{"id":440260,"date":"2022-04-06T12:31:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T10:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=440260"},"modified":"2022-04-12T11:34:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T09:34:03","slug":"openview-launching-new-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/440260-openview-launching-new-channel.html","title":{"rendered":"Openview launching new channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>eMedia has announced it will be launching a new Afrikaans channel on its Openview satellite broadcasting service \u2014 ePlesier.<\/p>\n<p>The new channel will feature all-day-long broadcasts of e-TV&#8217;s range of Afrikaans-dubbed Turkish telenovelas, including Gebroke Harte, Bittersoet, Stilleto Vendetta, Kurt &amp; Shura, Die Put, and Vierspel Vuurspel.<\/p>\n<p>New episodes will be shown on weekdays, with Omnibus repeats on Saturdays and Sundays for those who want to catch up.<\/p>\n<p>ePlesier will be available on channel 112 on Openview from 18 April 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ePlesier-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-440264\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ePlesier-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ePlesier-.png 997w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ePlesier--396x400.png 396w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ePlesier--528x533.png 528w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ePlesier--768x775.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The channel&#8217;s arrival comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/439524-openview-cutting-two-channels-tonight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Openview canned<\/strong><\/a> eNews &amp; Sport and eRewind at the end of March.<\/p>\n<p>It also added eXposed, a reality TV-focused channel that includes Viceland content.<\/p>\n<p>Among eXposed&#8217;s list of shows are Chasing Famous, States of Undress, F**K That&#8217;s Delicious, Most Expensivest by 2 Chainz, and TMZ on TV.<\/p>\n<p>According to eMedia&#8217;s latest figures, Openview had around 2 million subscribers in South Africa in May 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike rivals DStv and StarSat, the service comes with no monthly charge.<\/p>\n<p>Customers are only required to purchase a dish, decoder, and installation at a once-off fee, which typically costs about R1,499.<\/p>\n<p>For those who already have a dish installed, a standalone decoder retails from R549.<\/p>\n<p>The complete list of 19 TV channels available on Openview currently is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SABC 1<\/li>\n<li>SABC 2<\/li>\n<li>SABC 3<\/li>\n<li>E.tv<\/li>\n<li>eExtra<\/li>\n<li>eMovies<\/li>\n<li>eMovies Extra<\/li>\n<li>eReality<\/li>\n<li>eXposed<\/li>\n<li>Star Life<\/li>\n<li>Zee One<\/li>\n<li>People&#8217;s Weather<\/li>\n<li>France24<\/li>\n<li>DBETV<\/li>\n<li>SABC Sport<\/li>\n<li>eToonz<\/li>\n<li>Mindset<\/li>\n<li>SA Music<\/li>\n<li>Soul Music<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also 28 radio stations available on the service.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/440128-sabc-allowed-to-charge-dstv-for-free-to-air-channels-which-it-must-carry.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">SABC allowed to charge DStv for free-to-air channels \u2014\u00a0which it must carry<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>eMedia has announced it will be launching a new Afrikaans channel on its Openview satellite broadcasting service \u2014 ePlesier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":405908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[25823,2092,51025,77742,35,50823],"class_list":["post-440260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-afrikaans","tag-e-tv","tag-emedia","tag-eplesier","tag-headline","tag-openview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440266,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440260\/revisions\/440266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}