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Exactly a week ago I wondered RIGHT HERE whether Sony Pictures Television (SPT) might be bringing its AXN HD TV channel to South Africa - but I just heard from SPT and the answer is . . . no.
Last week SPT announced that the company, which is launching several HD channels across the Europe Middle East and Africa region (known as EMEA), also plans to roll out its AXN HD channel across Africa.
''The AXN HD launch that SPT referred to for Africa – planned for later this year – is the Portuguese feed of the channel which is currently enjoyed by Portuguese-speaking Angola and Mozambique,'' SPT has informed me, when I asked about the possibility of AXN HD being added to the DStv bouquet. MultiChoice's DStv is currently the only pay TV operator in South Africa with a high definition channel bouquet. ''We don't have any immediate plans for additional HD launches in South Africa at this time,'' says SPT.
