Monday, June 20, 2011

A (NON) programming note: South African viewers WON'T see the new Countdown with Keith Olbermann starting tonight on Current TV.


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Although the new Countdown with Keith Olbermann starts tonight on Current TV (TopTV 406) after Keith Olbermann ended his show on MSNBC (TopTV 410), I can reveal that South African viewers will not be seeing it.

Countdown with Keith Olbermann starts tonight on Current TV in America as a new weeknight show. However TopTV carries the UK/Ireland channel feed of Current TV which is what get's transmitted to South Africa. Although TopTV didn't respond to media enquiries about it, Countdown with Keith Olbermann is not a part - at this stage - of the the U/Ireland channel feed, which means that the show won't be seen in South Africa.