Tag Archives: OpenView

SABC to live-stream Bafana’s World Cup qualifier against Zimbabwe

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has secured the broadcasting rights of the 2022 Soccer World Cup qualifier between Zimbabwe and Bafana Bafana. It has to be noted that the game will be available on SABC1, SABC Radio Stations, OpenView, and the telkomONE application which provides the newly introduced and independent SABC Sports channel. The [...]

e.tv’s latest prime time drama ‘Durban Gen’ reaches two million viewers in SA

The much-anticipated Durban Gen, rolled out its first episode on Monday, 5 October, and less than two months later, the show has reached an impressive two million viewers milestone. Durban Gen has kept a storyline that not only keeps the audiences attracted on the main characters fascinating love triangle, but also discloses the many complications [...]

France 24 English to air on Openview in South Africa

France international news channel, France 24 has expanded further within the African continent. The news channel will be broadcasted in English language via South Africas leading free-to-air TV platform, Openview. France 24 will be aired in English across two million households in South Africa, along with 18 TV and radio channels all available on the [...]

OpenView offering live Bundesliga matches in South Africa

eMedia Investments and pay TV broadcaster StarSat are pleased to announce a TV partnership agreement that sees eMedia becoming the exclusive free- to-air for the Bundesliga in South Africa for the rest of the Bundesliga’s 2019/20 season. eMedia Investments owns the free e.tv television channel, the Openview satellite platform, and SA’s most watched 24-hour news [...]

NAGRA and Openview extend content safety partnership for Openview HD Platform in SA

NAGRA Protect’s Cardless Content Safety will continue to protect the operator’s Openview HD e-tv service and provide an affordable free viewer service for viewers and monetization opportunities for content holders. Nagra announced the extension of its Openview partnership for content protection, who is the leader of direct broadcast live in South Africa satellite TV service [...]

Openview to broadcast English Premier League in South Africa

Openview has expanded its content by offering live English Premier League matches which will be broadcasted every Saturday. Teams will also include 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 [...]

France 24 available on OpenNews channel in South Africa

France 24, the French international news channel, has signed an agreement with OpenNews, a new local news channel launched on Thursday 1st November 2018 by eMedia investments, for the broadcasting of its English-speaking channel.  OpenNews is the first local news channel to be distributed on the Openview DTH satellite television platform (channel 120) to all [...]

Open News set to shake up television news

eMedia Investments will launch Open News, on Thursday, 1 November 2018. The channel will be available exclusively on Openview every evening from 5PM to 11PM, bolstering the free-to-air satellite platforms current news offering. Open News will keep news viewers informed and entertained with a fast-paced overview of the top local and international news stories. Through [...]

eMedia to launch OpenNews by end of 2018

eMedia Investments, owner of e.tv and eNCA will launch a second television news channel which will be broadcasted on its Openview platform at the end of 2018. The launching of a two-hour block of Afrikaans programming on eExtra is also coming up. The Chief Executive Officer of eMedia Investments, André van der Veen stated: “OpenNews will [...]