumental in the delivery of media solutions and projects such as the 2018 FIFA Russia broadcast for Econet, implementation of broadcast scheduling solutions for Seychelles Broadcasting, Media24, Kagiso Media, SABC biometric access and CCTV monitoring projects, and Parliament TV broadcast infrastructure upgrades.