SABC 1

SABC 1
CountrySouth Africa
Broadcast areaSouth Africa
NetworkSABC
HeadquartersSABC Television Park, Uitsaaisentrum, Johannesburg, South Africa
Programming
Language(s)English and Nguni[1]
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerSABC
Sister channels
History
Launched1 January 1982 (as TV2/3)
March 1985 (TV4)
January 1992 (TV2/3/4 merged into CCV)
4 February 1996 (as SABC 2)
ReplacedSABC TV / SAUK-TV
Former namesTV1 (1981-1996)
Links
Websitewww.sabc1.co.za
Availability
Terrestrial
SentechSABC DTT Channel 1
DStvChannel 191
OpenViewChannel 101
Streaming media
SABC Plus OTTSABC Plus
DStv NowChannel 191

SABC 1 is a South African public television network operated by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) which carries programming in English and Nguni.

It was created in 1996, after the SABC restructured its television channels. SABC 1 carried much of its programming over from the TV1 network, which was itself made up of the former TV2, TV3 and TV4 timeshared channels created in the 1980s. SABC 1 generates the widest audience in South Africa due to its programming diversity, airing SABC's longest-running soap-opera, Generations: The Legacy, Uzalo and Skeem Saam.

As of June 2018, the channel started broadcasting in high definition.[2]

  1. ^ "The Media Development and Diversity Agency - a draft position paper". South African Government Information. November 2000. p. 68. Archived from the original on 2009-08-31. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
  2. ^ "SABC GOING HIGH DEFINITION FOR THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP IN RUSSIA". SABC. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.