Friday, November 25, 2011

Programming note: eNews Channel has staff of 25 covering COP17 from next week in Durban; pre-packaged 60 special inserts.


The eNews Channel (DStv 403) will have a team of about 25 people covering the United Nations Climate Change conference (known as COP17) from Monday in Durban, including News Night co-anchor Jeremy Maggs.

As TV with Thinus scooped weeks ago, and now confirmed by e.tv, eNews Channel weather guy Derek van Dam will be seen during the week doing a series of pre-recorded weather and environment related inserts on the news channel.

Five eNews Channel reporters will be seen doing stories, including Paula Chowles, Serusha Govender, Belinda Moses, Vanessa Govender and Dasen Thathiah. They'll be reporting from all of South Africa's provinces, as well as from America, China, Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria and Mozambique.

The eNews Channel now confirms that 60 inserts has been pre-recorded, with 3 that will be shown per day. A special line-up of guests (no names announced) have been invited to Morning News Today, News Day and News Night.