Monday, February 1, 2010

BREAKING. DStv to add a new channel: Discovery World.

I can be exclusively first to break the news that DStv will be adding Discovery World as a new TV channel in March 2010 in South Africa.

DStv already has Discovery (which will now move to channel 121 from March - see my previous post) and Discovery HD Showcase. Now it seems there's a 3rd Discovery channel on the way.

No word from DStv yet on this news. I just got an email - not from DStv - that only very enigmatically says about the move of the Discovery channel - starting in big red letters with the words ''Please note'':
''The move has opened up an exciting opportunity for Discovery to strengthen its local portfolio, and its stronghold as the leader in factual content, through the 1 March 2010 launch in South Africa of the premium factual brand, Discovery World.''

Discovery World is a TV channel. Discovery World also just launched in the East and West African countries of Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria and Kenya last month.