Watch the first ever SABC TV broadcast in South Africa
The SABC recently marked its 40th anniversary since the first nationwide broadcast on 5 January 1976, when Dorianne Berry and Heinrich Marnitz welcomed viewers to the “opening night” of TV in the country.
The past four decades saw the SABC’s television offering going through various channel permutations, with the South African public broadcaster currently providing 5 TV channels.
We have also seen the launch of pay-TV with pay-TV broadcaster M-Net, together with MultiChoice’s DStv and StarTimes Media SA’s StarSat as satellite pay-TV offerings.
Services like Platco Digital’s OpenView HD free-to-air satellite service in addition to a growing plethora of video-on-demand services like Naspers’ ShowMax, Times Media’s VIDI, MTN’s VU, and PCCW Global’s ONTAPtv.com are enhancing consumer choice in South Africa’s growing videosphere.
Below is the first nationwide broadcast on 5 January 1976.
Sourced from Channel24.
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