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e.tv is screening Anaconda for the millionth time...yet we have SABC 3
As seen through several ads and other platforms, e.tv has brought back Anaconda for the 21st time and to be honest I didn't want join in the frenzy unless there was something noteworthy and what better than to pair it with a rival brand S3.
SABC 3 underwent several lineup changes throughout the decade and through each carnation viewers were given something similar to e.tv and it wasn't till April 2021 that the channel acknowledged their position in the market.
SABC 3 always had potential to dethrone e.tv but the problem dives down to management and viewer's preferences. As stated by the SABC, viewers are accustomed to what's currently available on the other 2 channels.
This issue always existed but the problem began to worsen once all their brands went through radical changes and SABC 3 came out with the most blows not only was offering weak but the viewership underwent the same traits.
As mentioned it was only April of last year that the channel became a save heaven to the international offering on e.tv between 20:30-23:00. Even the movies improved with a dedicated Marvel festival featuring 4 unseen movies from e.tv including Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther.
Everything dives down to viewership if you compare the ratings of both channels particularly movies SABC 3 was fortunate enough to pull 800K viewers for Black Panther while e.tv was able to pull 4 million with repeats of Big Momma's House.
South Africa is expected to fully migrate away from analogue tv by March. Thereafter, several channels are expected to lose millions of viewers after the switch and this could even out the viewership with SABC 3 seeing that it's more of a mobile brand.
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More repeats boarding the Openview platform as we speak
If you've been keeping tabs on the lineup, Rewind will introduce more Indian series to the existing Indian portfolio on Openview. As the name suggests they're more eExtra repeats: Till The End Of Time and Dare To Love.
Of course, something that never crossed our minds and still comes a shocker is Blue Venom Girl. The series will only launch on eExtra this Friday and Rewind will be used a catch-up channel and not only for yesteryear stock.
If I had to guess there's some news awaiting the brand and I'm referring to content type news.
Till The End Of Time and Dare To Love will air Monday to Saturday respectively at 21:15 and 22:05 interesting enough that's where eExtra airs Die Put and High Society Scandal so they're avoiding beef.
A repeat of Blue Venom Girl will start the following week at 14:55 from Monday to Friday.
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