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Studio Universal (DStv 119), the new movie channel from Universal Networks International that launched on MultiChoice's DStv in South Africa and 46 other African countries will quickly move to a place where movie titles shown on the channel are exclusive - and movies will also cycle through their window showing period quicker than most TV channels.
''We get and understand the frustration from viewers about repeats,'' said Universal Networks International's Colin McLeod, the managing director for emerging markets for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region at the press launch of Studio Universal in Johannesburg.
''Initially movies on Studio Universal might also be elsewhere but soon the Studio Universal movies will be for us. We get them for a time period, and we'll air them, we'll rest them, we'll air them again. We'll get them for roughly 12 months and there will be a quick turn-over of movies on the channel.''
''We will have all studio movies; we're multichannel. We're used to working with other studios and platforms where there's rich content. We know how to work in markets with budgets to create relevancy,'' Colin McLeod said.
See these statements from Colin McLeod in relation to THIS STORY where Aletta Alberts, general manager of content at MultiChoice said immediately spoke after Colin McLeod - and also talked about the issue of repeat programming on television: ''There are great developments at MultiChoice around that in the next few months. I can't at this stage say too much. I can't discuss any of that. But it's not like we are not hearing you. In the next few months more will be revealed.''
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