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Friday, May 20, 2022

Potential Candidate: With News And Sports Out Of The Way, Could Any Of These 3 Channels Fill Up Its Socks On The Openview Platform?

News And Sport went off air by the end of March on the Openview platform with further content heading to eReality and SABC Sport being the only dedicated sports channel as further new channels were added to bolster the general entertainment.

Although, eMedia Investments is in no rush for find another sports channel. The likelihood of them potentially sourcing another sports brand doesn't seem far fetched.

 

eMedia Investments doesn't have a positive history in this section as all seemed to die out within 3 years and if SABC Sport remains onboard it would be the longest running sports channel on the Openview platform.

Onto alternative channels, seeing as this is a free-to-air platform there's very little alternatives of course the channels in question do incorporate a lot of variety in the mix and they go as follows:

 

1. SABC Sport 2

Following the success of SABC Sport, the public broadcaster expressed interest in launching a second sports channel which will likely adapt to the format of ESPN 1 (soccer) & 2 (basketball, baseball etc.) on DStv and StarSat.

The issue with this matter is funding, at the moment the only channels coming are ones which are funded by other outlets like StarSat and DStv on top of Openview.

2. Ignition

Following the launch of The Home Channel(+), it lead some viewers to speculate the potential addition of Ignition or at a catch-up version of the channel. Ignition is a lifestyle channel that caters to automotive vehicles.

In 2014, eMedia Investments once operated Bi-Cars TV on the Openview platform and at the time, there wasn't a lot of consumers using Openview meaning eMedia couldn't properly determine the outcome of content with viewers so it suffered the chop.

 

3. FreeSports

FreeSports is a British free-to-air sports channel operated and owned by Premier Media S.à r.l. aims to be majority live, with over 1000 events a year, for an average of 10 hours per day. Numerous sports broadcast, include football, combat sports, ice hockey, tennis, rugby league, rugby union, basketball, cricket, and snooker.

The channel holds a partnership with rights holders IMG, MP & Silva, Lagardère Group, Pitch International and Infront Sports & Media.

Monday, March 14, 2022

Xposed Replaces Rewind And News And Sport On Openview But There's A Catch

Earlier in the month, there's been several reports that Openview customers would be losing the News And Sport channel as it was no longer viable as a news service and it will not appeal to audiences as a documentary and current affairs channel.

Several weeks later, eMedia Investments launched a brand new channel, Xposed which did exactly what would not appeal to the audience but at the expense of Rewind and likely News And Sport.

Also read:
eExtra, eMovies, eMovies Extra and eToonz to stop airing on DStv
Dokter Ali S2 coming in April to eExtra
The Daughter-In-Law coming soon to Zee World while a repeat of The Vow debuts on Zee One
Unforseen Love, Bold and Beautiful and Destined Love coming soon to Star Life
Balaji Telefilms unveils new content possibly for Glow TV, Zee One, eExtra and Star Life
Should eReality merge with News And Sport?
Why MultiChoice is scrapping the eMedia channels?
Doodsondes returning for a fourth season on eExtra
Saloni and East Meets West coming soon to SABC 2

Details of the channel's content hasn't been shared with the media if I had to guess the channel will take the remaining content seen on News And Sport such as Impact Wrestling's library and infuse what little is left of Rewind.

e.tv is making some further changes to the primetime offering by adding more local content which inturn kills off Days Of Our Lives and the 20:30 international slot which was also available on Rewind for series like NCIS: Los Angeles and Chicago PD.

Xposed doesn't really cater to Rewind if anything it kind of feels like eMedia gave News And Sport a new coat of paint, scrapped 80% of the existing offering and moved it to another channel number to get it close with the other eChannels.

Also read:
SABC Encore and SABC Children channel might be in development
SABC wants to launch a second sports channel
The Estate could be on the chopping block
News And Sport set to go off air on Openview by the end of March
Trollstopia coming soon to e.tv
Could Zee One be rebranding soon?
The Homemaker, The Accidental Mayor and Happily Ever After coming soon to Star Life
No free eVOD data on MTN
A Promise Of Love coming soon to Glow TV
Racing240 expands to Openview this April

From April 11th, the only international thing on e.tv would be Judge Judy or Paternity Court, Craze block which will likely be discontinued in future alongside eToonz, wrestling, the movies which might not exist in the afternoons on weekends and the sitcoms at 19:30.

