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OVHD
OpenView is a free-to-view direct broadcast satellite television provider in South Africa which is run by Platco Digital (part of the eMedia Group which includes free-to-air channel e.tv). It launched on 15 October 2013. In addition to the "e" suite of networks, OpenView also carries the SABC networks, along with several domestic and international channels. It also carries nearly thirty audio-only radio stations. As of 2021, OpenView is available in 2.5 million households. Channel List SABC 1 SABC 2 SABC 3 e.tv eExtra People's Weather France24 eXposed ePlesier The Home Channel+ SA Music SABC Sport Mindset DBE TV eMovies eMovies Extra eToonz Star Life ZeeOne Glow TV 19 SABC Radio Stations 9 Privately Owned Radio Stations History The sister company of e.tv, Platco Digital, launched the Openview HD platform on 16 October 2013. The product came to the market during a time where South Africa's transition to digital terrestrial television was slowed down b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of South African Media
The is a list of South African mass media, including newspapers, television stations, radio stations and various alternative media. Newspapers National *''Beeld'' (available in 5 of 9 provinces) *''Business Day'' *'' City Press'' *''Daily Maverick'' *'' Daily Sun'' *''Mail & Guardian'' *News Everyday' *''The New Age'' *''Rapport'' *'' SAMM News'' - currently available online *''The Sowetan'' *''Sunday Independent'' *''Sunday Sun'' *''Sunday Times'' *''Sunday World'' *'' The Witness'' *''ILANGA'' *Laudium Sun' Television broadcasters Terrestrial and satellite television channels Free-To-Air eMedia Investments * e.tv * eMovies * eMovies Extra *eExtra * eReality * ePlesier *eToonz *eXposed *eNCA South African Broadcasting Corporation *SABC 1 *SABC 2 *SABC 3 *SABC News *SABC Education *SABC Sport Subscription-based MultiChoice * M-Net * Me *M-Net Movies *Mzansi Magic * KykNET *Africa Magic *Vuzu *One Magic *Novela Magic * TOPS Independent Stations * Moja Love * People' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Broadcasting Corporation
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the public broadcaster in South Africa, and provides 19 radio stations ( AM/ FM) as well as six television broadcasts to the general public. It is one of the largest of South Africa's state-owned enterprises. Opposition politicians and civil society often criticise the SABC, accusing it of being a mouthpiece for whichever political party is in majority power, thus currently the ruling African National Congress; during the apartheid era it was accused of playing the same role for the National Party government. Company history Early years Radio broadcasting in South Africa began in 1923, under the auspices of South African Railways, before three radio services were licensed: the Association of Scientific and Technical Societies (AS&TS) in Johannesburg, the Cape Peninsular Publicity Association in Cape Town and the Durban Corporation, which began broadcasting in 1924. These merged into the African Broadcasting Company in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France24
France 24 ( in French) is a French state-owned international news television network based in Paris. Its channels broadcast in French, English, Arabic, and Spanish and are aimed at the overseas market. Based in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux, the service started on 6 December 2006. It is aimed at a worldwide market and is generally broadcast by pay television providers around the world, but additionally, in 2010, France 24 began broadcasting online through its own iPhone and Android apps. It is a provider of live streaming world news which can be viewed via its website, YouTube, and various mobile devices and digital media players. The stated mission of the channels is to "provide a global public service and a common editorial stance". Since 2008 the channel has been wholly owned by the French government, via its holding company France Médias Monde, having bought out the minority share of the former partners: Groupe TF1 and France Télévisions. The budget is approx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Terrestrial Television
Digital terrestrial television (DTTV or DTT, or DTTB with "broadcasting") is a technology for terrestrial television in which land-based (terrestrial) television stations broadcast television content by radio waves to televisions in consumers' residences in a digital format. DTTV is a major technological advance over the previous analog television, and has largely replaced analog which had been in common use since the middle of the 20th century. Test broadcasts began in 1998 with the changeover to DTTV (aka Analog Switchoff (ASO), or Digital Switchover (DSO)) beginning in 2006 and is now complete in many countries. The advantages of ''digital'' terrestrial television are similar to those obtained by digitising platforms such as cable TV, satellite, and telecommunications: more efficient use of limited radio spectrum bandwidth, provision of more television channels than analog, better quality images, and potentially lower operating costs for broadcasters (after the initial up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television In South Africa
Television in South Africa was introduced in 1976. South Africa was relatively late in introducing television broadcasting to its population. History Opposition to introduction The first proposal to introduce television in South Africa was made by The Rank Organisation in 1953, but this was rejected by the National Party government.South Africa Enters the Electronic Age: The Decision to Introduce Television Edward C. Corrigan, ''Africa Today'', Vol. 21, No. 2 (Spring, 1974), page 15 Even though the state-controlled (SABC) had a virtual monopoly on |
Glow TV
