E! Entertainment (DStv 124) will be opened to all DStv Compact subscribers on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform TV with Thinus learnt last week.
"We're opening the channel to DStv Compact subscribers for the whole weekend," said Kaisa Kantalainen, the Universal Networks International head of marketing for the Benelux, Nordic and Africa region.
"We're running a Keeping Up with the Kardashians marathon, and then leading into the new 2nd half of the new season".
E! Entertainment which is a DStv Premium TV channel will be opened for DStv Compact subscribers from Friday 5 September at 16:00 until 23:59 on Sunday 7 September.
The opening of E! Entertainment to the lower-tiered DStv bouquet is to co-incide with the start of the second half of the 9th season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians starting on Sunday 7 September at 21:00.