Taking that to consideration, there's not much left for Rewind as e.tv wants to make themselves look like SABC 1 which in turn has a lot of content that can be bundled onto their own streaming service.

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Friday, February 25, 2022

SABC To Launch More HD Channels And Delayed Their Streaming Service To The Next Financial Year + Possible Outcomes For eMedia Investments Agreement With MultiChoice For eNCA (Still Involves Openview)

Upcoming developments for the SABC

In 2018, SABC had announced plans to launch a streaming service and since then it's been delayed likely due to their contract agreement with the Asian streaming service, VIU which bundles several shows from eMedia Investments such as Scandal and Imbewu.

Perhaps it will be called: SABC VOD, SABC Streaming, SABC On Demand, SABC iPlayer or SABC Plus/SABC+.

According to Madoda Mxakwe on CxO Series, the public broadcaster is expected to launch some HD channels likely the two long awaited channels on Openview one of which were rumoured to be SABC Encore while upgrading SABC Education to HD in the next financial year accompanied by an OTT service.

The public broadcaster stated in some documents that the streaming service will be available before the end of current financial year which is March 31st, 2022 and is anyone surprised that they've never reached the deadline.

For almost a year, Openview consumers have been waiting on the two channels promised to them by both eMedia Investments and the SABC in mid 2021. Since then several names pop-up part of which were part of their DTT plans and still need to be addressed: SABC Encore (as mentioned), SABC Parliament and SABC Children.

The future of eNCA and e.tv News

Every year, eMedia Investments and MultiChoice enter negotiations regarding the carriage agreement of eNCA alongside several other channels packaged by the eBrand.

For several years, eMedia Investments had expressed their frustration with MultiChoice as other brands such as Newsroom Afrika and SABC News make more money than them despite having the most watched news channel on their platform.

Also read:
SABC Encore and SABC Children channel might be in development for Openview
DreamWorks Channel will be added to MultiChoice's DStv
- Should eReality merge with News And Sport?
The Estate cancelled only on SABC 1 for new drama series
- Warner Bros. Discovery potential channel closures
A list of Afrikaans voice actors for Die Put and Droomvelore
Why VH1 Classic was terminated on DStv?
Lifetime could be on the chopping block on DStv
Saloni and East Meets West coming soon to SABC 2
Dokter Ali S2 coming in April to eExtra

News And Sport is set to go off air by the end of March on Openview and the retrenchments following onto eMedia Investments kind of lead to the question over the fate of e.tv News segments.

The NewsLink Block on eNCA is changing headquarters which was held in the same spot as e.tv News is moving to the spot renovated by eNCA on DStv with new anchors.

eNCA launching on Openview to some extent???

Regarding the upcoming agreement, is it possible that e.tv News and eNCA will be unified under one brand just like SABC News segments on SABC 1-3 with the linear channel on DStv.

SABC News is available on SABC's DTT but the likely reason is the limitations as the public broadcaster isn't selling them like hot cakes but putting up a fence requiring households with an income of less than R3200 to obtain them at their nearest post office.

Adding eNCA onto Openview was seen as a get out of jail free card for DStv customers who are fed up with the yearly increases and never ending repeats and MultiChoice didn't want any of that but how about a portion of the brand?

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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Should e.tv News And Sport Merge With eReality In An Attempt To Save Impact Wrestling And The Remaining Content From The Channel?

Also read:
- News And Sport no longer has NBA
- Impact Wrestling almost canned
- La Liga removed on the channel

During the course of 2021, News And Sport owned by eMedia Investments had lost several sporting rights as the latter have since then moved to SABC Sport which led to speculation that the owners are ready to retire their only branded channel for news and sports.

eMedia Investments parted ways with sports back in 2017 when they cancelled their agreement with their only sports program WWE as it was deemed expensive so the focus dwelled on general entertainment as they relied on other brands such as Fight Sports and Kwése Free Sports to fill that gap.

During that time, it was viewers experienced memorial moments with these brands and it was also chaos when both struggled to remain sustainable that led to the creation to the creation of News And Sport and also the introduction of NBA onto e.tv.

