E.tv
Free-to-air television station in South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
e.tv (commonly referred to on-air as e) is television channel in South Africa. It is the first and only privately owned free-to-air channel in the country, The channel is the fifth terrestrial channel in the country. It came after three channels that are operated by the state-owned South African Broadcasting Corporation and the privately owned subscription-funded M-Net. In 1997, the e.tv channel bought the rights to broadcast English Premier League (EPL) matches. Later on, they also bought the rights to broadcast UEFA Champions League matches.
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Country | South Africa |
Broadcast area | Sub-Saharan Africa (as e.tv Africa) |
Headquarters | Cape Town (Main Building) Johannesburg |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English Afrikaans Nguni Sotho |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Sister channels | eToonz eMovies eExtra eMovies Extra eReality eNCA News and Sports Rewind |
History | |
Launched | 1 October 1998 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Sentech | Channel depends on nearest repeater |
StarTimes | Channel 156 |
GOtv | Channel 120 (eAfrica feed) |
Satellite | |
StarSat | Channel 160 |
DStv | Channel 194 (South Africa) Channel 250 (eAfrica feed) |
Openview | Channel 104 |
StarTimes | Channel 160 |
Azam TV (Tanzania, Uganda and Malawi only) | Channel 150 |
Zuku TV | Channel 124 (eAfrica feed) |
It is the second-most watched channel in the country, according to DStv-sourced data.
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