On Digital Media (ODM) says its still ''on track'' to add new TV channels to its TopTV pay TV service but refuses to discuss a timeframe or date by when this will happen and declines to give an indication or number of how many TV channels its looking to add.
''We're still on track to add new TV channels. That is all I can tell you right now, Elouise Kelly, ODM's chief marketing officer tells TV with Thinus. ''I cannot give you timing. Negotiations are happening. Money is being discussed. Until those things are agreed upon its impossible to give any timeframes.''
Asked if there's an indication from TopTV on how many channels will be added for subscribers to the current bouquet when it happens, Elouise Kelly says, ''No I can't give you that either.'' At the launch of its commercial operations in May 2010 TopTV promised the addition of around 10 new TV channels six months later but that didn't materialize. TopTV added 2 non-premium channels in November - MUTV (TopTV 205) and Al Mizan (TopTV 355) - and also added a Top Star bouquet as an Indian television genre in November that costs an additional R60 per month.
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