News And Sport has struggled to keep viewers at the edge of the seat as there was a high demand for a dedicated sports channel that not even the existing sports offering on Openview would sit well with viewers.

SABC Sport launched last year and since then became the top 10 channels on Openview and likely the most watched sports channel on the platform.

Openview spends more time promoting the channel than they do with their own brand News And Sport so the idea of eMedia Investments calling it quits doesn't seem far fetched for the near future.

At the time, WWE left eMedia's portfolio there has no sports present in their lineup but this time it could be different as their streaming service eVOD added Impact Wrestling to their platform with the rest of Impact's library nowhere in site or at least for now.

By that logic, eMedia Investments could continue investing in sports but ones that don't compete with SABC or SuperSport. The idea would be for them to add sports that align to general entertainment and Impact Wrestling fits that description.

Also read:
- SABC Encore and SABC Children channel might be in development for Openview
- S.W.A.T. season 3 coming soon to e.tv
Viewership stats for Glow TV, Zee World, Star Life in January
A list of Afrikaans voice actors for Die Put and Droomvelore
Unforseen Love, Bold And Beautiful and Destined Love coming soon to Star Life
Doodsondes S4 coming soon to eExtra
Saloni and East Meets West coming soon to SABC 2
Dokter Ali S2 coming in April on eExtra

The news slate has hit a dry spell with old doccies and reality shows considered news even repeats from e.tv and eNCA so the logical thing would be having eReality absorb that portion and who knows it could extend their curfew or remove the closing time.

Now eMedia Investments plans to close the channel down by the end of March and axe 45 workers. Merging it with eReality could perhaps increase the value of the channel and possibly give it 24 hour capability.

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

NBA Moves From e.tv To SABC Sport With An Expanded Lineup: More Reasons To Believe eMedia Is Slowly Doing Away With The News & Sports Channel


The South African Broadcasting Corporation through SABC Sport is pleased to announce an exciting multiyear television broadcast rights agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA). As part of the partnership, SABC Sport will air more than 35 games throughout the season, including a Christmas game, NBA All-star Saturday Night, Conference Finals and The Finals, broadcast live or delayed, on SABC 1 and The SABC Sport Channel on DTT, TelkomOne and Openview. In addition the SABC will host a weekly magazine show "NBA Action" which covers the league's news and highlights.

The first live broadcast will kick off with a pre-game live studio presentation at 22:30 on Saturday, 30 October. Followed by the inaugural live broadcast of the 75th Anniversary Season where the Washington Wizards will host the Boston Celtics.

Due to time difference between South Africa and the United States, the live or delayed broadcasts will start between 20:00 and midnight on the same Saturday on SABC 1 and The Sport Channel.

e.tv once held rights to NBA for several years and often used News & Sport for reruns and highlights before it sudden departure from their stable.

Since the launch of SABC Sport, Openview has been creating more hype for the channel which led to speculation that News and Sport would soon be reduced to ashes.

As seen above, it looks like the SABC will be leveraging content from the News and Sport channel as eMedia seems to be diverting their focus away from sports. Not long ago, the channel stopped broadcasting La Liga.

Impact Wrestling Ain't Changing Houses

Amidst their possible exit from sport, Impact Wrestling has been added onto eVOD so it seems probable that sports may not be wiped out entirely or at not wrestling.

Over the years, wrestling has been viewed not only as a sport but general entertainment. Unlike other sports, wrestling resorts to storylines and gives each wrestler a persona to start rivalries and get viewers pumped for the action.

WWE could have some involvement with Impact's freedom from execution seeing that it once aired on e.tv as indicated below:

"Africa has always been a strong market for IMPACT Wrestling, where our passionate fans continue to engage with our content on multiple platforms,” said Ed Nordholm, Chief Corporate Officer of Anthem Sports & Entertainment and president of IMPACT Wrestling. “We are thrilled to bring professional wrestling back to e.tv, where the sport has a long history and track record of success.”

“e.tv is proud to be the home of Impact Wrestling across Sub-Saharan Africa. We received enormous traction from having aired wrestling (WWE) on our channels a few years ago, and it is only befitting that we bring back content that highly resonates with our audience. We hope to build the IMPACT Wrestling brand on our multi-channel platforms for many years to come,” added Marlon Davids, MD, echannels.

