SouthTel tells TV with Thinus that the new video-on-demand entrant planning to launch its VOD:TV service early in 2012 in South Africa will not be pumping porn to subscribers.
CEO Oscar Dube tells me that SouthTel has no plans ''to showcase adult content, for example porn''.
TopTV concluded a carriage agreement with Playboy TV for 3 hardcore pornography channels and TopTV has applied to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) for channel authorisation to start this separate new porn package for subscribers from 2012.
SouthTel is ready to launch its VOD service in 2012 with 200 hours of high definition (HD) content and 400 hours of SD content and will join MultiChoice that's currently offering the DStv BoxOffice VOD service within South Africa.
