OpenView is a free-to-view

direct broadcast satellite Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location. The signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna comm ...

television provider in South Africa which is run by Platco Digital (part of the eMedia Group which includes free-to-air channel

e.tv e.tv (commonly referred to on-air as e) is the first and only privately owned free-to-air television station in South Africa. It is the fifth terrestrial television channel in the country, following three channels that are operated by the sta ...

). It launched on 15 October 2013. In addition to the "e" suite of networks, OpenView also carries the

SABC 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 ...

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.

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SABC 1 SABC 1 is a South African public television network operated by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) which carries programming in English and Nguni. It was created in 1996, after the SABC restructured its television channels. SABC 1 ...

SABC 2 SABC 2 is a South African family public television channel owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). SABC 2 broadcasts programming in English, Sepedi, Afrikaans, Venda, and Tsonga. As of August 2018, the channel started broadc ...

SABC 3 SABC 3 (stylised as S3) is a South African free-to-air public television network owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). It carries programming in English and, few in other South African languages. It has a number of its own re ...

eExtra eExtra (sometimes called e.tv Extra) is a South African digital satellite television channel owned by eMedia Holdings, offering a variety of lifestyle, dramas, telenovelas, court shows, sitcoms and movies. History e.tv as a broadcaster launched ...

People's Weather

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ePlesier The Home Channel+ SA Music

SABC Sport SABC Sport is a South African free-to-air sports television channel owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The channel was operating for a while on DTT before expanding on other platforms. After its expansion, the channel is ...

Mindset Mindset is an "established set of attitudes, esp. regarded as typical of a particular group's social or cultural values; the outlook, philosophy, or values of a person; (now also more generally) frame of mind, attitude, ecte: anddisposition." ...

DBE TV

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, reac ...

ZeeOne

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 c ...

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 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' ...

was slowed down both due to political and corporate gridlock. In 2018, the system became known simply as OpenView.

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History

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