In future, we could actually see the content be transmitted on e.tv and especially eExtra now that the whole streamlining has reduced the reruns on the channel.

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Read Also:
- Wrede Stad coming soon to eExtra
The Heir and Surrender In Love coming soon to eExtra
- Star India exits the English market, could it have implications on Star Life?
- SABC and e.tv ratings for October
- Could Dizi or eMedia pick up rights to The Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem?
DBE TV might go off air on Openview, could SABC Education replace the channel?
African Animation Network rolling out a programming block
SABC Entertainment might be one of the two entertainment channels coming to Openview
e.tv new Turkish drama Erkenci Kus might air on eVOD
Other shows coming soon to eToonz? 
Will the rumored SABC Children launch on Openview?
Is Star Life rebranding into Utsav?
SABC Parliament is in development
Kamer 309 the delayed Turkish drama might move to eVOD

Thursday, September 16, 2021

UPDATED (19/09/2021): IMPACT WRESTLING CANCELLED AFTER A YEAR??? As eMedia Investments Adds Singing Competition Britain's Got Talent In Its Timeslot On e.tv [RUMOR]


Earlier this month, eMedia Investments shocked viewers with the news they no longer have rights to La Liga after announcing last year they acquired 4 year rights to the match.

Now it looks like that might not be the only thing cancelled on eMedia's portfolio apparently through an updated schedule the twelfth season of Britain's Got Talent replaces Impact Wrestling after a year on on e.tv from September 26th.

Maybe Impact Wrestling will become an Openview exclusive through their News and Sport channel seeing as they still mention it unlike DBE TV but I have my doubts on that as mentioned they no longer have rights to La Liga even after signing a 4 year agreement and also they haven't been promoting it for a while now.

Perhaps, they're putting more focus on eVOD as mentioned a month ago. They'd be investing R100 million on fresh content for that service and those millions had to come from somewhere.

Cancellation of La Liga was probably in that R100 million perhaps even all the sports e.tv acquired for their channel alongside News and Sport. So where does that leave News and Sport?

Since the introduction of SABC Sport onto the Openview platform, eMedia Investments has been very distant with their News and Sport channel through promotion on Openview as they divert attention to a rival's sports channel and it's offering.

It wouldn't be surprising if SABC Sport picked up rights to some of these matches seeing as the channel is pretty much the glue in the relationship.

Britain's Got Talent season 12 airs Sundays at 16:40 on e.tv apparently from 26 September. Chances are this is nothing but it seems very likely to occur.

SCHEDULE UPDATE: Impact Wrestling is saved as e.tv now moves it to Saturdays at 16:20.

Read Also:
7de Laan switches back to Monday to Friday
- Dizi launched its own streaming service for Turkish dramas
- Ultimate Braai Master S7 coming soon to e.tv
- Kamer 309 the delayed Turkish drama might move to eVOD
Is Star Life rebranding into Utsav Life?
SABC Parliament is in development
Only SABC knows when SABC Education will launch on DStv and StarSat and this is coming from both pay-tv platforms
SABC Entertainment might be one of the two entertainment channels coming to Openview
e.tv new Turkish drama Erkenci Kus might air on eVOD
What we might expect from SABC's streaming service?
Other shows coming soon to eToonz?
Nickelodeon returns to e.tv 

Friday, September 10, 2021

eMedia Investments No Longer Have Broadcasting Rights To La Liga, Could This Be The End Of e.tv News & Sport?


Last year, eMedia Investments claimed that they secured rights to La Liga for the next 4 years now they're saying they no longer have the rights to La Liga.

Angry and upset customers were rallying around Openview with queries about La Liga only to be disappointed. The company didn't bother issuing a press release or respond honestly to these consumers.

Which kind of leads to the question what will become of News & Sport?

They started out as OpenNews offering a mix of local and international news only to chop most of the international news for sports content which led to the name change.

News & Sport has been dominating the viewership circuit and become one of the top 10 watched channels in South Africa that they even bagged rights to Impact Wrestling.

Following the launch of SABC Sport, eMedia Investments has diverted most of its attention towards that channel than they do News and Sport.

