SABC News International has quietly slipped onto DStv and can now be seen as a free to air channel on the satellite broadcaster! The public broadcaster's local 24 hour news TV channel that could previously only be seen on Sentech's limited Vivid decoder platform, can now be seen as a free channel as part of MultiChoice's DStv platform.
The beleaguered SABC News International which had a limited reach and audience because of the limited amount of Vivid decoders that had been sold, will now have a much wider potential audience and reach. SABC News International now broadcasts free, and can be seen 24 hours a day on channel 43, on the Public Bouquet channel grouping on DStv.
I immediately asked the SABC this morning why the switch, how it happened and when. The STUNNED SABC didn't know about it, and didn't have any official answer. When I get one, you'll get one here, FIRST.
UPDATE (Monday 28 Dec 2009, 16:30) - I just heard back from the SABC regarding this issue:
''I've checked and there is no contract between the SABC and DStv,'' Kaizer Kganyago, SABC spokesman, tells me. Mmmm.
