Following the termination of News And Sport and rebranding of Rewind to eXposed in April, Openview consumers are set to lose yet another channel which is none other than Soul Music.
Soul Music ran on the Openview platform for at least two years initially as a holiday pop-up in 2020 alongside SA Music delivering a mash-up of music and nostalgia for those who enjoy Soul, RnB and Jazz music with the sounds of Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye to Alicia Keys and John Legend.
The channel alongside SA Music once operated on StarSat in December 2014 which is 6 years before it launched on Openview till they were suddenly discontinued by the pay-tv platform alongside several other channels in 2021.
A year later, Soul Music is also being discontinued on Openview while SA Music remains on the platform for the time being. It wouldn't be shocking if it followed too as seen with StarSat.
Soul Music doesn't state exactly why the channel is being phased out but only responded to say:
The Soul Music Channel would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your constant love and support of the channel. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Soul Music Channel will no longer be available on the OpenView platform as of 30/06/2022. We are beyond grateful for the love and support always!
As outlined in eMedia's financial year results, they will be sourcing out more channels in the near future.
I specifically purchased his Openview for the soul channel as I loved their music it’s so disappointing for it to be taken away. Without a similar replacement. So many channels being taken away but the price of the Openview is skyrocketing. All I ask for is a good music channel. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteMay you please please please bring back r&b,soul and jazz music on open view l beg,l beg if they are some issues please iron them out for the sake of us viewers that channel was a superb it brings back beautiful memories
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