As months pass, SABC Sport seems to be the only one bringing in the viewers while News & Sport is heavily reliant on content from Impact Wrestling and reruns of e.tv News.

SABC's sports division recently signed a content distribution agreement with ESPN the same company that distributes NBA to News and Sport so they could just snatch that from them.

Also, SABC wants to launch a second sports channel aka SABC Sport 2 which is likely to follow the same format as ESPN's linear channels on DStv and StarSat. Not to mention, they were rumours a year ago that FreeSport UK would launch.

SABC Sport 2 or FreeSport could serve as a placeholder for News & Sport while news and Impact Wrestling is transmitted through eMedia Investments other channels either that or it becomes an Impact Wrestling channel infused with other content.

Read Also:
- 7de Laan switches back to Monday to Friday
SABC Children might be in the works
ESPN launching on SABC Sport
Is Star Life rebranding into Utsav Life?
SABC Parliament is in development
Only SABC knows when SABC Education will launch on DStv and StarSat and this is coming from both pay-tv platforms
SABC Entertainment and SABC Encore are likely the two entertainment channels for Openview
e.tv acquired broadcasting rights to Erkenci Kus
What we might expect from SABC's streaming service?
Could Star Plus and Star Life be rebranding soon?
Other shows coming soon to eToonz?
Nickelodeon returns to e.tv 

Friday, January 1, 2021

Unexpected Developments Coming Soon For Viewers On e.tv Rewind, What Does That Spell Out?


During the festive season, e.tv and Rewind temporarily changed their lineup. On e.tv side, they did the usual for 20:30 take the 5 for 1 while Rewind scrapped almost everything for marathons of sitcoms and dramas with films.

Now the festive season has wrapped up and e.tv will be resuming with their prime time viewing but on Rewind's area it becomes even more complicated to handle.

For starters, the outdated episodes of Scandal, soon-to-be-cancelled Rhythm City and cancelled soapie Backstage aren't part of the lineup. Instead, the channel will air reruns of Una Maid En Manhattan, Naagin, Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi, Die Vreemdeling and Imbewu's YESTERYEAR STOCK. Perhaps it's just a drafted schedule.

Everything else somewhat remains even the sitcoms and drama series but this is where things get interesting.

Telemundo's Corazon Valiente (Fearless Heart) and Los Miserables (For Love And Justice) are added to the channel's lineup. These two telenovelas aren't new to the market but they are definitely are to the eBrand so Rewind is no longer recycling meals from their restaurants.

Corazon Valiente follows childhood friends Ángela (Andrea Fonseca) and Samantha (Ximena Duque) who were separated by fate for years reunite and become bodyguards for those who need protection. Los Miserables follows a woman named Lucia "Lucha" Duran (Aracley Arambula) is accused of a crime she hasn't committed and has to find a way of not going back to prison a second time.

With this in mind, is it possible that there's a rebrand coming soon to e.tv set of channels now that Rewind has exclusive programming and eExtra is more reliant on telenovelas particularly Indian and Turkish content.

Perhaps, the reason for eExtra favouritism is over the fact these two type of shows pull has a major following and huge fanbase. Other than that the offering is very unique from what you can find on DStv.

The reason Indian soaps get early timeslots is possibly due to the fact there's many of them available in the market and that eExtra put it in a timeslot where it doesn't clash with the shows on Glow TV, Star Life and Zee World while the Turkish content "was" barely available within the market until TDC arrived for which both channels still offer a unique lineup and TDC might take longer to bring the Turkish content seen on e.tv and eExtra.

With that in mind, maybe Rewind will invest more into American and Mexican telenovelas from Telemundo and Azteca since these shows are accessible not only in South Africa but across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Maybe the object now for eMedia Investments is to deduct the amount of DStv already seen on their channels. 

The Indian offering can be found on DStv Indian package so why put that on eExtra it's easy to give those who don't have that package an opportunity to watch them. The reason for it's early timeslots is to ensure that it doesn't clash with the Indian offering on Glow TV, Zee World and Star Life. They give this content attention because of its popularity and the fact that there's less English stations repeating them.

The Turkish lineup has been doing well for a long time. There was no home for the content by then some stations even abandoned them. eExtra was one of the few stations for that in Africa alongside some telenovela channels on StarTimes. MultiChoice recently launched a Turkish channel and it will be while before anyone there can see repeats from eExtra.

