E.tv

e.tv
CountrySouth Africa
Broadcast areaSub-Saharan Africa (as e.tv Africa)
HeadquartersCape Town (Main Building)
Johannesburg
Programming
Language(s)English
Afrikaans
Nguni
Sotho
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnereMedia Investments
Sister channelseToonz
eMovies
eExtra
eMovies Extra
eReality
eNCA
eSERIES
ePlesier
News and Sports
History
Launched1 October 1998; 26 years ago (1998-10-01)
Links
Websitewww.etv.co.za
Availability
Terrestrial
SentechChannel depends on nearest repeater
StarTimesChannel 156
GOtvChannel 120 (eAfrica feed) until 31 March 2022
DStvChannel 194
Zuku TVChannel 126 (eAfrica feed) until 31 March 2022

e.tv (commonly referred to on-air as e) is the first and only privately owned free-to-air television station in South Africa. It is the fifth terrestrial television channel in the country, following three channels that are operated by the state-owned South African Broadcasting Corporation (that is SABC 1, SABC 2 and SABC 3) and the privately owned subscription-funded M-Net. In 1997, the e.tv channel bought the broadcasting rights to broadcast English Premier League (EPL) matches and, later on, they also bought the rights to broadcast UEFA Champions League matches.

Besides SABC, it is the second-most watched network in the country, according to DStv-sourced data.[1]

  1. ^ teeveetee.blogspot.com/2018/05/etv-warns-south-africas-broadcasting.html?m=1