NHK World TV which will replace Current TV as channel 406 on TopTV and AMC which will replace Hi Nolly on channel 120 will restore TopTV's number of channels to what it was by November 2011.
NHK World TV will start on channel 406 this weekend after Current TV went off the air this past weekend. [See the updated note below - apparently the channel is starting today.]
The African Movie Channel will start on TopTV before the end of March.
Pay TV operators elsewhere in Africa such as Vuku also replaced Hi Nolly with the Africa Movie Channel in February already.
NHK World TV is one of Japan's 24 hour news channels in English broadcasting from Tokyo in Japan with 31 news bureaux worldwide.
AMC focuses on African movies with a predominant Nollywood flavour, similar to what the defunct Hi Nolly showed.
TopTVdidn't respond to an enquiry made earlier this week regarding AMC and the channels' addition and has not yet issued any press statement about the replacement channels.
UPDATE Friday 16 March 16:26 - I just got a press release from TopTV saying:
''TopTV is pleased to announce that it has signed up two new channels, one of which was launched this afternoon (16 March) and the other which will start broadcasting on its pay TV platform before the end of this month.''
The rest of the information is exactly as I had it above. About the African Movie Channel TopTV says ''while the launch date for AMC on channel 120 on TopTV is still to be confirmed, the pay TV operator is very excited to be bringing this top-class African movie channel to its current and future subscribers.'' TopTV confirms that it will be happening before the end of March.