Perhaps these changes has something to do with the upcoming streaming service OpenView+, for those who are unaware a lot of companies like Disney, ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia have launched their own streaming services and due to that some countries had to witness the demise of certain channels.

eMedia Investments might follow these companies and streamline their offering. I don't see them shutting down anything likely replacing, adding and improving their current channels.

Rewind's days are numbered at this point or at least the name perhaps they'll call it eBinge or eSeries.

With eExtra I don't see them throwing away the name as yet even with the overflow of telenovelas. They have an Afrikaans block (Kuiertyd) which is used for other content but then again they might duplicate the block on the other channels and reduce it on eExtra leaving the door open for a name change.

News&Sports might become seperate channels perhaps it doesn't look like eMedia Investments is interested in getting another sports channel and France24 will likely go off air on the platform.

eToonz might replace Craze or vice versa I mean eMedia Investments might want to put their focus on one kids brand so they could even find another name and use it for both brands.

eNolly could be revived under another name but this time it also airs Rhythm City, Scandal and Backstage to easen the blow of Rewind and eExtra.

2021 is shaping up to be an interesting year for TV

Read Also:

- OpenView's upcoming streaming service

New Turkish telenovela coming in January on eExtra
New Telemundo telenovela coming in January on eExtra
Review on e.tv channels
eToonz better e.tv kiddies lineup needs more variety if it wants to succeed
Upcoming shows on eToonz
SABC wants platforms like OpenView to pay TV licence

Monday, November 30, 2020

Will eMedia Investments Launch A Standalone News & Sports Channel On OpenView Very Soon?


By the end of November, News & Sports which is currently available on OpenView channel 120 and the digital platform VIU will no longer broadcast news from 16:00-19:00 which led some viewers to believe that news will be getting a dedicated channel for news but perhaps their newsroom is taking some time off.

Maybe it's true since neither OpenView or e.tv seem to care about approaching the media on any developments seen on their platform. When it comes to stability, they've always had their ups and downs with news & sports.

For starters, they had BBC World News for 3 years then after you got the French lifestyle channel, France24 which looks like a gonner. Then they tried to operate their own news channel OpenNews with the help of international news blocks such as CGTN, TRT World, DW and a few others before just downsizing to eNCA bulletins and magazine shows on top of having their name changed 3 times in the span of 3 years.

On the sports section, OpenView didn't express much interest until 2016 when they got the underperforming lifestyle channel, Trace Sports Stars. When that didn't work, they got Kwesé Free Sports as a means to give viewers the best in sporting action that was until Econet got liquidated which led to its demise. Then there was the outdated sumo and wrestling channel, Fight Sports which lasted a year.

Right now, News & Sports is the only reliable channel on OpenView and it seems e.tv will be more dependant on itself for these categories as opposed to third parties.

At the moment, they don't have enough content to make them stand seperated perhaps it will be like that in future for now it's impossible but hey OpenView is full of surprises.

Read Also:
Review on SABC channels
Review on e.tv channels
- eToonz better e.tv kiddies lineup needs more variety if it wants to succeed
Upcoming shows on eToonz
SABC wants platforms like OpenView to pay TV licence

Friday, November 13, 2020

Review On eMedia Investments Set Of Channels


The group’s main asset is a controlling stake in South African based media group eMedia Investments Proprietary Limited (eMedia Investments). eMedia Investments has a number of core assets in the television and radio broadcasting sector, with additional assets in the content, properties and facilities sectors.

Description of their channels:

e.tv, South Africa’s first and only free-to-air commercial television station. In short it's a free version of M-Net which has shown significant improvement with regards to their soapies storylines, selection of movies and prime time lineup.

eExtra, offers the best telenovelas from India, Latin America and around the world with a mixture of other programming. The channel is inclusive, diverse and brings a spark to their star studded lineup.

eMovies and eMovies Extra are the brands free-to-air movie channels. Both channels stand out on their own making it predictable and easy to navigate.

eReality is South Africa's first free-to-air reality channel and has got something for the whole family. The mom can enjoy the best of cooking with MasterChef, The dad can learn more about science with Mythbusters and the rest of the family can laugh out loud with Steve Harvey.

