OpenView HD will cancel four channels as part of its “annual content review”, the company announced.<\/p>\n
ASTV, Spirit Word, Wild TV Africa, and Ekurhuleni TV will no longer be available on the platform.<\/p>\n
“These channels will start to go off air at the end of September through to mid-October,” said the company.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe decision to terminate the four channels\u2019 contracts came after careful consideration of their performance and the overall OpenView HD strategy going forward,” said\u00a0Ziyanda Mngomezulu, Channel and Acquisitions Executive.<\/p>\n
OpenView HD\u00a0Managing Director Patrick Conroy also announced that the company was addressing problems with\u00a0the availability of its decoders.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur retail partner, Game, has pumped tens of thousands of boxes into the market with a further 70,000 decoders destined to be in stores next month,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
“Two additional retailers will also be stocking OpenView HD decoders over the festive period, to cope with the high demand we are experiencing.”<\/p>\n
OpenView HD added that it will announce a new channel launch in October.<\/p>\n
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