If you’ve ever shopped around for DStv alternatives, then you’ll know about the OpenView decoder. It’s much more popular than I anticipated and last year a total of 1 574 395 OpenView decoders were ...

eMedia’s Openview service has recorded 2.12 million more activations in the past six years than the South African subscribers MultiChoice added to its DStv packages over the same period. MyBroadband ...

Space Television has introduced its OpenView HD (OVHD) decoder to the South African market at a manufacturer suggested price of R999, a spokesperson for the company has told MyBroadband. The Space TV ...

Cape Town – e.tv’s satellite TV service has launched its first personal video recorder (PVR) decoder functionality, the Open PVR. This will make it possible for users in South Africa and neighbouring ...

Cape Town – OpenView HD from Patco Digital is set to launch on 15 October in South Africa as what is known as a direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV service with viewers who will get free monthly access ...

There is the famous fable of how an opportunist steals a glass of water from under the noses of a pessimist and optimistic while they are busy arguing about who is right. I think it applies perfectly ...

During March and April 2013, E-tv sister company Platco Digital conducted extensive market research to inform their decision on which channels to carry on OpenView HD. This is according to Thabile ...

Following an investment of "tens of millions" of rands, local free-to-air broadcaster OpenView HD says it has opened the door to potentially growing its viewership numbers exponentially, as it now ...

Launched in 2013, South Africa's first free-to-air satellite platform has shown progressive growth and now sees the platform activating over 35,000 households per month. In 2014, Openview found its ...

OpenView HD - positioned by Platco Digital as "Africa's first free-to-air HD satellite television platform" - has gone live. Maxwell Nonge, MD of Platco Digital, etv's sister company, says the ...