e.tv says it has signed a memorandum of understanding to appoint Sentech to provide signal distribution services for its digital terrestrial television services.
The SABC as South Africa's public broadcaster also uses the parastatal signal distributor for its current analogue broadcasts and will also be using Sentech to broadcast its digital TV channel collection when DTT starts.
"Sentech has invested significantly in the national DTT roll-out and has developed a considered vision for the future of free-to-air television on all platforms," says Marcel Golding, the group CEO of e.tv.
e.tv plans to launch "multiple new TV channels" on the DTT platform.
Marcel Golding says e.tv will "move quickly to launch our new TV channels when the performance period for digital migration is announced".
e.tv will continue to - as will the SABC - broadcast their existing analogue channels once DTT is switched on for a period of time known as "dual illumination" while TV viewers are encouraged to switch over to set-top boxes (STBs) which can receive the new digital TV signals.
