South Africa has four terrestrial television channels. SABC (the South African Broadcasting Corporation) has the cunningly named SABC 1, SABC 2 and SABC 3. The channels cater for the different demographics we have.
SABC 1 is aimed largely at the African language population, but some programming includes some English. SABC 2 is aimed largely at the English and Afrikaans speaking populations. SABC 3 is English only for whoever will watch. SABC is the national broadcaster and includes a myriad of radio stations. However, as with all government mouthpieces, impartiality can be somewhat skewed at times. SABC offers local and imported programs, sports and news. Altogether, not a bad offering really as long as you can negotiate the rash of soapies (soap opera's).
The fourth terrestrial channel is Cape Town based ETV. ETV is broadcast predominantly in English and is a popular alternative channel to the SABC stable. Again, a good mixture local and international programs with its own fair share of melodramatic soaps.
Satellite is provided by Multichoice. With over 50 channels, they provide typical satellite offerings: loads of news and sports, repeated movies and popular sitcom stuff. MTV and VH1, cartoons and several BBC choices make Multichoice popular with hotels and the well heeled set - but just be prepared to watch the same stuff over and over, and over...
SABC 1 is aimed largely at the African language population, but some programming includes some English. SABC 2 is aimed largely at the English and Afrikaans speaking populations. SABC 3 is English only for whoever will watch. SABC is the national broadcaster and includes a myriad of radio stations. However, as with all government mouthpieces, impartiality can be somewhat skewed at times. SABC offers local and imported programs, sports and news. Altogether, not a bad offering really as long as you can negotiate the rash of soapies (soap opera's).
The fourth terrestrial channel is Cape Town based ETV. ETV is broadcast predominantly in English and is a popular alternative channel to the SABC stable. Again, a good mixture local and international programs with its own fair share of melodramatic soaps.
Satellite is provided by Multichoice. With over 50 channels, they provide typical satellite offerings: loads of news and sports, repeated movies and popular sitcom stuff. MTV and VH1, cartoons and several BBC choices make Multichoice popular with hotels and the well heeled set - but just be prepared to watch the same stuff over and over, and over...
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