News&Sports, is the stable destination for sports coverage and news from around the globe. The channel keeps sports fans at the edge of their seat and uses magazine and talk shows to make up for the lack of news but what the heck, entertainment is also a forefront for news.

Rewind, as the name states leverages content already seen from the above stations. If you're nostalgic about chick flicks, sitcoms or local content this is your go to destination for all that.

eToonz describes itself as a fun portal for the little ones with a mixture of animation and live-action. The channel can be tiresome with its weekly lineup and put even the naughtiest adolescent out of their misery.

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

eNCA's News Segments Has Been Added To News And Sports On OpenView?

As always eMedia Investments the company that runs OpenView with its set of e.tv channels has a history of not informing the media on upcoming developments another unexpected arrival has made its way to OpenView.

News and Sports once known as OpenNews and e.tv News has added eNCA segments to the channel without any notice as eNCA 24/7 channel is available exclusively through the platform.

During the pandemic, News and Sports has run into some troubling times in both sections most of the time the channel airs Sports other than News then there came a time when they replayed old news and some foreign news segments on the channel faded away.

With sports put on hold the only active event is mainly wrestling with e.tv supplying Impact Wrestling and Xplosion alongside selected programs across their channels and SuperSport being WWE on DStv.

Recently both StarSat and OpenView acquired old Bundesliga matches which were once available on SuperSport in selected markets.

Friday, November 8, 2019

South Africa's e.tv Signs A Multi-Year Deal To Adds NBA Matches

e.tv has signed a new multi-year deal to add
sports coverage of America's National Basketball Association (NBA) to its channel as well as on its Openview free-to-air satellite service.

The new NBA coverage deal comes after the implosion of Econet pay-TV division, Kwesé and its Kwesé Free Sports channel that abruptly went dark in July 2019 and was
subsequently removed from Openview.
Through Kwesé and Kwesé Free Sports South African saw some NBA coverage on South African community TV stations like SowetoTV thanks to sub-licensing deals which ended because of the debt-riddled Econet's financial problems.

NBA coverage on e.tv will start this Saturday
and Sunday 9 and 10 November on e.tv and
Openview with the broadcast of the game
between San Antonio Spurs and Boston
Celtics that will be broadcast live on e.tv at
midnight, with a repeat on Sunday at 17:00
on Openview's News & Sport channel.

Two NBA games will be broadcast per week
on News & Sport (Openview 120), including
one live game and one shown on a delayed
basis.

"South Africa has an insatiable sporting
appetite, and our partnership with the NBA
will most certainly appeal to that," says
Marlon Davids, e.tv managing director.

"Over the past few years, we have been
implementing strategic growth plans that will ensure that our sports content offering across our platforms is worthwhile for our viewers. We are ecstatic about this announcement and we greatly look forward to a fruitful run with the NBA."

Amadou Gallo Fall, NBA Africa managing
director and Basketball Africa league
president, says "We have always strived to
make the game of basketball more accessible to our fans through participation in our sport and exposure, and we are thrilled to partner with e.tv in South Africa".

"We have seen growing interest and look
forward to reaching more fans in South Africa through live games and additional
programming."

Friday, August 9, 2019

Openview To Broadcast The English Premiere League In South Africa On Its Newly Established "News And Sports" Channel

Openview has expanded its content offering to include sports with the introduction of live English Premier League matches.

The free satellite service provider will broadcast the Premier League on its newly established NewsandSports channel.
The first live match will be broadcast on Saturday 10 August and coverage will run until the end of the football season.

Openview will broadcast one live match every week, which will include one of the top six Premier League clubs – Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, or Tottenham Hotspur
Together with the live matches, eMedia Investments – the owner of e.tv, eNCA and Openview – has acquired the rights to schedule other football-related magazine programmes that are produced by the Premier League.

“This is a momentous addition for us, and for the free-to-air television-watching public,” said COO of eMedia Investments, Antonio Lee.

“A leading brand of sport continues in the free-to-air domain and we, at OpenView, are excited to host it.”

Lee added that “eMedia will add its very own touch to this broadcast, and hopefully in time, will be able to add more sports offerings on to our bouquet.”