eMovies
eMovies is a 24-hour South African digital satellite television free-to-air movie channel created and owned by eMedia Investment's e.tv for the Openview platform.
| Country |  South Africa |
|---|---|
| Network | e.tv |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English Afrikaans Nguni and Sotho |
| Picture format | 16:9 (576i SDTV), 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | eMedia Investments |
| Sister channels | eToonz eExtra News and Sports eMovies Extra Rewind e.tv eNCA eReality |
| History | |
| Launched | 16 October 2013 |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| OVHD | Channel 106 |
| DSTV | Channel 138 |
History
eMovies (formerly eMovies+) launched in October 2013 alongside eToonz (formerly eToonz+), eAfrica+ (defunct) and eKasi+ (now eExtra). During that period, Starsat was in negotiation with eMedia Investments for these set of channels and even listed them on their website before the deal fell through and only eKasi+ was added.[1][2][3]
In 2016, OpenView launched a second movie channel called eMovies Extra to give viewers more choice in movies. A year later both eMovies and eMovies Extra were added onto DStv in South Africa.
eMovies remains as eMedia Investment's longest running channels alongside eToonz on the OpenView platform.
References
- teeveetee.blogspot.com/2013/11/breaking-etvs-new-etv-channels-ekasi.html?m=1
- https://www.news24.com/channel/starsat-no-longer-getting-etvs-plus-channels-20140410
- teeveetee.blogspot.com/2015/12/after-2-years-of-existence-etvs-local.html?m=1