The new Studio Universal (DStv 119) movie channel suffered technical problems during the channel's launch with the movie The Fast and the Furious, while viewers are complaining about some of the promo language of the supposed family channel.
The Studio Universal channel went live and ran a loop of promos this week on channel 119 on DStv before the official channel launch time of 19:00 on Friday evening, September 30.
Then, when Studio Universal started with the channel's launch debut movie The Fast and the Furious, it seems as if the movie was ... too fast. Studio Universal was plagued by sound problems with the movie's soundtrack that was completely out of sync with the film. The soundtrack lagged behind and viewers found the audio and video that didn't match, disturbing.
Meanwhile viewers are also complaining about the one Studio Universal promo touting the start of the channel - a promo shown in heavy rotation since the channel started showing promos days ago - using a clip of a screaming Eddie Murphy shouting ''mother of g*d!''. Viewers say they're put off by the unexpected crass language use in a heavily shown promo for what is touted as a so-called ''family channel''.
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