Two years ago, SABC Encore ceased transmission on MultiChoice's DStv and since then several developments involving the channel went down. From hosting a memorial service for Tshepo Tsola to broadcasting CAF games all this coming from revamped SABC Encore channel.
It's evident that the public broadcaster hasn't given up on the brand and believe it could be of value to other consumers than it was on DStv as they've left a spot open for the channel on DTT and distribute the pop-up on TelkomOne.
As mentioned much earlier, SABC Encore broadcasted CAF games and a memorial service, content which is not that old as seen before with DStv customers so could it be possible that maybe the revival will be slightly different.
Instead of rehashing content from the 80s to 00s, SABC Encore will be no different to the Rewind channel currently packaged on the Openview platform which supplies content that has already or is currently being viewed on other stations.
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Not too long ago, Rewind was more like SABC Encore but with a mixture of both local and international programming. As years went by, it became a catch-up channel kind of like eMedia's other brands eToonz.
Repeats don't often get high ratings especially if you live in 2022 where you have a brand like SABC 1 broadcast content from the time it was simply known as TV1. It's the reason you don't see Rewind airing old series like Madam & Eve and Backstage.
In the next financial period, the public broadcaster plans to launch more HD channels one of which possibly being SABC Encore as they did broadcast CAF and who'd want to watch that in poor quality. Time will only tell if this revival would be of any use to consumers or be treated in the same manner as its DStv counterpart.
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