Glow TV is a South African channel that shows Indian shows. It was launched in October 2013. The channel originally aired Hindi shows and soon began dubbing in English. It broadcasts series such as This is Love, True Love and Young Love. The channel offers a variety of programming from other brands such as colors tv History The channel launched through Urban Brew Studios from 13 October 2013 on Openview and was later added onto DStv and StarSat. In 2018, it was removed from DStv. On the 1st of October 2021 it was abruptly removed from the Openview HP OpenView is the former name for a Hewlett-Packard product family that consisted of network and systems management products. In 2007, HP OpenView was rebranded as HP BTO (''Business Technology Optimization'') Software when it became part of the ... platform. However, Glow TV immediately launched a court application and was added back to the platform on the 19th of October after the High Court instructed Openview to do so. Prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zee One (South African TV Channel)
Zee One is an English-Bollywood channel in South Africa that was launched on 1 November 2021. It is a sister network to Zee World, and like that network, carries domestic programming from India dubbed from Hindi and Marathi into English. The channel is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises and has offices in Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem .... The network mainly carries a diverse offering of programs from the 2000s and 2010s from Zee TV's domestic subcontinent networks. References {{Essel Group Hindi cinema Television channels and stations established in 2021 Television stations in South Africa Zee Entertainment Enterprises ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Life
Disney Star Private Limited is an Indian media conglomerate and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Disney Star network runs more than 70 TV channels in eight languages, reaching out to 9 out of 10 cable and satellite TV homes in India. The network reaches approximately 790 million viewers a month across India and more than 100 countries. Disney Star generates more than 30,000 hours of content every year. Disney Star is the largest television and entertainment network in India. History Founding Star TV (Satellite Television Asian Region) was founded in 1990 as a joint venture between Hutchison Whampoa and Li Ka-Shing. It launched Hollywood English-language entertainment channels for Asian audiences. 1990–2000 In 1990, Star TV started with the first 5 channels included Star Plus (then an English-language entertainment channel), STAR TV Chinese Channel, Prime Sports, MTV and BBC World Service Televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EToonz
eToonz is a South African digital satellite television free-to-air children's channel created and owned by eMedia Investments's e.tv. The channel broadcasts for a duration of 16 hours from Sunday to Friday, 17 hours on Saturday and 18 hours with movies during the school holidays. History eToonz started as a 30 to 60 minute segment on the defunct Little e block which featured animated programs such as The Adventures Of Lerato and Alex and Deep & Dylan's Curious Minds - South African produced content. e.tv as a broadcaster launched eKasi+,eToonz+, eMovies+ and eAfrica+ as new sister channels as the first of its planned set of TV channels for digital terrestrial television (DTT). e.tv, the SABC and M-Net plan to each roll out their own collections of additional TV channels in South Africa eventually. Since government incompetence and industry infighting has long-delayed the digital switch-over process known as digital migration, e.tv launched its first 4 additional free-to-air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMovies Extra
eMovies is a 24-hour South African digital satellite television free-to-air movie channel created and owned by eMedia Investment's e.tv for the Openview platform. eMovies Extra is a sister companion channel. History The network launched on 16 October 2013, with a second "Extra" channel launched in 2016 via OpenView. Both networks were added on 17 May 2017 on DStv, along with the rest of the e.tv family of networks. Both channels were going to be removed from DStv along with eExtra and eToonz eToonz is a South African digital satellite television free-to-air children's channel created and owned by eMedia Investments's e.tv. The channel broadcasts for a duration of 16 hours from Sunday to Friday, 17 hours on Saturday and 18 hours wit ... on April 1, 2022 but the channels remained on DStv for another 2 months as the eMedia Investments filed an application to the Competition Tribunal regarding their carriage agreement with MultiChoice. By the end of May 2022, eMovies and eMo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMovies
eMovies is a 24-hour South African digital satellite television free-to-air movie channel created and owned by eMedia Investment's e.tv for the Openview platform. eMovies Extra is a sister companion channel. History The network launched on 16 October 2013, with a second "Extra" channel launched in 2016 via OpenView. Both networks were added on 17 May 2017 on DStv, along with the rest of the e.tv family of networks. Both channels were going to be removed from DStv along with eExtra and eToonz eToonz is a South African digital satellite television free-to-air children's channel created and owned by eMedia Investments's e.tv. The channel broadcasts for a duration of 16 hours from Sunday to Friday, 17 hours on Saturday and 18 hours with ... on April 1, 2022 but the channels remained on DStv for another 2 months as the eMedia Investments filed an application to the Competition Tribunal regarding their carriage agreement with MultiChoice. By the end of May 2022, eMovies and eMo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
