Last month, eMedia Investments and BBC Studios were meant to launch BBC UKTV on the Openview platform but was postponed as they finalise various details with some speculating that MultiChoice may have a hand in the matter.
I mean MultiChoice already supplies various linear channels from BBC Studios including BBC Brit, BBC Lifestyle, BBC Earth, BBC World News and CBeebies and now there's reports that BBC UKTV will also be added onto the pay-tv platform.
BBC UKTV will be basically lending their lineup from the bulk of DStv channels joining another channel BBC Brit which too has seen itself borrow content from the current offering.
For several years, the channel has been going through an identity crisis as BBC Studios had tried finding ways to reinvent the channel and make it look more redeemable as if Strictly Come Dancing could distract anyone from Top Gear repeats.
The only reason anyone has to keep wasting their time on there has to do with the bulk of BBC First as MultiChoice thought it would be awesome to keep BBC Brit instead of shelving it and perhaps move shows like The Graham Norton Show and The Weakest Link to BBC First.
Other content such as Top Gear would fit well on BBC Lifestyle. But look where we are are now we're stuck with a channel that is glued to 3 shows and honestly I feel BBC UKTV will be 100 times better.
The channel hasn't even launched yet but the more you hear about it the more interesting it gets. As mentioned, it combines the concepts seen in the BBC channels on the DStv platform with BBC Brit inheriting about 10% of Earth and Lifestyle.
MultiChoice has been keeping the finer details about the channel under wraps but questions amount to what capacity the channel will be distributed to various consumers.
My guess is that BBC UKTV will likely be added as a replacement to BBC Brit I mean look at the brand names Brit and UK aren't they one and the same and the other is the love both of them share for repeats.
My Family is currently on season 10 and this new channel will air it from season 1 and BBC Entertainment had aired several seasons to some shows that BBC Brit opted to air from scratch.
Remember what eMedia and BBC said in regards to the delay they were finalising details what if those details concerned BBC Brit on DStv. What if UKTV was opting to air content from 2016 and with the axing of Brit wanted to align some with the timeframe of the DStv channel.
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