On Digital Media ‘Top TV’ channels revealed
Pay-TV operator On Digital Media (ODM) today announced details about its broadcast offering, which is due to be commercially launched in May, including a full list of channel options.
Upon launch the company’s offering will be known as ‘Top TV’.
Customers will have the choice of over fifty channels which will be divided into Movies, Series, Documentary, Children, Music, Religion, News, Sport and Local Content categories.
Pricing of the company’s pay-TV packages will range between R99 per month and R249 per month. This is a downward adjustment from their previously planned pricing models which ranged from R149 to R349 a month according to the channels selected by the subscriber.
ODM’s big selling point is that subscribers will have the ability to choose the channels they wish to watch. This signals a departure from MultiChoice’s channel bouquet business model which is currently the only pay-TV option available to South African consumers.
The channels ODM will offer upon launch are as follows:
Top Movies, Top Movies 2, Top Movies 24, Fox FX, Silver, Showtime, Top Junior, Jim Jam, Baby TV, KidsCo, Fuel, Kiss, Kerrang, Q, Magic, Smash Hits, C Music, Classica, Top Explore, Top History, Natura, Discovery Science, Discovery 10
Discovery Travel and Living, Star, Fox Entertainment, Fox Retro, Top Crime, BET, Top One (flagship channel), Top Gospel, Goo TV, Inspiration, Christian Channel, Hi Nolly, Zee Cinema, MGM, BBC World, Fox News, MSNBC, Al Jazeera
France 24, Current TV, Eurosportnews, Setana Africa, SABC 1, SABC 2, SABC 3, E-TV, Educational Channel, RTPi, Fashion TV, Fine Living Network, Music Choice (audio channel),
During a recent interview with MyBroadband company CEO Vino Govender said that “we’ve [ODM] done a fantastic job on our content and we’ve got a full package offering.”
With regards to adult content Govender commented that ODM currently has no “intention of launching any porn channels on our platform right now. We run our operator on the basis of a Christian ethos and we don’t want to poison the minds of the children”.
ODM customers will be able to use the DStv satellite dishes to receive their signal but Govender has urged subscribers to invest in an 80cm dish to ensure optimal picture quality.
In addition the company will also embark on a marketing drive in April to make potential customers aware of the service.
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