One Africa Television
One Africa Television is a Namibian free-to-air television station founded in 2003.[1][2] It was founded by Paul van Schalkwyk and is a 24-hour television station.
Logo for One Africa Television | |
Country | Namibia |
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Broadcast area | Namibia |
Headquarters | Windhoek, Namibia |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 576i (4:3 SDTV) |
History | |
Launched | 2003 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
DStv | Channel 284 |
About One Africa Television
www.oneafrica.tv
Established in 2003, One Africa TV is Namibia's only privately owned television station and broadcasts throughout Namibia on DStv 284, GOtv 90 and live streams on the DStv Now App. In 2020 One Africa introduced simulcasting of local content on its Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages.
One Africa positions its brand as: "Committed to making life a little better for every Namibian we cross paths with, across all spheres of life. Embracing the new paradigm that is media, One Africa TV curates and produces content that can live beyond the boundaries of traditional media, to merge digital and traditional television broadcasting."
In 2020 One Africa TV became a subsidiary of the TribeFire Studios Group (www.tribefirestudios.com). Other subsidiaries include 99FM (www.99fm.com.na), Namibia's first privately owned commercial radio station.
One Africa Television founder and group chairman, Paul van Schalkwyk, was killed in a plane crash on the 10th of March 2014.[3]
Focus on Local Content
One Africa TV's content assets include:
- TodayOnOne (community news and current affairs, daily)
- LearnOnOne (school and adult educational, extra classes, daytime TV, www.learnononbe.org)
It's A Wrap (current affairs commentary) The Tribe (local music)
Other content includes procured local and relevant regional content (for example 7de Laan from SABC).
One Africa TV is also the Namibian partner channel for the BBC.
New leadership
Celebrating 15 years of existence in 2018, the station appointed Stefan Hugo as Chief Executive Officer in January 2018, signifying a new era of leadership and innovation set to catapult the media platform into the digital age of media transformation. Stefan, is a former PwC Namibia Partner. Before joining One Africa, Stefan executed dual responsibilities as PwC Namibia's Operations Partner, as well as Tax Leader for the firm's local tax practise.
In 2020, Taleni Shimhopileni, was appointed as a director of the company. Taleni is the Content Executive and #LearnOnOne leader.
Talking about the future of One Africa, Stefan said: "We believe that One Africa Television must play a crucial role to empower Namibians through independent news, real Namibian stories, education and entertainment. Our main focus will be to curate and create local content that resonates with the people in this country and our continent."
New Offices
On 1 February 2018, in a continuous effort to improve service to its viewers and clients and streamline operations, One Africa Television (Pty) Ltd moved offices to new premises at Hyper Motor City 44, Maxwell Street, Windhoek. Its telephone number changed to +264 61 383450.
Smart Partnerships
With co-location as a first step in smart partnerships aimed at generating quality Namibian content for multiple media platforms and expanding exposure for its clients, One Africa now shares its premises with Namibia's first commercial radio station, 99FM and Venture Media.
Distribution
In line with Namibia's Digital Terrestrial Television Policy, One Africa's analogue transmission via antenna was switched off on 20 October 2017. One Africa now broadcasts digitally on GoTV Channel 90, DSTV Channel 284 and the NBC platform Channel 301.[4]
References
- "ONE Africa TV goes to Rehoboth and Okahandja". The Namibia Economist. 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
- "About One Africa Television". www.oneafrica.tv. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- "One Africa founder dies in plane crash". The Namibian. The Free Press of Namibia. 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- "One Africa Television will be broadcasting fully digitally as from 20 October". www.youtube.com. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.