{"id":89631,"date":"2013-10-22T13:52:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T11:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=89631"},"modified":"2013-10-22T13:53:36","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T11:53:36","slug":"e-tvs-hd-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/89631-e-tvs-hd-plans.html","title":{"rendered":"E-tv\u2019s HD plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

E-tv recently unveiled 4 new channels that have launched on its sister company\u2019s subscription-free satellite TV service, OpenView HD.<\/p>\n

The new channels are eAfrika+, eKasi+, eMovies+, and eToons+. According to Elsat\u2019s OpenView HD decoder, the latter 3 (eKasi+, eMovies+, eToons+) are broadcasting in the 1080i high definition (HD) format.<\/p>\n

However, according to the Group Head of E-tv\u2019s channels division, Monde Twala, only e.tv and eMovies+ are broadcast in HD and carry some HD content for the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom October [2013] all our locally commissioned content will be delivered and produced in HD format,\u201d Twala said. \u201cThis includes all international content such as movies, kids\u2019 animation, and series.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained that content not filmed in HD will be \u201cupgraded\u201d to HD as it is a standard for HD broadcasts worldwide that need to deal with legacy material. \u201cThe eToons+ channel content is a good example of this best practice,\u201d Twala said.<\/p>\n

\"Monde

Monde Twala<\/p><\/div>\n

Asked whether they are working towards offering 24-hour HD channels, Twala said that they are trying to have as much HD content as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe market wants as much content in the best possible format,\u201d Twala said. \u201cHence e.tv is working towards having movies, sitcoms, dramas and UEFA Champions League in HD.\u201d<\/p>\n

Twala said that E-tv is working closely with the production sector and international suppliers to ensure that they deliver a better quality picture for the South African market.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis also means South Africa will remain on par with international benchmarks and the TV consumers in the country will be the ultimate winners,\u201d Twala said.<\/p>\n

He added that this is a transition which channels across the world are facing. \u201cE.tv is happy to be the first free-to-air broadcaster to be doing this in South Africa,\u201d Twala said.<\/p>\n

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With four new channels launched on OpenView HD, E-tv sheds light on which of its new offerings will be available in high definition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":89635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[2092,21989,21991,21993,21995,35,12319,20531,20533],"class_list":["post-89631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-e-tv","tag-eafrika","tag-ekasi","tag-emovies","tag-etoons","tag-headline","tag-monde-twala","tag-openview-hd","tag-platco-digital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89631"}],"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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89637,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89631\/revisions\/89637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}