e.tv's Openview free-to-air satellite TV service is changing the channel numbers of three of the TV channels from Monday, 20 August on its platform.
BBC World News from the BBC, Kwesé Free Sports from Econet Media's Kwesé TV, and Trace Sport Stars from TRACE are all being shifted to new channel numbers from Monday.
BBC World News is moving from channel number 112 where it's been for 11 month since it was added in September 2017, and BBC World News will now be on Openview channel 121.
Kwese Free Sports will now be on Openview channel 115, and Trace Sport Stars will now be on Openview channel 116.
e.tv didn't bother to notify the media.
e.tv didn't give any explanation for the channel number shuffle but it's likely being done for the launch of OpenNews that will start on Openview sometime during October or November and that might take over BBC World News' spot on channel 112.
eMedia Investments is launching OpenNews as a new 24-hour TV news channel on Openview as a rival for its own eNCA (DStv 403) TV news channel that it is producing for MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform.
OpenNews will be direct competition for eNCA, as well as SABC News and whatever new local TV news channel MultiChoice chooses to replace Afro Worldview.
