Channel Closure: People's Weather Will Stop Airing On DStv By Early March, Remains On Openview For The Time Being

People's Weather is Africa's first and only environmental and wildlife channel since 2007. After launching as a weather service, MultiChoice would move it away from the news section of the DStv package and group it alongside Curiosity Channel, BBC Earth and National Geographic.

The channel would extend its reach to free-to-view consumers by 2015 with eMedia Investments' Openview platform. 

As seen on the programme guide, the channel is scheduled for deletion on the DStv platform by the 1st of March. Although, the channel would remain on the Openview platform the decline in linear consumption will likely lead to content cuts and revenue loss.

People's Weather had hit a repetitive slope rehashing old content as it tries to build its primetime offering. Last year, The Denver Naicker Talk Show was revived on the network following Glow TV's exit from linear TV and since December content from WildEarth had formed part of its line-up.

 

According to MultiChoice, the decision to terminate People's Weather was to find new and innovative ways to work together. What that could imply is select shows from People's Weather will probably resurface on other TV channels.

This would be the fifth channel to have exited DStv in the year with B4U Movies also scheduled for deletion in March. Other channels to have exited DStv so far include the controversial Emmanuel TV by TB Joshua alongside community channels One Freestate Televisual and NWTV.

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