SABC Africa
SABC Africa was the international television service of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, which ceased broadcasting on 1 August 2008 after poor performance on the DStv satellite television platform.
The channel started on 16 November 1998 as part of an initial two-channel agreement by the SABC with Multichoice for the whole of Africa, being initially positioned as a news channel. SABC Africa was carried on both C-band and Ku-band systems while its sister channel, Best of Africa (later Africa2Africa) was only carried on Ku-band to southern Africa.[1] Using the structure of SABC News, SABC Africa asserted the SABC's position and ambition of being a "totally African broadcaster", reducing its reliance on foreign news agencies.[2]
The two channels were officially launched on 25 August 2000.[ambiguous][3] The channel had half-hour news bulletins on the hour while the remaining half-hour was given to other programmes, among them Today in Africa, Ambassadors, Perspective and Talking Sport.[4]
The SABC's radio service Channel Africa continues to operate.
References
- ^ "Finally... news channel for Africa", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 20, February-April 1999
- ^ "News on SABC-Africa", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 20, February-April 1999
- ^ "SABC pay TV launched", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 27, November 2000-January 2001
- ^ "The true African story", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 27, November 2000-January 2001
External links
- SABC Africa official website
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- SAfm (English)
- Metro FM (English)
- 5FM (English)
- Radio 2000 (English)
- Good Hope FM (English and Afrikaans)
- tru fm (English and Xhosa)
- Lotus FM (English and Hindi)
- Radio Sonder Grense (Afrikaans)
- iKwekwezi FM (Ndebele)
- Lesedi FM (Sotho)
- Ligwalagwala FM (Swazi)
- Motsweding FM (Tswana)
- Munghana Lonene FM (Tsonga)
- Phalaphala FM (Venda)
- Thobela FM (Northern Sotho)
- Ukhozi FM (Zulu)
- Umhlobo Wenene FM (Xhosa)
- X-K FM 107.9 (!Xun and Khwe)
- Channel Africa (international)
- South West African Broadcasting Corporation
- AstraSport and AstraPlus (AstraSat)
- SABC Africa
- Africa2Africa
- SABC Encore
- Springbok Radio
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