eMovies

eMovies is a 24-hour South African digital satellite television free-to-air movie channel created and owned by eMedia Investment's e.tv for the Openview platform.

eMovies
Country South Africa
Networke.tv
Programming
Language(s)English Afrikaans Nguni and Sotho
Picture format16:9 (576i SDTV), 16:9 (1080i HDTV)
Ownership
OwnereMedia Investments
Sister channelseToonz
eExtra
News and Sports
eMovies Extra
Rewind
e.tv
eNCA
eReality
History
Launched16 October 2013 (2013-10-16)
Availability
Satellite
OVHDChannel 106
DSTVChannel 138

History

eMovies (formerly eMovies+) launched in October 2013 alongside eToonz (formerly eToonz+), eAfrica+ (defunct) and eKasi+ (now eExtra). During that period, Starsat was in negotiation with eMedia Investments for these set of channels and even listed them on their website before the deal fell through and only eKasi+ was added.[1][2][3]

In 2016, OpenView launched a second movie channel called eMovies Extra to give viewers more choice in movies. A year later both eMovies and eMovies Extra were added onto DStv in South Africa.

eMovies remains as eMedia Investment's longest running channels alongside eToonz on the OpenView platform.

References
  1. teeveetee.blogspot.com/2013/11/breaking-etvs-new-etv-channels-ekasi.html?m=1
  2. https://www.news24.com/channel/starsat-no-longer-getting-etvs-plus-channels-20140410
  3. teeveetee.blogspot.com/2015/12/after-2-years-of-existence-etvs-local.html?m=1
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