e.tv
South African free-to-air television station / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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e.tv (commonly referred to on-air as e) is the first and only privately owned free-to-air television station in South Africa. It is the fifth terrestrial television channel in the country, following three channels that are operated by the state-owned South African Broadcasting Corporation (that is SABC 1, SABC 2 and SABC 3) and the privately owned subscription-funded M-Net. In 1997, the e.tv channel bought the broadcasting rights to broadcast English Premier League (EPL) matches and, later on, they also bought the rights to broadcast UEFA Champions League matches.
Country | South Africa |
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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 | |
Owner | eMedia Investments |
Sister channels | eToonz eMovies eExtra eMovies Extra eReality eNCA eSERIES ePlesier ePowerUP News and Sports |
History | |
Launched | 1 October 1998; 25 years ago (1998-10-01) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Sentech | Channel depends on nearest repeater |
StarTimes | Channel 156 |
GOtv | Channel 120 (eAfrica feed) until 31 March 2022 |
DStv | Channel 250 (eAfrica feed) until 31 March 2022 |
Zuku TV | Channel 126 (eAfrica feed) until 31 March 2022 |
Besides SABC, it is the second-most watched network in the country, according to DStv-sourced data.[1]