Channel Updates: Southern African Broadcasting Entities Strengthen Cooperation Towards The Launch Of SADC TV + MultiChoice Opens 1Magic And ESPN 2 To Their DStv Compact Customers For Almost Two Months

SADC TV channel in development

The President of the Southern African Broadcasting Association (SABA), Stanley Benjamin Similo, together with the Secretary-General, Cecil Jarurakouje Nguvauva, met the Group Chief Executive Officer of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Madoda Mxakwe – accompanied by some SABC Executive Management – to discuss critical issues about the advancement of broadcasting services and the media industry in Southern Africa. Especially with the planned launch of the SADC TV and the SABA Convention and Annual General Meeting events that are upcoming later in the year.

Both the SABA and the SABC leadership agreed that broadcasters in the region need to align their strategies and the way they do things and conduct their broadcast business with the changing media landscape in order to satisfy the needs of their audience.

The meeting concluded that the partnering regional broadcasters and the Association should also look to enter into a specific agreement to identify critical areas of interest to focus on in the immediate and distant future.

Furthermore, the meeting resolved that the upcoming launch of the SADC TV Channel in Windhoek, Namibia, and the 29th SABA AGM (Annual General Meeting), set to take place in Kigali, Rwanda, will become top priority for the Association and their partners this year.

More drama coming to DStv

Last month, MultiChoice scrapped the 4 e.tv channels from the DStv platform with Openview being the only outlet to view the channels. Alongside the e.tv channels were Lifetime with ITV Networks and fliekNET joining soon.

DStv customers haven't been taking the demise of the e.tv channels so well with several either downgrading, cancelling or complaining about their displeasure with the entertainment offering.

As reported during the week, MultiChoice will be opening up 1Magic and ESPN 2 to DStv Compact customers until 24 July probably feeling guilty for adding something on bouquets lower than that package and even more for not adding anything on platforms higher.

MultiChoice will be rolling out several channels in the near future including a replacement to ITV Networks and second movie channel to replace the eMovies alongside lifestyle channel NHK World Japan and 3 SABC channels.

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